Opinion

Mass media, social media, and new civil war

by David Rovics : HOW close are we to being in the movie? Leila and I went to the Baghdad Theatre, down the road from our apartment in Portland, Oregon,

Israel’s onslaught of revenge

Joshua Frank : AS AMAL Nassar lay in pain on a bed at the Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza, the echoes of explosions and artillery

Three evils Israel causes Gaza to suffer

There is no ambiguity about Israel causing Gaza to suffer occupation, apartheid and genocide. To counter Israeli denialism, here is a short primer on why these terms are accurate, writes Vijay

A certain French stubbornness

Binoy Kampmark : FRANCE’S Emmanuel Macron can, at times, show himself at odds with the grime and gristle of grounded politics. Able to pack in various snatches of philosophical reflection

2024: people starve as the rich get richer

Graham Peebles: EARNING enough to pay the rent or mortgage, cover utility bills and travel costs, buy food and have the occasional coffee is difficult, impossible for many. But it’s

US attitude to ICC always defined by self-interest

Andrea Furger : THIS week, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, applied for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders, as well as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu

France losing grip on another colonial possession

by Mick Hall : Macron’s decision to send more troops to New Caledonia is a reflection of a serious breakdown of order in the island nation not seen since the

Women for peace

Inge Günther : WHEN Peta Jones Pellach raves about what she describes as the ‘wonderful event’, you can’t help but feel you missed out on something. On October 4, 2023,