University students across the country, facing mass arrests, suspensions, evictions and expulsions are our last, best hope to halt the genocide in Gaza. By CHRIS HEDGES 25 April, 2024 PRINCETON, N.J — Achinthya Sivalingam, a graduate student in Public Affairs at Princeton University did not know when she woke up this morning that […]
USA launch crackdown on anti-war protest camps set up by pro-Palestinian campaigners at US universities, leading to the arrests of dozens of students who want the genocide in Gaza to end. By Harsh Thakor April 25, 2024 Police and security forces in the USA continue to mercilessly pound on students engaging in protest […]
SKM, a collective platform of farmers’ unions across India, has appealed to the farmers across the country to extend support and solidarity to the farmers of Palestine, and urged the Indian government to do everything to stop the massacre of Palestinian children and women in Gaza. Groundxero | April 22, 2024 The Samyukta Kisan […]
The Lavender AI system is a new weapon developed by Israel, but the kind of kill lists that it generates has a long pedigree in U.S. wars, occupations, and CIA regime change operations. By MEDEA BENJAMIN, NICOLAS J.S. DAVIES Apr 16, 2024 The Israeli online magazine +972 has published a detailed report on Israel’s use of an artificial […]
If the IOC has excluded Russia from the games for actions contrary to the Olympic ethos of peace, then consistency demands scrutiny of all participants. By SOPHIA BROOKS Apr 09, 2024 An ancient adage states, “To kill is to invite punishment, except when done en masse.” Despite the passage of over half a […]
“The Israeli government’s use of starvation as a weapon of war has proven deadly for children in Gaza.” By Jake Johnson Apr 09, 2024 The Israeli government is starving children to death in the Gaza Strip with its deliberate and systematic obstruction of food aid, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday, citing firsthand accounts from doctors […]
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his call for an “immediate humanitarian cease-fire, the unconditional release of all hostages, the protection of civilians, and the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid.” By Brett Wilkins Apr 07, 2024 Peace and human rights advocates on Sunday renewed calls for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and an increase in lifesaving humanitarian […]
Over 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza. Amr Abdallah was one of them. By CHRIS HEDGES April 3, 2024 On the morning Amr Abdallah was killed, he woke before dawn to say his Ramadan prayers with his father, mother, two younger brothers and aunt, in an open field in southern Gaza. “It […]
“This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war,” said the aid group’s CEO. By Jake Johnson Apr 02, 2024 World Central Kitchen said Tuesday that a targeted Israeli […]
“Arming a war criminal makes you a war criminal,” one critic admonished the U.S. president. By BRETT WILKINS Mar 29, 2024 Despite growing worldwide calls for an arms embargo, the Biden administration in recent days has approved the transfer of billions of dollars worth of new weapons shipments to Israel, including warplanes and […]
The genocide in Gaza is the final stage of a process begun by Israel decades ago. Anyone who did not see this coming blinded themselves to the character and ultimate goals of the apartheid state. By CHRIS HEDGES MAR 30, 2024 There are no surprises in Gaza. Every horrifying act of Israel’s genocide […]
Though many of Israel’s traditional allies in the West are openly disowning its behavior, weapons from various Western and non-Western countries continue to flow, feeding the war machine. By RAMZY BAROUD Mar 29, 2024 Common Dreams Over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Mothers have been […]
The World Court cited “exceptionally grave” developments, especially the “spread of famine and starvation,” in once again ordering Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. By BRETT WILKINS Mar 28, 2024 Citing “the worsening conditions of life faced by Palestinians in Gaza, in particular the spread of famine and starvation,” the International Court of […]
Despite weaknesses and false U.S. claims that the resolution is nonbinding, it demands an end to the bombing and a massive influx of humanitarian aid. And that means the possibility of saving lives. By PHYLLIS BENNIS Mar 25, 2024 Common Dreams Five and half months into Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza with more than 32,000 […]
In May 2013 I resigned from PEN America over the appointment of former State Department official Suzanne Nossel. A decade later, PEN America has become a propaganda arm of the state. PEN America peddles agitprop. It is our version of the Union of Soviet Writers. The human rights violations by our enemies are heinous crimes and our own, […]