BY L. MICHAEL HAGER Photograph Source: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv – CC BY 2.0 After five months of doubling down with Israel against Palestinians in Gaza, the Biden administration now finds itself walking in two directions.  On the one hand, it continues to supply U.S. bombs that fall indiscriminately on both northern and southern Gaza.  At the same time,…

Originally published: Rupture  on March 8, 2024 by Jason Yanowitz (more by Rupture)  (Posted Mar 16, 2024) Culture, Feminism, Human Rights, InequalityAmericas, United StatesNewswire All Russia was learning to read and reading; politics, economics, history. Because the people wanted to know. Russia absorbed reading matter like hot sand drinks water. Insatiable.— JOHN REED, ’TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD’ There was another…

Thomas Fazi Most people know that Israel is one of the world’s top weapons producers and exporters. Less known is the fact that Israel, especially since 1967, has used its weapons industry to arm and support some of the most brutal regimes of the second half of the twentieth century, responsible for gross human rights…

21/03/2024 NATO Chief Praises Turkey’s Military Support for Azerbaijan Turkey backed Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, which ended in ethnic cleansing by Dave DeCampMarch 19, 2024 During a visit to Azerbaijan over the weekend, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised Baku’s military relationship with Turkey, which helped Azerbaijan cleanse Nagorno-Karabakh of its ethnic Armenian population. “The close cooperation…

Mar 15, 2024MORDECAI KURZ Since the 1980s, American capitalism has been transformed into a winner-takes-all economy in which one or a few technologically dominant firms monopolize each sector at the expense of consumers, workers, and overall growth. And with permanent market power comes the kind of political power that is antithetical to democracy. STANFORD –…