Decrying Netanyahu’s ‘Racist Nationalism,’ Bernie Tells the Senate, ‘Palestinian Lives Matter’ Decrying Netanyahu’s ‘Racist Nationalism,’ Bernie Tells the Senate, ‘Palestinian Lives Matter’
As the UN describes Gaza as “hell on Earth,” Sanders seeks to prohibit the transfer of $735 million in new US bombs and munitions to Israel.
May 20, 2021 / John Nichols
Foreign Wars Will Jeopardize Biden’s Rescue Plans Foreign Wars Will Jeopardize Biden’s Rescue Plans
Biden needs to learn from LBJ’s mistakes: Progressive domestic policy and hawkish foreign policy can’t coexist.
May 20, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich
I Will Not Be Silenced Because I Demand Justice for Palestine I Will Not Be Silenced Because I Demand Justice for Palestine
Like many Palestinians, I have been attacked and punished for criticizing Israel. Now I’m filing a civil rights complaint against my university for encouraging those attacks.
May 20, 2021 / Ahmad Omar Daraldik
Palestinians’ ‘Second Front’—Inside Israel Palestinians’ ‘Second Front’—Inside Israel
Saree Makdisi on the Mideast plus Eric Foner on The Underground Railroad.
May 20, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
AIPAC Targets Ilhan Omar AIPAC Targets Ilhan Omar
The pro-Israel lobbying group is running ads associating the Minnesota representative with Hamas.
May 19, 2021 / Aída Chávez
The Pentagon Inflates the Chinese Nuclear Threat in a Push for New Intercontinental Missiles The Pentagon Inflates the Chinese Nuclear Threat in a Push for New Intercontinental Missiles
Every US military service is seeking more money than before, and each one is touting the importance of their weapons in overcoming the Chinese military threat.
May 19, 2021 / Michael T. Klare
Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’ Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’
Denied legal judgment by his peers, the lawyer who took on Chevron wants the world to know about his persecution.
May 18, 2021 / James North
Israeli / Palestinian Conflict Israeli / Palestinian Conflict
Israel’s imbalance of power.
May 18, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards
Visions of a Borderless World Visions of a Borderless World
We must not forget that borders are an impediment to a new world based on empathy and equality.
May 18, 2021 / Todd Miller