‘It’s hell’: The bureaucratic nightmare facing Palestinians in East Jerusalem
The Middle East Eye In the neighbourhood of Wadi al-Joz, meaning “Valley of the Walnuts,” in occupied East Jerusalem, lies a branch of the Population and Immigration Authority of the Israeli Ministry of Interior. Registering a birth or death? Need to apply for a passport or an ID card? This is the only place providing […]
Is Tokyo Ready for the Olympic Juggernaut?
The Nation This is not so much a prophecy as it is a prediction: The city of Tokyo is in serious trouble. We are headed to the “Electric Town” this week to look at how this modern metropolis of more than 9 million people is preparing to host the 2020 Summer Olympics exactly one year […]
From the Democratic primaries to the economic divide
As the Democratic primary begins to kick into gear and the argument over whose ideas are dominant in the party, it’s worth considering how things got to this point and why many news accounts of the ‘battle for the Democratic party’ may be missing the mark a bit. This is what the Nation is considering, with plenty […]
Capitalism is Socialism for the Uber Wealthy and Suffocation for the Rest of Us
The Ghion Journal There was a time not too long ago when capitalists used to make a show out of saying that the “free markets” requiring as little regulation as possible and demanded zero governmental infringements. Citing their gods Adam Smith and Alexander Hamilton, Wall Street “elites” used to insist that the “invisible hands of […]
The Guardian publishes, then censors Jewish open letter defending smeared pro-Corbyn Labour MP Chris Williamson
The Grayzone Britain’s leading newspaper The Guardian has censored an open letter published by prominent Jewish intellectuals, writers, and activists that defended leftist Labour Party Member of Parliament Chris Williamson from “anti-Semitism” smears. The Guardian printed, but then quickly removed the letter without explanation. Meanwhile, the paper has refused to retract a wholly discredited article […]
US Women’s Soccer Team Stands for Equal Pay and Confronting Trump
The Real News Network EIGHT BY EIGHT MAGAZINE REPORTER Are you excited about going to the White House? MEGAN RAPINOE, USWNT CO-CAPTAIN [scoffs] I’m not going to the fucking White House. No. MARC STEINER “I’m not going to the White House.” Welcome. I’m Marc Steiner. [laughs] Welcome to The Real News Network. Good to have you all with […]
Give Peace a Chance: Don’t Believe the War Profiteers
CounterPunch In late May, Vice President Mike Pence was the commencement speaker at West Point. In part, he told the graduating cadets this: “It is a virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield for America at some point in your life. You will lead soldiers in combat. It will happen…And when that day comes, I […]
The Inhumane Treatment of Migrants Is Not New. It’s a Key Part of a Decades-Old Bipartisan Policy
Democracy Now! More than a week after lawmakers flocked to the U.S.-Mexico border to observe the horrible treatment of refugee children and families in immigration jails, reports of unsafe and unsanitary conditions for asylum seekers are continuing. In Clint, Texas, the Border Patrol station that garnered international attention for jailing hundreds of migrant children without […]
20 Steps in the Right Direction
Truthdig On Thursday, the U.S. Special Representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, will meet in Berlin with Lee Do-hoon, South Korea’s special representative on peace and security, and other representatives from the European Union to “advance our shared efforts to achieve the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea” according to a State Department press release. […]
Buttigieg Goes for Big Bucks as NYT Oversells His Small-Donor Support
FAIR On June 25, the day before the first Democratic presidential debates, Pete Buttigieg’s average in polls of the race stood at 7.0 percent. Today, after the attention and considerable positive media reaction that he got after the debates, he’s surged—to 5.2 percent. Despite the fact that more people seeing him seems to have resulted in less […]