GAZA casualties, live statistics Odeh Bisharat Sometimes I wonder why we don’t see demonstrations in American against Russians because of Russia’s aggression on Ukraine, or why we don’t see demonstrations against Chinese because of China’s designs on Taiwan. The first thing that comes to me, and this of course is a partial answer, is that… Read More Israel Has Become a Burden to the Jewish People
Simon Tisdall The latest twists and turns in negotiations to end the war in Gaza appear labyrinthine and confusing. But it’s really not that complicated. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, must compromise on the outstanding details of the proposed ceasefire deal and Hamas’s weekend counter-offer – and immediately halt Israel’s criminal bombing of Gaza and reckless military incursions… Read More There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise
What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war critics Seth Stern The White House rightly said it was “concerning” when Israel’s parliament laid the groundwork to shut down Al Jazeera within its borders in April. On Sunday, Israel made its move. The Foreign Press Association called it a “dark day for democracy”. If the… Read More Israel is banning Al Jazeera, America is banning TikTok. We know why
UCLA watched the chaos unfold in the middle of the night and did nothing until it was far too late.. But something else is sliding past popular attention: the meaning of the events at UCLA. Vigilantes staged an assault on unarmed civilians and the state let it happen. This has occurred many times before in US history, particularly… Read More Police let violent mobs attack UCLA students. This is what lawlessness looks like
An independent expert report lays out how Israel systematically violated U.S. and International Law in Gaza, concluding that Israel launched indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on civilian areas due to “extremely relaxed rules of engagement.” By Steve France / Mondoweiss ust days after the Biden administration showered the Israeli military with billions of dollars more in lethal… Read More How Israel Violates International Law in Gaza: Expert Report
How Climate Change Could End Washington’s Global Dominion BY ALFRED MCCOY Once upon a time in America, we could all argue about whether or not U.S. global power was declining. Now, most observers have little doubt that the end is just a matter of timing and circumstance. Ten years ago, I predicted that, by 2025, it would… Read More What Does It Take to Destroy a World Order? (2019)
First posted October 02, 2019 It may not come as a surprise that the largest industrial military in the history of the world is also the single biggest polluter on the planet. Murtaza Hussain Over a century before we reached the brink of ecological catastrophe, Rabindranath Tagore had a glimpse of where we might be headed.… Read More Industrialized Militaries & Climate Emergency / Why Arms Races Never End
Chandan Gowda Three weeks ago, I arrived in the US to give talks at a few universities. It had been six years since I was last here. My host universities wished that I speak about my new book, Another India: Events, Memories, People. I was pleased about the lecture invitations. Opportunities to engage academic audiences in a… Read More The Last Couple of Weeks
Please, listen to us – not political figures, radical fringes and misguided media Columbia College Student Council GAZA casualties, live statistics On Tuesday night, we watched in horror as hundreds of riot police flooded our beloved campus and brutalized our classmates. The next day, students awoke with swollen faces, bruised wrists and lacerations – all… Read More We Columbia University students urge you to listen to our voices
Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 4, 2024 The False Feel-Good About Indian Economy’s Performance Since 2014 | Arun Kumar What does round one of 2024 Lok Sabha Polls in Karnataka signify? | P. S. Jayaramu Modi for flaring up social polarisation to reverse the voting trend in his favour | Arun Srivastava 2024 General Elections: Frustration leads… Read More Mainstream, May 4, 2024
