By Hekmat Aboukhater and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The Pentagon is in the midst of a massive $2 trillion multiyear plan to build a new generation of nuclear-armed missiles, bombers, and submarines. A large chunk of that funding will go to major nuclear weapons contractors like Bechtel, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, and […]
Archives for August 2024
Walz called Gaza situation “Intolerable,” sought ceasefire, praised Uncommitted; Shapiro did not
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Presumptive Democratic Party standard-bearer Kamala Harris’ pick of Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate has widely been implied to have something to do with his stance on the Gaza genocide. That proposition is likely almost entirely untrue. Governors of states don’t usually have much to say about international […]
Zionism on the brink: The Gaza war beyond Netanyahu
( Middle East Monitor ) – The idea that Israel’s war on Gaza is essentially waged and sustained by and for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dominated political analyses on the subject for some time. The notion is often kept alive by public opinion inside Israel. Most polls produced since the start of the […]
Assassination is always unlawful – Regardless of who is Killed and on whose Orders
By Mary Ellen O’Connell, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – >Assassination is a particular form of murder. Regardless of who carries out the act, on whose orders or why, it is always unlawful. This is the reason Vadim Krasikov was languishing behind bars in Germany prior to being released on Aug. 1, […]
A Proclamation regarding the Anniversary of the First Nuclear War Crimes
August 6 and 9: A Proclamation Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As I write, five of nine governments with arsenals of nuclear weapons – capable of destroying life on our planet many times over – are engaged in war: the United States (in multiple wars and stoking one with China), Israel, Russia, […]
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens to intervene in Israel
( Globalvoices.org ) – A verbal spat between Turkey and Israel highlighted the country’s complicated relationship with Israel and Palestine and drew attention to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s penchant for doublespeak. During a speech in the province of Rize on July 28, Erdoğan said there was no reason for Turkey not to intervene in […]
The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans
By Alec MacGillis | – ( ProPublica ) – In January 2023, a group of about 15 people gathered for three days at the Heritage Foundation, the conservative Washington think tank a few blocks from the Capitol. Their aim was ambitious and farsighted: to start building the next Republican administration, two years before a Republican […]
Using US Tech Giants’ “Cloud” and A.I., Israel Bombed Schools, killing 24 Children, to hit 2 “Saboteurs”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reports, “In Deir al Balah, Gaza, an Israeli strike hit a tent camp for thousands of displaced Palestinians in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, killing four people and injuring others, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.” In addition, the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports, […]
As Far Right Islamophobic Mobs riot in the UK, Online Merchants of Hate work their Audiences
By Richard Fern, Swansea University | – The frightening scenes of far-right extremists clashing with police and even rioting in British towns and cities in recent days have many wondering how to stop the spread of the propaganda that encourages racism, violence and misogyny. The tough truth is that in seeking to fact check misinformation […]
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