Conflict

Israel’s American Dream

Settler white supremacy everywhere shares one dream. Commentary by Yannick Giovanni Marshall It may seem odd that US conservatism—which has taken the baton from the Reich Ministry of Propaganda and systematically spreads thinly veiled anti-Semitic…


Our China Policy is a Disaster

By Senator Rand Paul Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Com­mittee where he tried, and failed, to sell the Biden administration’s spin that it is delivering for the American…


The Historic Lies of NATO

An interview with Sevim Dağdelen By Natalia Marques In July, the United States hosted the 75th NATO Summit in Washington, DC. Although a prominent topic on the agenda was “defense and deterrence,” much of the…


US Mayors for Peace Call for Dialogue in a

Time of Nuclear Danger By Quentin Hart The 79th anniversaries of the US atomic bombings of Hiro­shima and Nagasaki are coming up in August. Rather than commemorating those somber anniversaries as a grim reminder of…




The Gaza “ War ” Widens

How Israeli settlements are taking over the West Bank By Mat Nashed As Israel carries out a devastating war on Gaza, settlers are exploiting the lack of global attention on the occupied West Bank to…



Civil Resistance Works

Commentary by Lyle Adley-Warrick A myth-busting study by two political scientists proves it statistically and offers some insights into why it works. Their book, Why Civil Resistance Works, published in 2013 by Columbia University Press,…


Clowns, Reverse Boycotts, and Involuntary Walkathons

How Communities are Making Political Violence Backfire By Maria J. Stephan Historically, organized collective action has been the strongest bulwark against authoritarianism and the political violence that greases its wheels, as my own research and…