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Palestinian UN Recognition Bid Wins Support From Switzerland, Denmark
Stephanie Nebehay and Noah Browning
GENEVA/RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Switzerland and Denmark on Wednesday joined a growing list of European countries that back an upgrade for Palestinians to non-member status at the United Nations, a victory that would be a diplomatic… Continue reading
Nuclear weapons as instruments of peace?
Richard Falk
A few days ago I was a participant in a well-attended academic panel on “the decline of violence and warfare” at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association held this year in San Diego, California. The two-part panel featured appraisal of the common argument… Continue reading
One state solution featured on NPR and in Carter ‘IHT’ Op-Ed
Adam Horowitz
As the possibility of a two-state solution fades into the horizon (cue the flatline), the discussion of alternatives continues to expand. Building off last month’s One State conference at Harvard, NPR‘s Morning Edition featured a story… Continue reading
On anti-Semitism, war crimes, and old poets
Lillian Rosengarten
Silence in the face of apartheid is unbearable.
We can no longer remain silent nor turn our backs and pretend ignorance to a gruesome occupation of stolen land, the cruelest collective punishment in the open-air sewer prison where Palestinians once lived in peace… Continue reading
Amira Hass explains why Israel’s U.S. model of ethnic cleansing failed, and why ‘Jewish regime’ will ‘crumble’
Philip Weiss
It is very common these days to hear supporters of Israel seek to justify ethnic cleansing by saying that You did it– you Americans. Amira Hass has a fabulous piece up at Haaretz
Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became “People” – and How You Can Fight Back
Thom Hartmann
If you believe that corporations should not have the same rights as people – if you are appalled by the 2010 Citizens United decision – then this is the book for you.
Thom Hartmann wrote this prescient… Continue reading
President Obama and His key Advisors are a Gang of War Criminals
Dave Lindorff
February 29, 2012 “Information Clearing House” —- If a bunch of street toughs decided to gang up and beat the crap
How to Leave Guantánamo:
By Means of a Plea Deal or In A Coffin
Andy Worthington
Guantánamo briefly emerged from the shadows on Wednesday, February 29, when Majid Khan, a Pakistani national described as one of 14 “high-value detainees” when he arrived at Guantánamo in September 2006, after three and a half
Corporate Immunity Looks Likely: Supreme Court Seems Ready To Side With Shell In Human Rights Suit (Update)
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning appeared divided along party lines, with a conservative majority ready to hold that corporations cannot be held accountable in federal courts for international human rights violations… Continue reading
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Noam Chomsky: America’s Decline Is Real — and Increasingly Self-Inflicted
Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch.com
Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated — Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. Others are ignored, and we can often learn valuable lessons from them about what is likely to lie ahead. … Continue reading