Must-watch new documentary from Fault Lines, 'The Night Won't End: Biden's War on Gaza' It's difficultly to watch, but important. [Also available on YouTube] https://aljazeera.com/program/fault-lines/2024/6/21/the-night-wont-end-bidens-war-on-gaza-2 … [Read more...] about New documentary from Fault Lines
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Climate impacts of war…
As noted in this story, these preliminary estimates are likely to be drastically understated. Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe Exclusive: First months of conflict produced more planet-warming gases than 20 climate-vulnerable nations do in a year, study shows Nina Lakhani The planet-warming emissions generated during … [Read more...] about Climate impacts of war…
Posts related to the genocide in Gaza and silencing dissent
[updated 10 Nov 2023] And here's some video reporting that you are not likely to see on the mainstream media: … [Read more...] about Posts related to the genocide in Gaza and silencing dissent
Open letter from Israeli Conscientious Objector
A number of young Israelis refuse to serve in the so-called Israeli Defense Forces, and the Israeli Refuser Solidarity Network has published some of their conscientious objector statements. In September, one refuser/conscientious objector letter appeared in September in Ha‘aretz, a major Israeli newspaper. It's titled ‘After 12 Years of Being Taught to Hate, I’m Going to … [Read more...] about Open letter from Israeli Conscientious Objector
Gaza update
We can't cover all that's happening in Gaza, but we'll try to fill in some of the gaps created by poor coverage in the mainstream media. It's hard to fathom how the Israelis can be so dismissive of the Palestinian people, especially after what the Jews suffered in the Holocaust. Instead of living up to the great lesson of the holocaust — 'Never Again' — they have chosen to … [Read more...] about Gaza update
US/China War Is No Longer Unthinkable
By Gary Olson China offers a threatening alternative model of development that is non-capitalist, non-Western, and non-colonial. As such, it undermines the West’s neocolonial domination of the Third World and its debt-trap-based forced underdevelopment of subservience and exploitation. — K.T. Noh If the United States were to posit that it could eliminate the economic … [Read more...] about US/China War Is No Longer Unthinkable
Timely reminder of the horrors of war
It's the 50th anniversary of the Paris treaty that was supposed to end of the war in Vietnam — but the war continued for several more years. Despite all the other wars and losses since then, the US is now involved in “a protracted proxy war supporting Ukraine seeking separation and autonomy from Russia with no end in sight and likely in a similar stalemate like the Vietnam … [Read more...] about Timely reminder of the horrors of war
A better world is possible — it’s up to us to make it happen
Some people, including right-wingers and liberal Democrats, may not appreciate Chomsky's forthright criticism of US foreign policy — including the war in Ukraine — but his analysis is worth taking the time to understand. Sanctions, of course, almost always hurt the people, whether you're talking about Russia, Iran, or Cuba. Noam Chomsky: Another World Is Possible. Let's … [Read more...] about A better world is possible — it’s up to us to make it happen
Welcome to our 21st issue!
With all that ‘s been happening in the U.S. and the world this year, it has sometimes been difficult to concentrate on the many steps of getting this publication together. This includes, of course, the war in Ukraine — an illegal and immoral attack, even if partly triggered by years of quiet, U.S.-led provocation; the continuing expansion of neo-Nazism and … [Read more...] about Welcome to our 21st issue!
“A woman’s going to send the bombs”
El Jones A woman’s going to send the dronesSo ready the covers of your VoguesThe food bank lines are now miles longBut a woman’s the one who sends the bombsLiberal feminism can’t be wrongWhen a woman’s the one who sends the bombs.Can’t get workers PPEBut you go girl Nancy PelosiAll hail the bipartisan war partiesNow Trump is gone we all agreeGeorge W. Bush has been … [Read more...] about “A woman’s going to send the bombs”