Avi Shlaim, now an Oxford historian, is full of fascinating stories that shed light on the early years of the state of Israel, as well as on the Zionist project, which he calls “cruel Zionism.” Here he is interviewed by Muhammad Jalal (AKA “The Thinking Muslim“). The very structure of this dialog, and especially…
I’ve been struggling with this, and I think Chris Hedges is right when he says that he is as afraid of Trump as anyone, but … “Our revulsion for Donald Trump, the Biden White House believes, will impel us to keep Biden in office. On any other issue, this might be the case, but…
Editor’s Note: The starvation described in this article is not a side-effect (or a secondary consequence) of Israel’s war against the Palestinians in Gaza. It appears to be a core strategy: Starve them, then give them the “opportunity” to emigrate “voluntarily.” Chris Hedges mentions this strategy in his talk referenced below following the article,…
This marks the third straight time a federal court has dismissed a case targeting the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights’ support for the 2018-19 Great March of Return protests in Gaza. BRETT WILKINS Jan 22, 2024 Reprinted from Common Dreams under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Free speech defenders welcomed the U.S….
As the fictional Irish bartender Mr. Dooley said, ‘The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” But the journalist who actually lives up to that adage is nearly extinct in this Age of Propaganda (and the U.S. is among the most heavily propagandized nations in the world). One…