Patrick Lawrence: What? Ukraine Is Not Winning the War?
The Narrative Turns. Now What?
Blood Money: The Top Ten Politicians Taking the Most Israel Lobby Cash
By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News As the Israeli attack on Gaza, Lebanon and Syria intensifies, the U.S. public watch on aghast. A new poll finds that Americans support a…
UNICEF Warns “Many More Children Will Die” in Gaza Without Safe Water
Israel has destroyed or damaged 50% of water treatment and sanitation facilities in addition to imposing a blockade on water and fuel deliveries.
If Jesus Was Born Today, Would He Be Under Rubble?
As U.S. leaders celebrate Christmas with their families, Palestinians will be mourning the loss of their loved ones.
The 13th Amendment Legalizes Slavery—and Many States Have Their Own Version
Like many states, California backs up the federal exception for involuntary servitude in its own state constitution. These activists are fighting to change that.
80+ Groups Descend on DC Demanding Gaza Cease-Fire, Migrant Rights
"We stand together... to say no to more weapons for Israel's genocide in Gaza, no more money to imprison children and families seeking safety at our border, no more money…
US Trying to Water Down New Cease-Fire Resolution at UN Security Council
"The U.S. cannot afford to be further isolated by vetoing this resolution," said one human rights advocate.
Assange Appeal Hearing Set for February
Julian Assange’s wife Stella Assange confirmed that the hearing will take place at the Royal Courts of Justice in the middle of February.
False Transitions and Global Stocktakes: The Failure of COP28
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The time has come to treat the sequence of UN Climate Change Conferences, the latest concluding in Dubai, as a series of the failed and…
The Surveillance Showdown That Fizzled
By India McKinney / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Like the weather rapidly getting colder outside, the fight over renewing, reforming, or sunsetting the mass surveillance power of Section 702 has…
Lessons From One Unequal Society to Another
In the 2000s and 2010s Chileans began resolving the Crisis of Representation through protest, song, and dance. Recent political setbacks do not detract from this.
Weekly Briefing: ‘Well, You Dropped the Atom Bomb,’ Netanyahu Tells Biden
By Philip Weiss / Mondoweiss The insanity of Israeli’s actions in Gaza were exposed for all to see – all those in the world who don’t value Palestinian lives –…
Resolution in US Congress Calls for End to Assange Case as Extradition Nears
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A resolution in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on December 13. Cosponsored by eight…
West Fears ‘Atrocity Upsurge’ While Ignoring Gaza
The problem isn’t “global inaction” to prevent mass atrocities, as The Guardian claims, writes Jonathan Cook. It’s intense U.S. and U.K. support for atrocities so long as they bolster their…