By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – There are the news stories that genuinely surprise you, and then there are the ones that you could write in your sleep before they happen. Let me concoct an example for you: “Top American and European military leaders are weighing options to step up the […]
Annual ‘March of Return’ draws thousands of Palestinians to the Negev
Ma’an News Agency | – – NEGEV (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians participated in the annual ‘March of Return’ on Thursday afternoon near Bedouin towns in the Negev (Naqab) in southern Israel, commemorating the 1948 Nakba amid the conclusion of Israeli independence day celebrations. Palestinians in Israel, waving Palestinian flags and holding banners emblazoned with […]
Aside from Super-Rich, All Americans are poorer this century
TeleSur | – – Soon, researchers predict, the middle class will no longer be the largest class in the United States. Households in the United States made less money in 2014 than they did in 1999, according to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, a decline that transcends class. According to the […]
Sadiq Khan and the End of Islamophobia
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The victory of Sadiq Khan has "normalized" Muslims in UK politics in much the same way that JFK normalized Catholics in American politics. But American Muslims are still waiting for their JFK moment. Even his own sister was mortified. In the recent mayoral […]
In Resistance and Creativity, the Occupied Palestinians find Hope
By Victoria Brittain | (OpenDemocracy) | – – The village of Nabi Saleh is a story of resistance in the face of theft and violence. Rawabi encapsulates the vision of a neo-liberal pacified Palestine. And then there is Gaza… On a warm spring evening in the occupied West Bank Bassem Tamimi was looking over his […]
Is Donald Trump at War with the Republican Party?
By Jack Rasmus | (TeleSur ) | – – Trump’s appeal is reminiscent of Reagan’s back in 1980 because of their unabashed attack on what they say is a failed political establishment. With his win last week in Indiana’s Republican primary, it appears increasingly likely that Donald Trump will now be the Republican nominee to […]
Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence
By Simon Albert, Alistair Grinham, Badin Gibbes, Javier Leon, & John Church | (The Conversation) | – – Sea-level rise, erosion and coastal flooding are some of the greatest challenges facing humanity from climate change. Recently at least five reef islands in the remote Solomon Islands have been lost completely to sea-level rise and coastal […]
Chomsky – How the Elites’ ‘War on Terror’ Multiplies Terror
By Noam Chomsky | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – [This piece, the second of two parts, is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who Rules the World? (Metropolitan Books). Part 1 can be found by clicking here.] In brief, the Global War on Terror sledgehammer strategy has spread jihadi terror from a tiny corner […]
Azarya Trial and Israeli Values: Israeli soldier charged with Killing prostrate Assailant
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The trial of an Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter for the point-blank shooting of a Palestinian earlier this year began on Monday, amid Palestinian fears that the accused would evade meaningful legal consequences for his actions. A panel of judges read the indictment to Elor Azarya, […]
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