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The Israeli-Palestinian War
Chris Hedges
The death toll of Palestinians in Gaza will soon surpass 20,000 with many more wounded. The UN says Gaza is “a graveyard for children.” The history of the Israeli-Palestinian war did not begin on October 7. While the atrocities of that day cannot and should not be excused, they have to be located in the […]
The Madness of Militarism
Norman Solomon
Many are familiar with Eisenhower’s 1961 warning of “the military industrial complex.” Veteran CIA analyst Ray McGovern has expanded on Ike’s phrase. He coined the term MICIMATT, the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think Tank complex. How does it work? The notorious revolving door syndrome links the Pentagon to the arms manufacturers to Congress. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is […]
When Lunatics Run the Asylum
Noam Chomsky
The future of humankind and the planet are in danger from the twin existential threats of terminal nuclear war and climate catastrophe. The response? The Biden administration is following through on Pentagon plans to “modernize” its nuclear arsenal. Instead of eliminating these weapons of mass destruction, we are upgrading them. And the clock is ticking […]
Democracy & the Failure of Neoliberal Globalization
Joseph Stiglitz
Neoliberal economics has exposed the dark side of the American dream. It took off with Reagan and Thatcher. For most workers incomes have stagnated except for the very rich, whose incomes have more than quadrupled. Biden correctly points out that millions of people have gotten new jobs. But despite that, the typical family is actually […]
Knowing Who You Are: Lessons from Native America
Russell Means
For years the indigenous peoples of the U.S., after having been dispersed and decimated and relegated to reservations, were reduced to caricatures. We all knew Indians and their culture. There was the familiar medicine man, the trading post, Geronimo and Crazy Horse, papooses and squaws, tepees and tomahawks, war dances and war parties. Tonto was […]
Ending Cycles of Violence: Israel & Palestine
Phyllis Bennis
The conflict between Israel and Palestine is in a new and extremely deadly period with many thousand dead, wounded and displaced. The battleground is the narrow coastal enclave of Gaza, home to over two million Palestinian Arabs. Often called the world’s largest open-air prison it is ruled by Hamas and has been subjected to an […]
Real Food, Real Farming
Vandana Shiva
We live in a time where our connection with food and with the farmers that grow it has been undermined. The root of the problem is a growing dependence on a dysfunctional paradigm based on pesticides and monocultures, and a separation between humans and nature. How we produce, distribute, and consume food is increasingly becoming […]
Armenia, Artsakh & Azerbaijan
Bedross Der Matossian
Quickly lost in media coverage was the conflict between the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh, Artsakh in Armenian, and Azerbaijan. It resulted in the ethnic cleansing of the overwhelmingly Armenian enclave. For many months, their land was under siege and blockade by Azerbaijan. Putin and his so-called peacekeepers did nothing. The international community was silent. On […]
The Resurgent U.S. Labor Movement
Richard Wolff
In 1970 unions represented about 30% of private-sector workers. Today that number is just 6%. As unions declined over the past half-century, workers suffered. They were paid poorly, they lost health care, retirement benefits and control over their schedules. Deaths of despair from drugs, alcohol and suicide surged among blue-collar workers. And the bosses, the […]
Israel/Palestine: The Inside Story
Omar Shakir, Edward Said, Max Blumenthal, Rashid Khalidi, Illan Pappe, Miko Peled, Gideon Levy, Josh Ruebner, Ali Abunimah, Marie Ranjbar, Sarah Leah Whitson, Rami Khouri
Includes:
- Israel/Palestine: A Threshold Crossed
- Palestine: Memory, Inequality & Power
- Palestine: 50 Years of Occupation
- Palestine: A Case of Settler Colonialism
- Palestine: The Pendulum Is Shifting
- An Israeli Dissident View
- The Never Ending Occupation: Palestine
- Shattered Peace: Israel-Palestine
- Justice in Palestine
- Iran: Zan, Zendegi, Azadi / Woman, Life, Freedom
- Human Rights & Democracy in the Middle East
- Arab Autocracies & U.S. Policy
Cold Wars: Old & New
Brian Becker
We are in the midst of a new cold war. In this go-round, the principal adversary is China with Russia taking second place. In the old Cold War, it was the reverse. Today, Russia is nowhere near China economically. And Moscow’s performance in Ukraine suggests its military has serious problems. China is already an economic […]
Conspiracy Culture
Naomi Klein
Conspiracy. Conspiracy culture. Conspiracy theories. Just hearing those words can make some people cringe and others embrace them. Conspiracy theories are as old as the hills. But today, thanks to social media algorithms that push users toward ever more emotional, fact-adverse content, it’s never been easier for wild implausible ideas and hate to go viral. […]

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