Deconstructing Israel’s Propaganda Machine
Most mornings as I prepare for my run, I tune in to BBC news. Of late, the newscaster has presented, in sober British-fashion, the number of Palestinians killed the night …
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A Man Without a Strategy: How Netanyahu is Provoking Armed Intifada in the West Bank
After signing a military decree on May 18, allowing illegal Israeli Jewish settlers to reclaim the abandoned Homesh settlement located in the northern Occupied West Bank, the Israeli government has …
The Compulsion To Intervene
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Allow me to come clean: I worry every time Max Boot vents enthusiastically about a prospective military action. Whenever that Washington Post columnist professes optimism about …
FISA and Freedom
“We may even cheer on those who ask us to … forfeit our personal freedoms. Of course, this is no new story. Even the ancients warned that democracies can degenerate …
When Will US Join Global Call To End Ukraine War?
When Japan invited the leaders of Brazil, India and Indonesia to attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima, there were glimmers of hope that it might be a forum for these …
Prophets of Doom: Kissinger and the ‘Intellectual’ Decline of the West
It is unclear why 100-year-old Henry Kissinger has been elevated by Western intelligentsia to serve the role of the visionary in how the West should behave in response to the …
Drones Over the Kremlin: Is Ukraine Trying To Assassinate Putin?
On May 3, two slow moving drones flew over the Kremlin and then exploded in flames when the Russian military forced them down. Whether the drone attack was a serious …
Crimes Against Humanity, American-Style
Originally posted at TomDispatch. In the Blindman’s Buff variation of tag, a child designated as “It” is tasked with tapping another child while wearing a blindfold. The sightless child knows …
British Warmongering Is Driving Europe Towards Catastrophe in Ukraine
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made an unexpected trip to Britain last week on a whistle-stop tour of European capitals, pleading for more powerful and longer-range weapons to use in his …
A Bad Week for America in the World
In the past several days, four separate events have occurred that, each in a significant way, signal the need for concern in the US. The War in Ukraine Like an …