By Norman Solomon – RootsAction (*) The governments of Israel and the United States are now in disagreement over how many Palestinian civilians it’s okay to kill. Last week — as the death toll from massive Israeli bombardment of Gaza neared 10,000 people, including several…
Lauren Gambino* – The Guardian Polls continue to show both presidential frontrunners ‘as tied as tied can be’, with third-party candidates tying for a distant third Washington – Americans are one year away from a presidential election that’s shaping up to be a historically…
By Ivo Daalder* – POLITICO Biden and his senior national security aides have been urging restraint in daily, sometimes hourly, phone calls with their Israeli counterparts. Talking to senior officials in Washington last week, I got the sense of an administration helplessly…
By Jonathan-Cook*- Consortium News As a classic settler-colonial state, Israel is doing the only thing it knows how to do, writes Jonathan Cook. So long as the West keeps cheerleading, that includes genocide.
By Binoy Kampmark*- CounterPunch website For years, John J. Mearsheimer, that seemingly ageless, if somewhat chilly presence at the University of Chicago, has been a thorn of irritation to certain establishment ideas.
By Prof.Dr Jan Pronk* The right to have rights Cees Hamelink has written a stimulating study on human rights, taking communication processes between people in a society as his starting point. The book begins with a description of the history of human rights, their significance…
By Owen Jones *- The Guardian Simply opposing violence against civilians is to risk career and reputation. Where are the defenders of ‘free speech’ now? What exactly was the offence of computational biologist Michael Eisen that led to him being sacked as editor of…
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK On Friday, October 27, the nations of the world voted in the UN General Assembly, by a vote of 120 to 14, for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities” in Gaza.
Chowdhury* NEW YORK, Oct 2023 (IPS) – I thank the United Nations Asia Network for Diversity and Inclusion (UN-ANDI) for inviting me to present the keynote speech on this special occasion for the observance of the United Nations Day. I commend wholeheartedly the…
By Norman Solomon SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Oct 31 2023 (IPS) – For three weeks, President Biden has played a key role in backing Israel’s war crimes while touting himself as a compassionate advocate of restraint. That pretense is lethal nonsense as Israel persists with mass killing…
