Category: Thinking Politically
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South Koreans Defy Biden’s Man in Seoul
Discusses the coup attempt in South Korea in early December 2024, and the people’s uprising against it, which ultimately prevailed, and the martial law order was rescinded.
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UN report accuses Israel of willfully destroying Gaza’s health care infrastructure
Detailing Israel’s “crime of extermination,” the report makes it clear bombing hospitals is no accident. Six days after the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel ordered the evacuation of 22 hospitals in northern Gaza. In fact, 1.1 million people were ordered to evacuate the entire north of the enclave within 24 hours. But…
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Brazil’s Veto of Venezuela into BRICS Burst the PT’s Narrative Bubble
The Venezuelan question is a black and white issue: either you support Lula and Biden’s regime change efforts in Venezuela, each moving forward in their own way, but coordinated, or you support Maduro and Putin’s defense of Venezuela’s independence and sovereignty. Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party (PT, by its acronym in Portuguese) has presented itself since…
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Seattle Diary: 25 Years After
Author’s contemporaneous report of his experiences in Seattle during the WTO Protests in late 1999, plus some reflections/comments 25 years later.
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The Zionist Effort to Defund Climate and Environmental Justice
Nonprofit organizations of all orientations are under attack, with threats of withholding funding, for their association with Palestine solidarity activities. Climate justice organizations have not been spared in this wave of Zionist repression. The U.S. climate community and the entire nonprofit ecosystem must understand, and quickly, that a chilling effect on free speech is bad news…
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Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters
The West’s dominant media tell us little about Hamas’ history or ideology, relying instead on “terrorist” clichés. This new book cuts through them to explain. What do we know about Palestine’s Islamic Resistance Movement, commonly known as Hamas? I read independent media every day, but even so, a year after Al-Aqsa Flood and the onset…
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Illinois Students Who Protested Gaza Genocide Are Facing Felony Mob Charges
The state’s attorney is prosecuting University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students over last April’s encampments. Pre-trial hearings for students who participated in a Gaza solidarity encampment in central Illinois last spring are being held on November 20 and December 4, 2024. The outcome of the four students’ trials will determine whether they will risk up to…
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Latin America Rejects Genocide, Stands with Palestine
Cuba’s immediate condemnation of Israel’s aggression against Palestine was no surprise, given its historic position of standing on the side of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and and with the struggle for liberation. After breaking diplomatic relations with Israel in 1973, Cuba defended the re-establishment of the pre-1967 borders. In the last year, top…
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Somalia is becoming Africa’s Lebanon
The Horn of Africa is on the brink of a dangerous turn as the several actors intensify their displays of power in Somalia. Turkey, Egypt, Ethiopia, the UAE, and other regional powers are taking sides in what is fast becoming Africa’s Lebanon—a fractured country where multiple national factions and entities pursue conflicting political agendas. The…
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Fujimori Is Dead, Fujimorismo Is Not
Former dictator and genocidaire Alberto Fujimori died on September 11, nine months after Peru’s Supreme Court illegally reinstated his pardon for crimes against humanity. His daughter and three-time presidential election loser, Keiko Fujimori, announced his death on the X platform a day after rumors started swirling. Sadly, Fujimori died peacefully in his home surrounded by…