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Tent housing at Guantánamo Bay

The Remarkable Similarities of Gitmo and Israeli Military Courts The Remarkable Similarities of Gitmo and Israeli Military Courts

Guantánamo and Israeli military courts have the same goal: to make lawful systems of fair trial violations, torture, and arbitrary and indefinite detention.

Jun 30, 2023 / Ayah Kutmah

In Israel, Palestinian Imprisonment Continues Even After Death

In Israel, Palestinian Imprisonment Continues Even After Death In Israel, Palestinian Imprisonment Continues Even After Death

The policy of postmortem detention leaves grieving families without closure. 

Jun 29, 2023 / Nevin Kallepalli

Members of the Wagner Group prepare to depart from the Southern Military District's headquarters and return to their base on June 24, 2023 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

“Life Didn’t Prepare Us for the Tanks” “Life Didn’t Prepare Us for the Tanks”

How Rostov-on-Don survived its one-day blockade during Prigozhin’s armed mutiny.

Jun 28, 2023 / Gleb Golod

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

After the Deluge: Turkey Extends Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Rule After the Deluge: Turkey Extends Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Rule

With his opposition defeated and demoralized, Turkey's autocratic president now has a free hand.

Jun 28, 2023 / Kaya Genç

Demonstrators protest against the constitutional process during a meeting of the Constitutional Convention outside the former Chilean National Congress in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

The State of the Left in Chile, El Salvador, and Nicaragua The State of the Left in Chile, El Salvador, and Nicaragua

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Jeffrey Gould and Doug Bell discuss recent political trends in Latin America.

Jun 28, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

The Paris Olympics Are Developing a Familiar Stench

The Paris Olympics Are Developing a Familiar Stench The Paris Olympics Are Developing a Familiar Stench

A recent raid shows that the Olympic corruption follies aren’t going anywhere. 

Jun 27, 2023 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

A sculpture called “Anything to Say,” which features life-sized bronze figures of whistleblowers (left-right) Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning, is unveiled at Parliament Square, London, during a protest for Assange’s release from prison.

Julian Assange and Arnon Milchan: The Lopsided Scales of American Justice Julian Assange and Arnon Milchan: The Lopsided Scales of American Justice

One has boasted of espionage. The other revealed massive government wrongdoing. So why is the whistleblower in jail?

Jun 27, 2023 / James Bamford

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor as part of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa on June 1, 2023.

How BRICS Countries Help to Define a Truly New World Order How BRICS Countries Help to Define a Truly New World Order

Its upcoming summit will reveal its growing power.

Jun 27, 2023 / Helena Cobban

A view of the Canadian flag in front of the moon as smoke from forest fires reached the center of Ottawa again on June 25, 2023.

Brace Yourself: Canada’s Wildfires Are Only Intensifying Brace Yourself: Canada’s Wildfires Are Only Intensifying

The smoky skies blanketing Ottawa this past weekend demonstrate that the flames are not about to subside anytime soon.

Jun 26, 2023 / Erica Ifill

Head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin left the Southern Military District headquarters on June 24, 2023 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Putin, Prigozhin, and Russia’s Future Putin, Prigozhin, and Russia’s Future

Caution should be our guiding principle.

Jun 26, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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