Our north stars

Trusting in the students to lead us to a brighter tomorrow Tanvir Haider Chaudhury Let’s get one thing straight: The only north star here is the students. They fought, suffered incarceration and torture, bled, and died to see this revolution happen. The only people I trust in this whole mess we find ourselves in are… Read More Our north stars

More than 90 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on school and mosque sheltering displaced people, Gaza officials say

UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, said Israel was “genociding the Palestinians one neighborhood at a time, one hospital at a time, one school at a time, one refugee camp at a time, one ‘safe zone’ at a time.” GAZA casualties, live statistics At least 93 Palestinians have been killed in an… Read More More than 90 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on school and mosque sheltering displaced people, Gaza officials say

A Proclamation regarding the Anniversary of the First Nuclear War Crimes

H. Patricia Hynes Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As I write, five of nine governments with arsenals of nuclear weapons – capable of destroying life on our planet many times over – are engaged in war: the United States (in multiple wars and stoking one with China), Israel, Russia, and NATO members… Read More A Proclamation regarding the Anniversary of the First Nuclear War Crimes

Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’ / Palestinian homes were destroyed ‘for revenge,’ says Israeli soldier

GAZA casualties, live statistics By Dana Karni, CNN Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents until Israeli hostages are returned, but “no one in the world would let us.” In a speech on Monday at the Katif Conference for National Responsibility in the town of Yad Binyamin,… Read More Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’ / Palestinian homes were destroyed ‘for revenge,’ says Israeli soldier

The Revolution Next Door: In Bangladesh, the Students Have Won

On Sunday alone, more than 100 people were killed when the protests targeting Prime Minister Hasina re-erupted. They included more than a dozen policemen and at least half a dozen Awami league activists, underlining how the movement had turned against those responsible for the deaths of protestors Bharat Bhushan Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has… Read More The Revolution Next Door: In Bangladesh, the Students Have Won

Policing language: Why the West created a new dictionary for Israel and Palestine

Seeking ideological uniformity on the issue, western officials and their media accomplices have long recognised the centrality of language to their political indoctrination project Joseph Massad n the official West and its mainstream regime media, there exists a specialised dictionary and thesaurus to translate to the western public all matters Israeli and Palestinian. Officials and journalists… Read More Policing language: Why the West created a new dictionary for Israel and Palestine

The hidden ‘eagle’s nest’ city that Alexander the Great couldn’t conquer

By Barry Neild, CNN Alexander the Great tried to conquer Termessos but failed. Today, the incredible deserted ruins of this once-powerful city, perched like a fortified eagle’s nest high in the mountains of southwestern Turkey, can be conquered by anyone willing to make the hike up here. But few people ever do. Termessos stands empty. A… Read More The hidden ‘eagle’s nest’ city that Alexander the Great couldn’t conquer

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, says Palestinian group / Sniping, Shredding, Incinerating: Israel’s War on Children in Gaza

GAZA casualties, live statistics Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, has been killed by a strike in Tehran in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the group said, only hours after Israel claimed it had killed a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut. Hamas blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s death, which one official described as a “grave escalation”. It said… Read More Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, says Palestinian group / Sniping, Shredding, Incinerating: Israel’s War on Children in Gaza

We will all lose our humanity if we let the war in Gaza become the new normal

GAZA casualties, live statistics Nesrine Malik On Wednesday, Benjamin Netanyahu received a standing ovation after his speech to US Congress. It was a moment that seemed to usher in a new phase of the war in Gaza – one in which it is not only tolerated as an unfortunate necessity, but is seen as something for which… Read More We will all lose our humanity if we let the war in Gaza become the new normal