Tag: Imperialism

Rashid Khalidi: ‘Israel Has Created a Nightmare Scenario for Itself. The Clock Is Ticking’

NB: The racism of the Western world is on shameless and brutal display as their Israeli proxy massacres Palestinians on a daily basis. Those who think the history of the crisis began on October 7, 2024, should read this interview and listen to the earlier talk. DS Palestinian-American Historian: ‘Israel Has Created a Nightmare Scenario… Read More Rashid Khalidi: ‘Israel Has Created a Nightmare Scenario for Itself. The Clock Is Ticking’

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Netanyahu’s boycott of Haaretz won’t stop us reporting the grim truth about Israel’s wars

Unlike most Israeli news outlets, my paper shows the suffering in Gaza and Lebanon. That’s why the government has targeted us. The boycott of Haaretz lacks a legal basis, but Netanyahu couldn’t care less Aluf Benn ruth is the first casualty of war” goes the old cliche, but like any other adage, it holds a… Read More Netanyahu’s boycott of Haaretz won’t stop us reporting the grim truth about Israel’s wars

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Requiem for an Empire

By Alfred McCoy / TomDispatch Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he argued that “the demise of the United States as the global superpower could come… in 2025, just… Read More Requiem for an Empire

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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of mass displacement in Gaza amounting to a war crime

Israel has been accused by multiple human rights groups and UN investigators of military conduct that could amount to war crimes over the past year, which it has vociferously denied. Hamas has also been accused of war crimes. In October, a UN inquiry said Israel had a “concerted policy” of destroying the health care system in Gaza… Read More Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of mass displacement in Gaza amounting to a war crime

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Israeli Forces Kill 78 More Palestinians in Gaza Over 48 Hours / The Great American Delusion

NB: Simply stated, the rulers of the ‘civilized’ Western powers and their Israeli proxy are genocidal butchers. For the victims of their slaughter, there’s no difference between various political factions. The funny thing is, they don’t even realize how racist they are. The Biden Administration has presided over the cold blooded murder of over fifty… Read More Israeli Forces Kill 78 More Palestinians in Gaza Over 48 Hours / The Great American Delusion

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Nothing ever dies: Vietnam and the memory of war / Viet Thanh Nguyen and Michael Vann in conversation

All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory: Viet Thanh Nguyen ‘Americans liked seeing people eye to eye, the General had once told me, especially as they screwed them from behind’ – (From Chapter One of The Sympathizer) From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The… Read More Nothing ever dies: Vietnam and the memory of war / Viet Thanh Nguyen and Michael Vann in conversation

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Israel’s Scholasticide and the Irrelevance of US Politics: 11,923 Palestinian Students didn’t Go Back to School this Fall because Israel Killed them

Juan Cole Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian Ministry of Education released a report this week detailing that 11,923 students in Gaza have been killed by Israel’s total war in the past year. In addition, 19,199 have been wounded, many with life-altering injuries. A physician working in Gaza last summer reported to HRW, “We are talking about… Read More Israel’s Scholasticide and the Irrelevance of US Politics: 11,923 Palestinian Students didn’t Go Back to School this Fall because Israel Killed them

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Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF

GAZA casualties, live statistics Israeli ground forces are getting closer to “the complete evacuation” of northern Gaza and residents will not be allowed to return home, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said, in what appears to be the first official acknowledgment from Israel it is systematically removing Palestinians from the area. In a media briefing on… Read More Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF

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