Opinion

Let guns fall silent

THE Middle East has once again come dangerously close to disaster. For twelve tense days, the world watched anxiously as Iran and Israel exchanged deadly attacks. Their actions have dragged

Where are Gaza, Ukraine and elsewhere?

by Daniel Warner: DONALD Trump has all the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; trouble paying attention, impulsive behavior, acting without thinking about the result, and being overly active. Specifically,

How Netanyahu, AIPAC outsourced Israel’s war to Trump

UNLIKE Russia’s quarrel with Kyiv or China’s claim to Taiwan, Washington’s war with Iran is not rooted in a national dispute with the US. It is a project subcontracted by

Youth and democratic disconnect

DEMOCRACY is not merely a system of governance — it is the heartbeat of a free society, the framework upon which freedom of expression, individual rights and public participation are

Meanwhile, 100s of millions die of hunger

Enough food is produced to meet the needs of 11 billion people. Why do so many of the 8 billion people on the planet go hungry? Vijay Prashad writes I HAVE written

Contexts of liberation war – III

by Ali Ahmed Ziauddin : A SMALL Muslim army invaded Sindh as early as the 8th century but arrived as traders in both the Malabar coast and Bengal by the

When the dead speak and the living refuse to listen

Jeffrey St Clair : THE problem with writing about Gaza is that words can’t explain what’s happening in Gaza. Neither can images, even the most gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. Because what

Israeli lies about ‘Hamas stealing aid’

by Jonathan Cook : Western journalists, having promoted Israel’s claims for more than a year and half, have grown entirely insensible to their active collusion in genocide, writes Jonathan Cook ISRAEL’S