( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, give us human beings credit. In our relatively brief history, it’s no small thing to have come up with two different ways of thoroughly devastating Planet Earth and its inhabitants. One of them, of course, is the long-term, slow-motion version of planetary destruction that we’ve come to call climate change. […]
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Before Gaza, there was the US Genocide in Vietnam
Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – I am writing this essay on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Vietnam from the genocidal war that the United States inflicted on this Southeast Asian country (and Laos and Cambodia) for three decades. The story begins in 1887 with French colonialism established over most of Indochina. The […]
Biden never pressured Israel for Ceasefire, as Israeli Officials boast of exploiting US Support
by Nasim Ahmed ( Middle East Monitor ) – The administration of former US President, Joe Biden, knowingly allowed Israel’s genocide in Gaza to continue long after it had lost any clear military objective, with senior officials in Washington privately admitting it amounted to “killing and destroying for the sake of killing and destroying”. […]
“I Am Not Afraid of You,” Freed Mohsen Mahdawi Tells Donald Trump
The court’s order for the release of the detained student protest leader, said one lawyer, “is a victory for all people in this country invested in their ability to dissent and speak and protest.” By Jessica Corbett Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student targeted for deportation by the Trump administration because he participated in anti-genocide […]
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