A Palestinian flag is removed from a building by Israeli authorities after being put up by an advocacy group that promotes coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis, in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 1st, 2022. (note: Senior […]
BY SONALI KOLHATKAR Mass shootings are good for gun sales. In the days following the horrific massacre of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, firearm manufacturers’ stock prices predictably rose. Gun owners, who have been […]
BY KENNETH SURIN Photograph Source: sasastro from Suffolk – Newmarket Jubilee Parade & Party-005 – CC BY 2.0 A hereditary monarch is as absurd a proposition as a hereditary doctor or mathematician. – Thomas Paine When she […]
BY SAM PIZZIGATI Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair If progressives in the United States could somehow cut our current gap between CEO and worker pay by a hefty three-quarters, would the USA rate as a relatively […]
BY PAUL STREET Image Source: This image is copyrighted by the BBC – Fair Use Remarkable bird, id’nit, squire? Lovely plumage! – Michael Palin in the Monty Python “Dead Parrot Sketch,” December 7, 1969 I shoulda […]
BY TOM ENGELHARDT Screenshot from Cspan Once upon a time, long, long ago — actually, it was early in the year 2000 — I was involved in publishing Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire. It […]
BY MELVIN GOODMAN Photograph Source: Paul Keller – CC BY 2.0 There is an insidious and unspoken connection between our gun culture at home and abroad. U.S. politicians and pundits believe that huge defense budgets provide international […]
BY EVAGGELOS VALLIANATOS Barrel of DDT waste dumped in the coastline waters of Southern California near the Los Angeles harbor, 1947-1982. About half a million barrels of DDT waste contaminate the ocean waters. Courtesy Professor David […]
BYJulia Conley, Common Dreams Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday threatened to further escalate the war in Ukraine in light of Western countries’ continued military assistance to the former Soviet state, warning the U.S. and other […]
Palestine’s New Resistance Model: How the Last Year Redefined the Struggle for Palestinian Freedom By Ramzy Baroud What took place between May 2021 and May 2022 is nothing less than a paradigm shift in Palestinian resistance. […]