UN and The Hague Confront Impunity for War Crimes
Nicolas J. S. Davies ScheerPost On October 9th, the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize Was awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African international lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid…
Paper Tiger: the Failure of America’s Trillion Dollar War Machine
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States spent $21 trillion on its military between 2001 and 2024 (in…
With Iran Deal in Limbo, Do US War Crimes Doom the World to Endless War?
Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies Iran rejected President Trump’s latest fake peace deal, confirming that he had misrepresented what Iran had agreed to and that the two sides are…
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How the US Became an International Serial Killer
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies For decades, the United States moved from covert assassination plots to openly embracing assassination or “targeted killing” as policy. Now, in its war…
The War on Iran—and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies he United States has once again launched a war in the Middle East based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction.…
Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine
By Nicolas J. S. Davies After some delays, the United States is dispatching a second aircraft-carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, from the Caribbean to the Middle East to join…
The Gratuitous Barbarity of Trump’s So-Called ‘Board of Peace’
In the fantasy being pushed by Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Jared Kushner, Palestinians appear only as an absence, buried beneath the rubble of the real Gaza.
Who’s the Real Outlaw at Sea? Trump’s Tanker Grab vs. the Houthis’ Anti-Genocide Blockade
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies for Codepink The United States has now intercepted multiple Venezuelan oil tankers as part of its escalating aggression against Venezuela, while also…
If Trump Is Serious About Peace, Marco Rubio Has to Go
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Donald Trump campaigned on ending endless wars and now boasts that he has resolved eight wars. In reality, this claim is delusional,…
Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Deal Absent Meaningful UN Action to Halt Israel’s Genocide
Without concrete global efforts to hold Israel to account, Trump’s new occupation plan for Gaza offers little hope for the future to the besieged, starved, bombed people of Gaza.
How the US and Israel Used Rafael Grossi to Hijack the IAEA and Start a War on Iran
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies / Common Dreams Rafael Grossi, director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), allowed the IAEA to be used by the United…
When Will Western Support for Israeli Genocide Finally Crack?
The U.S., U.K., Canadian, and other governments remain deeply complicit in Israel's atrocities and violations of international law. But the rhetoric is shifting and protest movement is growing louder.
The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns
The people inside the convention hall should shake themselves out of their complacency and start listening to the people in the streets.
The Arsenal of Genocide: The US Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies / ZNetwork On May 8, 2024, as Israel escalated its brutal assault on Rafah, President Biden announced that he had “paused” a delivery…
The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth
Now that the Ukrainian counteroffensive is underway, it is clear that the government and its Western allies are maintaining silence to conceal the brutal cost Ukraine’s brave young people are…