Corporate Media Target Gabbard for Her Anti-Interventionism—a Word They Can Barely Pronounce
FAIR Presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard has not garnered much press coverage since announcing her bid on February 2; she’s the 13th-most-mentioned Democratic candidate on TV news, according to FAIR’s most recent count (4/14/19). But when corporate media do talk about the Hawaii congressmember, they tend to reveal more about themselves than about her. A veteran […]
“THE FOURTH AMENDMENT DOESN’T APPLY HERE” — U.S. BORDER GUARDS ARREST ARIZONA IMMIGRANT RIGHTS VOLUNTEER
The Intercept AN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS advocate on the U.S.-Mexico border was arrested and accused of “illegal alien smuggling” as she accompanied an asylum-seeker to a port of entry in southern Arizona. Ana Adlerstein, a volunteer at Casa del Migrantes, a migrant shelter in the Mexican town of Sonoyta, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials told her that […]
The ‘deal of the century’: US blessing for Israel’s land theft and ghettoisation of the Palestinians
The Middle East Eye A report published this week by the Israel Hayom newspaper apparently leaking details of Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” reads like the kind of peace plan that might be put together by an estate agent or car salesman. But while the authenticity of the document is unproven and indeed contested, there […]
A Reporter’s Long, Strange Trip Into the Darkest Parts of the American Mind
The Nation It’s early 2017, and the young reporter is attending a white-nationalist cookout in Pikeville, Kentucky. She and a photographer are surrounded by Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members, who are “quietly eating fried chicken and biscuits out of Styrofoam containers.” Merlan describes a conversation with Brian “Sonny” Thomas, a man most famous for tweeting fantasies […]
From revolution to climate change
While the most modern forms of international intrigue we hear about comes from fears that Trump is a Russian puppet, a tale of real espionage has been going on. Dealing with the North Korean embassy in Spain, the Nation reports of an case involving Korean exiles breaking into North Korea’s embassy in Madrid and layers of secrecy […]
Dispatch from a Bernie Sanders Supporter: Vote Blue No Matter Who = Uber Masochism
The Ghion Journal Ugh. I can’t even with this. I know I say that a lot, but this mindset truly angers me. It’s unforgivable ignorance and cowardice wrapped up in one neat little self-absorbed package. If you can’t see why proclaiming you’ll VBNMW is waving the white flag of surrender even before the battle is […]
Trump’s Iran Strategy Lacks a Regional Outlook
The National Interest Since President Donald Trump took office in 2017, the most consistent theme of his foreign policy has been his tough stance toward Iran. In a fundamental shift from his predecessor, President Trump terminated the Iran nuclear deal and replaced it with the Iran strategy. The first core element of this strategy “focuses on neutralizing […]
Black Women Rally in Defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar
The Real News Network JACQUELINE LUQMAN: Hi, I’m Jacqueline Luqman with The Real News Network, in front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. I’m here today at the rally to defend Representative Ilhan Omar. KEEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR: The lack of meaningful support from Omar coming from her own party, the Democratic Party, necessitated a much stronger […]
Assange or Khashoggi: Whither Journalistic Standards?
Counter Punch During the media frenzy, diplomatic flurry and widespread speculations around a hitherto marginal Saudi journalist’s apparently grizzly demise in Istanbul’s Saudi consulate last October, my thoughts stayed with the deathly silence that had fallen around Wikileaks’ founder and director. Information about Julian Assange had become increasingly sparse and obscured. After six years under […]
George Monbiot on U.K. Climate Emergency & the Need for Rebellion to Prevent Ecological Apocalypse
Democracy Now! On Wednesday, the House of Commons became the first parliament in the world to declare a climate emergency. The resolution came on the heels of the recent Extinction Rebellion mass uprising that shut down Central London last month in a series of direct actions. Activists closed bridges, occupied public landmarks and even superglued […]