Ceasefire Announced. Destruction Continues. The Illusion of Peace in Lebanon
A 10-day truce is declared as bombs still fall, villages vanish, and an entire population is pushed into permanent displacement. Joshua Scheer They call it a ceasefire. They always do.…
Mass Destruction in Southern Lebanon as Israeli Forces Use ‘Gaza Tactics,’ Level Villages
Jason Ditz for AntiWar.com Israeli officials have been saying they intended to apply a Gaza Strip model to the invasion of Lebanon, but the extent of the destruction inflicted on…
‘THIS IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE’: UN EXPERTS BLAST ISRAEL’S ASSAULT ON LEBANON AS WAR CRIME
ScheerPost Staff As Israel intensifies its bombardment of Lebanon, a group of United Nations experts is now saying plainly what much of the political class refuses to: this is not…
Seven Democrats Side With Republicans to Keep Weapons Flowing to Israel as War Expands
Joshua Scheer In a vote that cuts straight through the carefully managed language of Washington diplomacy, seven Senate Democrats broke with much of their party and joined Republicans to block…
The Trump Administration’s War on Cuba (w/ Medea Benjamin) | The Chris Hedges Report
The US economic strangulation of Cuba has created unbearable hardships for the population. Medea Benjamin describes what she saw on a recent solidarity delegation and how we can break the…
“Alligator Alcatraz” Guards Allegedly Beat Prisoners for Requesting Phone Access
Renée Feltz for Truthout On April 2, guards at the remote Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz” allegedly brutally beat several detained men who demanded access…
US Sends Thousands More Troops to Middle East, Considers Ground Ops in Iran
Dave Decamp for AntiWar.com The US is sending thousands of additional troops to the Middle East and is considering restarting the bombing campaign against Iran or launching ground operations in…
Israeli Journalist With Deep Ties to IDF Admits West Bank Violence ‘Looks Like… Ethnic Cleansing’
West Bank settler attacks on Palestinians are “rather sophisticated, organized, and funded systematic actions,” with the goal of “cleansing” the entire region, said journalist Ron Ben-Yishai. Brad Reed for Common…
Two Railroads, One System: The Monopoly That Could Reshape America
Joshua Scheer At a moment when global instability is already rippling through supply chains, economies, and political systems, a quiet but potentially devastating shift is unfolding inside the backbone of…
We Need ‘More Muckrakers and Fewer Buck-Takers’
Mickey Huff for Project Censored Fifty years ago, Carl Jensen founded Project Censored because he knew that journalism was the lifeblood of democracy. He argued that the news media, despite…
Iran Says YouTube Is Trying to ‘Suppress the Truth’ By Banning AI Lego-Style Videos Mocking US-Israeli War
Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Iran’s foreign ministry is accusing YouTube of trying to “suppress the truth” by banning the account responsible for a series of viral Lego-style animations mocking…
Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled
A.C. Thompson, for ProPublica and FRONTLINE, and Gabrielle Schonder, FRONTLINE Co-published with FRONTLINE A squad of federal agents moved in flinging flash-bang grenades — explosives designed to disorient — into…
Everyone Knows Israel is Sabotaging The Iran Ceasefire—Even The Trump Administration
Marc Steiner Show Real News Network Hours after a temporary ceasefire deal between the US and Iran was announced last week, Israel unleashed a massive, deadly bombing campaign on Lebanon.…
Get Money Out of Politics
Brandon Novick for CEPR Individuals and corporations alike can spend infinite sums of money to influence elections and push candidates that will support and – at the very least –…