Conflict

American Bar Association Cracks Down

on Law Student Speech By Fight Back! News Philadelphia PA — On October 16, over the objections of students, Temple University Beasley School of Law adopted anti-protest policies mandated by the American Bar Association. In…




Israel’s War on Gaza Only Possible Due to U.S.

Support and Weapons Commentary by Ben Norton Israel would not realistically be able to wage war on Gaza without US support. Citing a senior Israeli air force official, prominent newspaper Haaretz reported that, “without the…


The U.S. Is Israel’s Accomplice

Not A Ceasefire Mediator Commentary by Belén Fernández On July 21, 2006, nine days into the 34-day Israeli war on Lebanon that killed 1,200 people, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice opined that “an…


Israel and the US Know the Soldier Who

Assassinated Aysengur Eygi By Colonel (ret) Ann Wright U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was working to “gather the facts” about U.S. citizen Aysenur Eygi’s killing by Israel military forces. They Know…


How the Neocons Chose Hegemony Over Peace

Commentary by Jeffrey D. Sachs In 1999, when Vladimir Putin became Prime Minister and in 2000 when he became President, Putin sought friendly and mutually supportive international relations between Russia and the West. Many European…


NATO Announces Nuclear Drills as Nobel Goes to

Atomic Weapon Abolitionists By Jessica Corbett The NATO military block announced on Oct. 11 that its annual nuclear exercise is set to begin in mid-October—news that arrived just as Japanese atomic bomb survivors who ad­vocate…


Stop Using the Term ‘Centrist’

It doesn’t mean what you think it does Commentary by Arwa Mahdawi If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy, wrote Orwell. That applies today more than ever. I…