From war in Iran to war on class
Todd Miller, an Izzy winner for his work in 2017 will be speaking on campus on Tuesday, Oct. 22. In case you are looking for some summer reading or articles for your syllabi, he has a feature article in the July issue of In These Times titled “How Border Patrol Occupied the Tohono O’odham Nation.” His new book, “Empire of […]
We Are All Repressors: A Potential Key to Ending the Empire
The Ghion Journal In the opening to a piece published here on The Ghion Journal a few weeks ago, The Noir Detective, Julian Assange and What Comes Next, I mentioned how important the keeping of secrets is to empires (and most authoritarian societies, for that matter). I’d like to follow up on that today. The people […]
NY Times admits it sends stories to US government for approval before publication
The Grayzone The New York Times has publicly acknowledged that it sends some of its stories to the US government for approval from “national security officials” before publication. This confirms what veteran New York Times correspondents like James Risen have said: The American newspaper of record regularly collaborates with the US government, suppressing reporting that top officials […]
Climate Change is Devastating India With Heat Waves and Water Shortages
The Real News Network India’s climate disasters are fueled by its governments’ resource mismanagement and fossil fuel consumption, says political economist Shouvik Chakraborty GREG WILPERT It’s The Real News Network and I’m Greg Wilpert in Baltimore. A massive heat wave and drought are devastating India at the moment. Chennai, the country’s sixth largest city, whose greater […]
Syrian Refugee Terror Plot or Latest in Pattern of FBI-Manufactured Terrorism Cases?
CounterPunch On the surface, the story of 21-year-old Syrian refugee and Pittsburgh resident Mustafa Mousab Alowemer has the elements to strike fear in many Americans and give ammunition to the Trump administration for its war on immigrants and refugees, especially those who would dare to flee violence in countries like Syria. With much fanfare but […]
Activists Still Want a Separate Debate on Climate After It Received Just 7 Minutes in First Debate
Democracy Now! As the Democratic debate took place in Miami, climate activists from the Sunrise Movement protested the Democratic National Committee’s refusal to host a climate change-centered primary debate. Climate activists are still camping out in front of DNCheadquarters in Washington, D.C. At last night’s two-hour debate, about seven minutes focused on climate issues. AMY GOODMAN: I wanted […]
Joe Biden, Tiffany Cabán and Democrats’ Two Paths Forward
Truthdig The stories provided a striking contrast, a portrait of the Democratic Party’s past and a glimpse of its possible future. Just after midnight on Wednesday, 31-year-old Tiffany Cabán claimed victory in her race for Queens district attorney, an announcement that ignited chants of “DSA” during her campaign’s watch party at the La Boom nightclub in Woodside, […]
So Who Is Reporting That Trump Sanctions Have Killed Thousands of Venezuelans?
FAIR I wrote on June 14 about Reuters burying (for over a month) a study (CEPR, 4/25/19) by prominent economists Jeffrey Sachs and Mark Weisbrot that links economic sanctions President Donald Trump imposed on Venezuela in August 2017 to an estimated 40,000 deaths by the end of 2018. As of January 2019, Trump made the sanctions even more severe. The […]
A WHISTLEBLOWER POINTED TO ICE ABUSE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. NOW PRESSURE MOUNTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION.
The Intercept AN ADVOCACY GROUP that represents whistleblowers sent a scathing letter Thursday to the House and Senate committees overseeing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, calling on the congressional bodies to investigate abuses by ICE and the executive branch’s failure to hold the agency accountable. The group, Government Accountability Project, cited a report from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of […]
EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian face of Trump’s ‘deal’ denounces US ‘propaganda’
The Middle East Eye A Palestinian strawberry farmer whose photo was used in a White House brochure promoting Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” has told Middle East Eye he is “insulted and angry” and has been used to promote a “dangerous political project”. Several images of Osama Abu al-Rub, from Qabatiya, south of Jenin […]