By Mitchell Plitnick* – Mondoweiss The plans for Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” show that the goal is not just to make Gaza a playground for the wealthy, but to put it under permanent American occupation. This week, Drop Site News revealed a draft resolution from Trump’s newly…
By Henry Giroux* – CounterPunch The United States is under siege, not by a foreign enemy, but by the Trump administration, which has transformed governance itself into a form of domestic terrorism in the service of a white supremacist state. By domestic terrorism, I mean the use…
By William Van Wagenen* – The Cradle Tel Aviv backed Trump’s Gaza and Syria peace plans in name only, then wrecked them to preserve Israel’s grip on West Asia, gaslighting the US president with the illusion of cooperation. “My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and…
By David Hearst* – Middle East Eye Everyone in the region, whatever their past history with the Islamic Republic, should do their utmost to defend Iran and guarantee its sovereignty. Barely a week has passed since US President Donald Trump waved his signature to the cameras at…
By Gordon Brown* – The guardian Major powers have renewed diplomatic links while others seek deals to deport migrants. And all the while gender repression is getting worse.
By Saroj Kumar Rath* – Asia Times Marked by restraint, sensitivity and respect for differing national circumstances, pact is opposite of US coercive economic diplomacy. The EU–India trade deal, formally known as the EU–India Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement, stands out…
By John Feffer* – Hankyoreh The Trump administration’s topsy-turvy approach applies to every aspect of American policy. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, wanted to change his agency’s dietary recommendations, he did something very simple.
By Alexandra Sitenko* – International Politics and Society (IPS-Journal) The Global South is demonstrating how countries can deal with an aggressive United States. The United States’ attack on Venezuela marks a key watershed in the world order.
Sachs* and Sybil Fares* – Common Dreams It’s certainly not diplomacy and it’s not coercion. It is war conducted by economic means, all designed to produce an economic crisis and social unrest leading to a fall of the government. John Maynard Keynes famously wrote in The Economic…
