Four Myths Preventing Peace in Ukraine
Commentary by Nicolai N. Petro and Ted Snider If diplomacy is to have a chance at settling this bloody conflict, then four persistent myths about the war in Ukraine need to be exposed and refuted….
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‘Our Bodies Know the Pain’
Norway reindeer herders’ support for Gaza By Shafi Musaddique Fosen Peninsula, Norway—A herd of reindeer running through thick, white snow sounds a bit like thunder. It is a spectacle that has been replayed for at…
Deplorable: Plans to Expand U.S. Drone Atrocities in West Africa
By Black Alliance for Peace The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) and the U.S. Out of Africa Network (USOAN) opposes in the strongest terms the U.S. plans, in collusion with West Africa’s comprador class, to…
Are We the Baddies?
Commentary by Jonathan Cook The desperate smear campaign to defend Israel’s crimes highlights the toxic brew of lies that’s been underpinning the liberal democratic order for decades. In a popular British comedy sketch set during…
The Spectacular Failure of the Zionist Project
Commentary by Stefan Moore As a secular Jew raised in a fiercely anti-Zionist family, I grew up viewing the State of Israel as an unfortunate fait accompli and accepting that the two-state solution was probably…
CNN Gaza Coverage Censored by Israel
By Sharon Zhang CNN has for years maintained a policy of running all of its coverage on Israel and Palestine, including its recent Gaza coverage, past its bureau in Jerusalem, where it is subject to…
I Cannot Be Quietly Complicit
Biden Official Resigns Over Gaza Assault By Jake Johnson An Education Department official who volunteered for President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign announced his resignation in early January over the administration’s support for Israel’s “indiscriminate violence”…
Remember the Tenacity of 400,000 Welsh Women
Commentary by Rowan Williams One significant anniversary in 2023 passed almost without mention. In May 1923, the Welsh women’s peace petition was initiated—a plea from the women of Wales to the women of the US,…
Where Will the World Find Refuge in 2024?
By Rebecca Gordon Back in 1968, my father announced that, if Richard Nixon were elected president that November, he was going to move us all to Canada. I’m not sure who “us all” actually was,…
If I Must Die
By Refaat Alareer If I must die, you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long tail) so…