However, disarmament campaigners noted that the five nations are “expanding nuclear arsenals, spending billions on modernizing, and constantly prepared to start a nuclear war.” BRETT WILKINS As the leaders of five of the world’s nine nuclear […]
The biggest battle for the survival of American democracy is before us now. THOM HARTMANN When fascism reared its ugly head in Europe and Japan in the 1920s, it signaled a coming war. As a newer […]
BY: Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams President Joe Biden signed a record-shattering military budget earlier this week, and a new analysis published Thursday predicted that if recent contracting trends continue, the Pentagon will funnel $407 billion worth of public […]
IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is sworn-in to testify before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, in Washington, DC, on Sept. 22, 1992. Walter Hixson reviews a book on the […]
Anti-Palestinianism is as ubiquitous as it is invisible. Peter Beinart Rep. Rashida Tlaib recounts threats she has received in office because of her Muslim faith. Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin IN JUNE, three Republicans in the House of Representatives—Michael […]
After a Jewish man was attacked for wearing an IDF hoodie, demonstrators responded with calls for more cops. Alex Kane Former New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, head of the group Americans Against Antisemitism, speaks at […]
Washington’s flagship Israel lobby is turning to a more explicit fundraising model. Alex Kane Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks via video at the 2019 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC.Michael Brochstein / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via […]
After criticizing “Israeli apartheid” and offering a processing space to Palestinian students in June, a campus office has been prevented from serving its regular functions, according to a civil rights complaint. Alex Kane The George Washington […]
People marching in the annual Celebrate Israel parade in New York, June 3rd, 2018. Photo: Andres Kudacki/AP Photo For Jews engaged in Palestine solidarity work, what might be gained by refusing excommunication from our own communities? […]
Alberto E. Tamargo/Sipa USA Many of the hawkish commentators frequently described as Israel experts show surprisingly little interest in the on-the-ground reality in the state they admire. Peter Beinart THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN an easy year […]