By Peiman Salehi for the Cradle The recent escalation in US–Venezuela tensions is often framed narrowly in tactical terms: the seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker, new sanctions targeting Venezuelan…
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…
By Daniela A. Rodríguez for the Geopolitical Economy Report With the return of Donald Trump for his second term, diplomacy increasingly resembles a battlefield, rather than a paved road to…
By: Brad Reed Original to Common Dreams Finger-pointing has reportedly begun inside the Pentagon as the Trump White House has tried to shield US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from taking…
By: Joshua Scheer With the president claiming that we are in an armed conflict with the cartels — and with the AP reporting from a memo it obtained from the…
By: Joshua Scheer There is a running theme today, but it is vital to understand that what is happening in Venezuela is unacceptable. I have added reporting from Venezuelanalysis.com about…
By: Jessica Corbett Published on Common Dreams While continuing to deny that the Pentagon chief ordered those carrying out the first known US military strike on an alleged drug-running boat…
By Julia Conley article from Common Dreams Former top military lawyers on Saturday said that new reporting on orders personally given by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in early September,…
By ScheerPost Staff This morning i read this deeply moving piece by Ahmed Abu Artema — How Does It Feel When Your City Is Destroyed? — and felt compelled to…
By: Stephen Prager Common Dreams A new Trump administration plan to put Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied parts of Gaza into “residential compounds” is raising eyebrows among international observers, who…
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies On November 17th, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to endorse President Trump’s plan for Gaza, including a transitional government…
The World Court says Israel has a duty as the occupying power to cooperate with UN relief efforts, not impede them.
The sanctioning by the Trump administration of Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, is an ominous harbinger of the end of the rule of international law.
The foundation's operational model involves luring civilians to specific locations coordinated with the Israeli army, where they are subjected to killing, injury, and cruel and degrading treatment.
Basic morality and simple logic dictate that the right of self-defense belongs to the Palestinian people, not to their oppressor. And international law agrees.
