During the Second World War, the United States proudly called itself the “Arsenal of Democracy,” as its munitions factories and shipyards produced an endless supply of weapons to fight the genocidal government of Germany. Today, the United States is instead, shamefully, the Arsenal of Genocide, providing 70% of the imported weapons Israel is using to… Read More The Arsenal of Genocide: the U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza
One of the founders of modern Existentialism, KARL JASPERS has since the downfall of Hitler become a spokesman of Germany’s highest conscience. The present article was part of a lecture he delivered at Geneva on September 13, 1946 “World empire means world peace through the conquest of all by one, by a single power. World… Read More Karl Jaspers: Is Europe’s Culture Finished ? Paths Toward a New Creativity (1946)
Osita Nwanevu The student left is the most reliably correct constituency in America. Over the past 60 years, it has passed every great moral test American foreign policy has forced upon the public, including the Vietnam war, the question of relations with apartheid South Africa, and the Iraq war. Student activists were at the heart… Read More US students, once again, have led the way. Now we must all stand up for Palestinians
IN A MESSAGE to Attorney General Merrick Garland and other senior officials this week, federal government attorneys invoked British abolitionist William Wilberforce: “You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.” The letter, drafted by unnamed legal and policy staff at more than two dozen federal agencies, argues… Read More BIDEN’S LAWYERS ARE URGING THE WHITE HOUSE TO CHANGE COURSE ON GAZA
Reverberations of America’s campus protests are felt in a remote rural area in the middle of a jungle in the heart of an island nation at the cusp of Southasia and the Indian Ocean. ‘A country may believe it wins something by killing people but can anything be as valuable as human life? POSTCARD FROM… Read More From rural Sri Lanka, solidarity for Gaza and American students protesting for Palestine
GAZA casualties, live statistics Israeli ground assaults in Gaza Strip reveal mass graves, war crimes publicized for fun, mass slaughter, human shield taking, and widespread torture. by Robert Inlakesh Although most modern armies have committed war crimes, the Israeli military does not operate like a professional force, but rather a collection of ill-disciplined racist militia groups.… Read More Israeli military not a professional army; its ground incursions look like ISIS terror attacks
With transcendent wisdom, this spring’s student uprising has rejected conformity as a lethal anesthetic while the horrors continue in Gaza. Leaders of the most powerful American institutions want to continue as usual, as if official participation in genocide were no particular cause for alarm. Instead, young people have dared to lead the way, insisting that… Read More War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young
Carceral Imperialism BY MAHA HILAL “To this day I feel humiliation for what was done to me… The time I spent in Abu Ghraib — it ended my life. I’m only half a human now.” That’s what Abu Ghraib survivor Talib al-Majli had to say about the 16 months he spent at that notorious prison in Iraq after being… Read More Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the U.S. War on Iraq
From 20 to 26 May 2024, groups and individuals from different parts of the world will meet in Prague to coordinate anti-war activities as part of the Week of Action. The series of events will also include an anti-war congress, which will take place from Friday 24 to Sunday 26 May 2024. Campaigns, direct actions, projects,… Read More ANTI-WAR CONGRESS. PRAGUE, 24 to 26 May 2024 / References from Faridabad Majdoor Samachar
NB: 1968 saw world shaking events. This book by Mark Kurlansky will tell you more. There’s a brief timeline below. This is an analytical article I posted last year: May 1968 – March 2023! Those interested can find audio-visuals of these events on the Net. White Bird was one of the most popular songs amongst young people agitating against the… Read More 1968: Timeline of a historic year
