Attack on Flotilla shows how far Israel will go to keep ‘deliberately starving’ Gaza: Amnesty
by Jon Queally, CommonDreams.org Amid international outrage and protest over the interdiction and detention of humanitarians aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla by Israeli military forces, Amnesty...
Israel carries out airstrikes in southern Lebanon in violation of ceasefire; 3 killed
At least three people have been killed and several others wounded in Israeli air attacks on southern Lebanon, medical officials say, in the...
Rohingya plight in Myanmar, a ‘test for humanity’
“Houses burned. Neighbors killed. Hope vanishing.” With those stark words, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock opened a high-level UN conference on Sept....
Maduro says Venezuela not a ‘colony,’ any U.S. aggression to be met with ‘united regional response’
President Nicolas Maduro has warned that any aggression against Venezuela will be met with a united regional response, emphasizing that the Bolivarian...
So-called ‘peace plan’ continues to exclude, marginalize Palestinians
The 20-point “peace plan” advanced by President Donald Trump on October 3—just days ahead of the two-year mark of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza—is...
France’s exploitation of African nations and the fight against imperialism
During the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s 2015 Saviours’ Day address, “The Intensifying Universal Cry For Justice,” he gave special mention to France and its...
The case of Steve Biko and the problem with focusing on White folks in post-apartheid South Africa
It was recently announced that South Africa is reopening the inquest into the death of South Africa’s anti-apartheid freedom fighter and Black Consciousness Movement...
‘Our enemy knows the importance of cultural resistance’ Palestinians resist Israeli attacks on culture, media and education
DETROIT—For Palestinians standing up against Israel’s atrocities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, culture, media and education are key aspects of resistance....
Three African states quit ICC
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), denouncing the Hague-based tribunal as an instrument of imperialist “neocolonial...
Three Palestinians killed as Israeli army steps up deadly raids in West Bank
At least three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces as they expand their deadly raids across the occupied West Bank and continue bombardment...