Here is exactly why Congress won’t act on gun violence, climate change, impeaching Trump or anything else
- Ted Rall
I’m from Dayton so I’m thinking about this today: Why hasn’t Congress done anything to address our national epidemic of mass shootings, namely reviving the assault weapons ban? People—Democrats and not ...
Israel is a one-party State
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
Dozens of electoral slates will be registered on Thursday in a false display of pluralism. Are the people polarized? Not politically. Are the elections fateful? Also an illusion. Do the elections offer two different paths? Even this is deceptive.
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Notes on excessive wealth disorder
- Paul Krugman Πωλ Κρούγκμαν
How not to repeat the mistakes of 2011.
In a couple of days I’m going to be participating in an Economic Policy Institute conference on “excessive wealth disorder” — the problems and dangers created by extreme concentration of ...
Our Nakba and their Independence
- Dareen Tatour دارين طاطور
The anniversary of the Nakba comes every May. But we, the Palestinians of 1948, live in memory of the Nakba in different circumstances than all other Palestinians. Here from within Israel, we can hear the sirens declare the beginning of the celebration ...
We are not fooled
Over 20,000 artist and creators sign a call in support of Yellow Vests in France
- Collectif Yellow Submarine
On May 10, over 20,000 artists and creators had already signed this call, launched on May 4
For several months now, the Yellow Vest movement, unprecedented in the history of the Fifth Republic, has been beating the pavement of our streets. ...
The Gaza Ghetto Uprising
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
The cruelty and temerity of the people in Gaza once more reached new heights Saturday: dozens of rockets on Israel before the week of its Independence Day, just after its Holocaust Remembrance Day, and worst of all, two weeks before its Eurovision. How ...
The end of terror
- Gilad Atzmon جيلاد أتزمون گيلاد آتزمون
Three hate crimes: a slaughter in a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, a massacre in Sri Lanka and a shooting in a synagogue in San Diego; what do they have in common? The three attacks fit neatly within the Neocon vision of our emerging dystopia. ...
Bamyan, Babylon, Palmyra, Notre-Dame
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
The Bamiyan Buddhas were destroyed by an intolerant sect pretending to follow Islam. Buddhism all across Asia grieved. The West hardly paid attention.
The remaining ruins of Babylon, and the attached museum, were occupied, plundered and vandalized by ...
Julian Assange has been arrested for US extradition; the time to act is now
- Caitlin Johnstone
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested and taken into custody by the London’s Metropolitan police, just as WikiLeaks warned days ago was about to happen. Assange’s lawyer Jen Robinson reports that his arrest is related to an extradition ...
I fought South African apartheid. I see the same brutal policies in Israel
- Ronnie Kasrils
I was shut down in South Africa for speaking out, and I’m disturbed that the same is happening to critics of Israel now
Carlos Latuff
As a Jewish South African anti-apartheid activist I look with horror on the far-right shift in Israel ahead ...
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