Revisionist Zionism was not a fringe ideology. It provided the foundations for the modern Israeli right wing, from the Irgun to the Stern Gang to today’s Likud Party. Its legacy survives in Israel’s enduring policies of apartheid, occupation, and territorial maximalism. By Arkadeep Goswami Few political movements have so effectively weaponized historical victimhood to […]
Trump’s vision is of a world where the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. It has nothing to do with peace. By C.J. Polychroniou It’s been said that Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel’s war with Iran underscores his failures as a peacemaker. This is a preposterous statement […]
Hindu nationalist groups frame Israel’s war on Palestinians as a parallel to India’s struggle against “Islamic terrorism.” Their narrative posit Israel as a civilisational ally, a “natural friend” in a global battle against a common religious adversary—further cementing the ideological bridge between Zionism and Hindutva in the popular imagination. By Arkadeep Goswami On […]
Where does the Western obsession with Iran come from? The “Ayatollah regime” is said to threaten world peace. U.S. intelligence agencies and the military see things differently. By David Goessmann Jun 20, 2025 At the G7 summit in Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, and the U.S. adopted a joint resolution on Israel’s attack on […]
The lies told to ignite the war with Iraq have been resurrected to ignite a war with Iran. The assessments of intelligence agencies and international bodies are dismissed, replaced by hallucinations. CHRIS HEDGES JUN 19, 2025 There are few differences between the lies told to ignite the war with Iraq and the lies […]
Langston Hughes was one of the greatest and most progressive of all US artists, almost completely erased from the literary canon today. His classic poem “Harlem” predicted, decades before the reality, that Harlem’s neocolonial immiseration was the model for what the plutocrats were going to do to the entire US middle class. By Dionysius This […]
Israel’s attack on Iran was completely unprovoked and constitutes an act of calculated aggression. As such, Iran has every right to defend itself. By C.J. Polychroniou | Alexandra Boutri Jun 15, 2025 Common Dreams Scores of countries across the world have issued a sharp condemnation of Israel’s attacks on Iran. So what? There have also been […]
Donald Trump, like Joe Biden before him, was unable—or unwilling—to restrain Israel from genocide, lawlessness, and slaughter. By Richard Eskow Jun 15, 2025 Common Dreams For a while, at least, Donald Trump talked a good game about diplomacy, including negotiations with Iran and Israel. But Israel is America’s id. We can’t restrain Israel because Israel is the […]
Israel and its neoconservative allies in the United States have long attempted to start a war with Iran, a war that neither Israel nor the U.S. can win and will engender ferocious blowback. CHRIS HEDGES 13 June The neoconservatives who orchestrated the disastrous wars with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya — and who […]
Musk’s support for Trump was both ideological and pragmatic. From tax cuts to immigration restrictions to opposing DEI, there were clearly many ideological commonalities between Musk and Trump. Why has the much-hyped “bromance” between Musk and Trump suddenly ended? By Henry Maher, University of Sydney A no-holds-barred and very public blow-up between the […]
In the last days of all empires the idiots take over. They mirror the collective stupidity of a civilization that has detached itself from reality. CHRIS HEDGES Jun 6 The last days of dying empires are dominated by idiots. The Roman, Mayan, French, Habsburg, Ottoman, Romanoff, Iranian and Soviet dynasties crumbled under the […]
Gender conflict has continued, subtly but powerfully, to shape voter behaviour, campaign strategies and the national debate about who is to blame for the lack of opportunities in South Korea for young men. Ming Gao, Lund University and Joanna Elfving-Hwang, Curtin University Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea’s snap presidential election […]
The Arab monarchs’ hobnobbing with the backers of genocide in Gaza represents not only a cruel blow to the Palestinian people but also a profound insult to the ordinary citizens of the Arab. By Sushovan Dhar Groundxero | June 03, 2025 As Israel’s war on Palestine continues to inflict suffering on Gaza, Arab monarchies busied themselves […]
The way out of neoliberal globalization is by developing a new globalization that is democratic and free from the destructive tendencies of capitalist accumulation. By C.J. Polychroniou 24 May, 2025 Common Dreams The left is in shambles everywhere while hard-right and far-right parties are riding high in polls across the world. I contend that […]
Not only does such symbolism trivialize the horrors of what unfolded in Bhagalpur but glorifies the action as an acceptable ‘solution’. by Ankita Mahalanobish Via Alt News On May 23, two days after security forces killed several Maoists in Chhattisgarh, the X handle of BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) posted an animated image of Union home minister Amit Shah with […]