By Meron Rapoport* – +972 Magazine (In partnership with Local Call) Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone — and letting starvation and desperation do the rest. Two weeks ago, the right-wing Israeli journalist Yinon…
By Kathy Kelly March* – The Progressive Magazine As Democrats decry the Trump Administration’s national security lapse, the United States is engaged in an actual killing campaign. Every Saturday morning for the past eight years, a group of New Yorkers has assembled…
Zachariah Mampilly* – Foreign Affairs A Modern Gloss for Old Divisions In October 2024, at the most recent BRICS summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the countries of the “global South” to build an alternative to the existing global order. Chinese President Xi Jinping…
By Phar Kim Beng* – Asia Times Historically disastrous quake will damage wobbly junta’s credibility and control while ultimately strengthening surging rebel forces Myanmar’s historically catastrophic earthquake amid an ongoing civil war has placed the military regime led by…
By Clarence Lusane* – TomDispatch The Deafening Silence of Trump’s Black Supporters During the 2024 election campaign, candidate Donald Trump’s most controversial rally occurred at New York’s Madison Square Garden. A comedian on the program referred to the island of Puerto Rico…
By Abdaljawad Omar – Mondoweiss The protests in Gaza calling for Hamas to step down are fueled by a desire for certainty — that if Hamas simply surrenders, Israel’s genocide will stop. The tragedy is that these cries will go unheard, or even worse, will further fuel the war…
By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Independent Media Institute Trump is turning deportation into a weapon of mass destruction. None of us—undocumented immigrants, people with papers, naturalized citizens, or native-born citizens—are safe. President Donald Trump promised to unleash mass…
By Thalif Deen* – Inter Press Service (IPS) UNITED NATIONS – The Trump administration, spearheaded by senior adviser Elon Musk, has been on a wild rampage: mass layoffs of government employees, gutting federal agencies, dismantling the Department of Education and USAID, defying…
By Georgi Asatrian* – Modern Diplomacy The developing BRICS countries are bringing their positions closer together and conducting active diplomacy in different areas. The degradation of the European Union, the victory of conservatism in the United States, and Asia’s economic…
By Robert Dover* – The Conversation Plans for an attack against an enemy target are classified in America. But the private views of high-ranking officials about allies, communicated within government, must also count as intelligence to be protected. The recent communication of…
