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Dearborn’s Not Puttin’ Up With This Crap
When Abdul El-Sayed won nomination for a US Senate seat in Michigan’s August 4 Democratic primary, the volume of anti-Muslim social-media posts targeting him leaped 20-fold, from an average of 155 per day to 3,100 per day. Now, with voting underway in the general election, the flood of vile propaganda aimed not just at El-Sayed […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
Harappa: Now That Was a Civilization!
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd has a way of getting under Hindu supremacists’ skin. And the latest book by this political theorist, social activist, and former Osmania University professor—titled Harappa: God’s City of Civilization—is almost certain to elicit frenzied howls of outrage. This 90-page work of fiction, illustrated by Priti Gulati Cox (full disclosure: I’m married to the artist), is set about 4,500 years ago in a small village along a tributary of the Indus River.
Atrocities by the Hour
With the western world’s attention having turned almost completely away from Occupied Palestine this summer, Israeli armed forces and settler shock troops have surged ahead in Gaza and the West Bank with an especially potent cocktail of genocide and apartheid. Hani al-Masri, director of the Palestinian Center for Strategic Studies, told Mondoweiss in late July […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
The Many Faces of Genocide
Five out of six Americans have seen enough and now want our government to stop supplying Israel with military hardware and munitions. But only one in six members of the US House of Representatives have signed on as cosponsors of a bill that would prohibit (but only partially) the sale or gifting of arms to […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
Israel’s Barbaric Ecocide in Lebanon and Gaza
Israeli leaders’ game plan for wiping out southern Lebanese society is more or less the same one they’ve followed in Gaza and the West Bank. They aim to deprive those populations of all elements necessary for a decent life: shelter, livelihoods, food, water, health care, education, and more. In these genocidal sieges, occupation forces are also attacking the local ecosystems in which the societies are embedded. This ravaging of animals, plants, soils, and water bodies isn’t just collateral damage.
The Resistance Fights On, as the Cowardly Crusaders Flounder
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair With a fictional ceasefire in place, Israel continues its genocide in Gaza, just in a lower gear. The people of Gaza are still living each day amid the chaos and terror brought by Israel. And Israeli leaders are still making crystal clear their intentions to destroy Palestinian society and erase from collective memory the fact that Palestinians ever existed.
The Resistance Fights On, as the Cowardly Crusaders Flounder
Embroidery: Priti Gulati Cox With a fictional ceasefire in place, Israel continues its genocide in Gaza, just in a lower gear. The people of Gaza are still living each day amid the chaos and terror brought by Israel. And Israeli leaders are still making crystal clear their intentions to destroy Palestinian society and erase from collective memory the fact that Palestinians ever existed.
The Resistance Fights On, as the Cowardly Crusaders Flounder
With a fictional ceasefire in place, Israel continues its genocide in Gaza, just in a lower gear. The people of Gaza are still living each day amid the chaos and terror brought by Israel. And Israeli leaders are still making crystal clear their intentions to destroy Palestinian society and erase from collective memory the fact that Palestinians ever existed.
Dearborn Says to Washington: Forget Campaigning, Just End the War and Genocide
One of many bloodied backpacks found in the rubble of a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, after the US missile attack of Feb. 28, 2026. Embroidery: @PritiGCox. Donald Trump’s illegal, increasingly unpopular war on Iran is sinking Republican prospects for winning the midterm elections, to the delight of Washington Democrats and liberal media.
Urgent Message to Democrats: Stop Dragging Your Feet and End Trump's Iran War
President Donald Trump’s illegal, increasingly unpopular war on Iran is sinking Republican prospects for winning the midterm elections, to the delight of Washington Democrats and liberal media. A couple of weeks before the US and Israel launched their blitzkrieg at the end of February, a Senate foreign-policy aide Drop Site News that: Party leaders certainly have been acting as if they’re strategizing with one eye on the midterms.
Dearborn Says to Washington: Forget Campaigning, Just End the War and Genocide
Donald Trump’s illegal, increasingly unpopular war on Iran is sinking Republican prospects for winning the midterm elections, to the delight of Washington Democrats and liberal media. A couple of weeks before the US and Israel launched their blitzkrieg at the end of February, a Senate foreign-policy aide told Drop Site News that A substantial number of Senate Democrats believed Iran ultimately needed to be dealt with militarily.
Dearborn Says to Washington: Forget Campaigning, Just End the War and Genocide
Donald Trump’s illegal, increasingly unpopular war on Iran is sinking Republican prospects for winning the midterm elections, to the delight of Washington Democrats and liberal media. A couple of weeks before the US and Israel launched their blitzkrieg at the end of February, a Senate foreign-policy aide told Drop Site News that A substantial number of Senate Democrats believed Iran ultimately needed to be dealt with militarily.
Dearborn Says to Washington: Forget Campaigning, Just End the War and Genocide
Donald Trump’s illegal, increasingly unpopular war on Iran is sinking Republican prospects for winning the midterm elections, to the delight of Washington Democrats and liberal media. A couple of weeks before the US and Israel launched their blitzkrieg at the end of February, a Senate foreign-policy aide told Drop Site News that A substantial number of Senate Democrats believed Iran ultimately needed to be dealt with militarily.
Does Israel Really Think It Can Make Cattle of the Palestinians?
Zionists have been working hard for more than a century to convince the world that before they arrived in Palestine, it had been “a land without a people.” Over the years, they did all they could to make that fictional absence a retroactive reality by convincing or forcing Palestinians to flee their homeland. And they […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
You don’t miss what doesn’t exist
Anthropause: The Beauty of Degrowth By Stan Cox Seven Stories Press, 2026 “Anthropause” is an amazing word and the latest book about it is an eye-opener. Stan Cox’s Anthropause: The Beauty of Degrowth, does what far too few degrowth books do — it first focuses readers’ attention to the positive experiences we could enjoy in a society less dedicated to producing unnecessary stuff. It then details the destructiveness of overproduction.
The Biggest Threats the Iranian People Face Are America and Israel
Demonstrator silhouetted against a street fire waving the Lion and Sun flag, 9 January 2026 – CC0 Israel’s longstanding campaign to lure Washington into war with Iran seems to have fizzled once again—for now, anyway. But in their attempt to invent a casus belli, their spy agencies employ tactics—disinformation, infiltration, and incitement of rioting—that help sustain the patently false impression that Tehran, not Tel Aviv, is home to the Middle East’s cruelest regime.
The Biggest Threats the Iranian People Face Are America and Israel
Israel and the US may be feeling their oats right now, but they have made themselves pariah nations with their genocide of the Palestinian people. Israel’s longstanding campaign to lure Washington into war with Iran seems to have fizzled once again—for now, anyway.
We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World
Al Gore, Howard Lutnick and Christine Lagarde: What really happened at that Davos dinner DAVOS, Switzerland – Al Gore didn’t like what Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had to say at a private dinner here at the World Economic Forum – but …
We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World
Climate Impacts Tracker dubbed 2025 The Year of Climate Disasters, noting, “Flash floods tearing up a Himalayan village in India, hurricanes and wildfires ravaging the US, heatwaves and wildfires scorching Europe, record-breaking heat in Iceland and Greenland, torrential rains and floods roaring through Southeast Asia — 2025 marked yet another year of human tragedies, driven by extreme weather events.” The number of environmental disasters and their destructiveness are only ratcheting up in...
The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction
January 20, 2026 The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction If the corporate and political powers carry on with business as usual, such growth will end in chaotic, violent collapse. Ad Policy Emissions rise from a smokestack alongside an American flag in Ohio. (Dane Rhys / Bloomberg) This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com.
We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World
Let me start by putting things bluntly: Don’t bother to tell US President Donald Trump, but with his distinct help, we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves. Thanks to the continued use of fossil fuels in a staggering fashion and the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, almost half of the world’s population now suffers through 30 additional days of extreme heat annually. Heatwaves roll in thicker and faster every year.
We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World
Oil Rig by Philippa McKinlay is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 /Flickr In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Stan Cox / TomDispatch Let me start by putting things bluntly: Don’t bother to tell Donald Trump, but with his distinct help, we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves.
We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World
Image by Malcolm Lightbody. Let me start by putting things bluntly: Don’t bother to tell Donald Trump, but with his distinct help, we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves. Thanks to the continued use of fossil fuels in a staggering fashion and the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, almost half of the world’s population now suffers through 30 additional days of extreme heat annually. Heatwaves roll in thicker and faster every year.
We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World
Let me start by putting things bluntly: Don’t bother to tell Donald Trump, but with his distinct help, we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves. Thanks to the continued use of fossil fuels in a staggering fashion and the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, almost half of the world’s population now suffers through 30 additional days of extreme heat annually. Heatwaves roll in thicker and faster every year.
How to Save the World: Give Up War, Cars, and Leaf-Blowers... and Unveil the Stars | Common Dreams
Let me start by putting things bluntly: Don’t bother to tell Donald Trump, but with his distinct help, we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves. Thanks to the continued use of fossil fuels in a staggering fashion and the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, almost half of the world’s population now suffers through 30 additional days of extreme heat annually. Heatwaves roll in thicker and faster every year.
We’re running headfirst into a Mad Max world
Let me start by putting things bluntly: Don’t bother to tell Donald Trump, but with his distinct help, we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves. Thanks to the continued use of fossil fuels in a staggering fashion and the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, almost half of the world’s population now suffers through 30 additional days of extreme heat annually. Heatwaves roll in thicker and faster every year. This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.
Uprooting Olive Trees Can’t Uproot the Palestinians
In November, the Jerusalem Post published an essay by Susannah Schilds, the American-Israeli author of a book titled From Southerner to Settler: Unexpected Lessons from the Land of Israel. In it, she recalled the exhilarating experience of harvesting olives last fall at an Israeli national park located illegally in the Occupied West Bank: We spent […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
Stopping the Genocide Requires Armed Intervention Original
The Palestinian armed resistance has defended Gaza for almost two years now, successfully preventing Israel from expelling two million people from their homeland. But, outgunned as they are by Israel’s technology and its unlimited supply of war matériel from the United States, the resistance fighters now need the world’s help—and soon—to drive out the Israeli occupation forces and end the genocide.
Stopping the genocide requires an armed protective force
By Stan Cox Mokhiber doesn’t say so explicitly, but it seems to me that any US-Israeli attempt to “obstruct the protection force” could include a range of actions that might well lead to direct armed conflict with the protection force.
Stopping the genocide requires an armed protective force
By Stan Cox The Palestinian armed resistance has defended Gaza for almost two years now, successfully preventing Israel from expelling two million people from their homeland. But, outgunned as they are by Israel’s technology and its unlimited supply of war matériel from the United States, the resistance fighters now need the world’s help—and soon—to drive out the Israeli occupation forces and end the genocide.
Armed Protective Force Needed to Stop Genocide
The Palestinian armed resistance has defended Gaza for almost two years now, successfully preventing Israel from expelling two million people from their homeland. But, outgunned as they are by Israel’s technology and its unlimited supply of war matériel from the United States, the resistance fighters now need the world’s help—and soon—to drive out the Israeli occupation forces and end the genocide.
Armed Protective Force Needed to Stop Genocide
The Palestinian armed resistance has defended Gaza for almost two years now, successfully preventing Israel from expelling two million people from their homeland. But, outgunned as they are by Israel’s technology and its unlimited supply of war matériel from the United States, the resistance fighters now need the world’s help—and soon—to drive out the Israeli occupation forces and end the genocide.
Stopping the Genocide Requires an Armed Protective Force
The Palestinian armed resistance has defended Gaza for almost two years now, successfully preventing Israel from expelling two million people from their homeland. But, outgunned as they are by Israel’s technology and its unlimited supply of war matériel from the United States, the resistance fighters now need the world’s help—and soon—to drive out the Israeli occupation forces and end the genocide.
Breaking Israel’s Genocide Must Take Priority Over Climate Change
Unprecedented numbers of heat records have been broken in locations throughout the Northern Hemisphere this summer, and even more records will fall in coming years. Meanwhile, Israel’s mass slaughter and starvation of Palestinians is escalating day by day. And the United States is a central player in creating and sustaining both catastrophes. To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
As Gaza Starved, NPR’s Coverage Expanded but Didn’t Get Any Better
Before the third week of July, when mass-starvation alarms finally started sounding, only a tiny minority of Americans were focused on the crimes against humanity that Israel was committing in Gaza. CounterPunch readers had long known what was going on, of course, but most Americans who depend on establishment media, whether liberal or MAGA, for their news had little idea.
As Gaza Starved, NPR Coverage Grew but Didn’t Get Any Better
In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Stan Cox / Common Dreams Before the third week of July, when mass-starvation alarms finally started sounding, only a tiny minority of Americans were focused on the crimes against humanity that Israel was committing in Gaza.
As Gaza Starved, NPR Coverage Grew but Didn’t Get Any Better Original
Before the third week of July, when mass-starvation alarms finally started sounding, only a tiny minority of Americans were focused on the crimes against humanity that Israel was committing in Gaza. Z readers had long known what was going on, of course, but most Americans who depend on establishment media, whether liberal or MAGA, for their news had little idea.
Healthcare and Food as Means to an End: Extermination
For 21 months, Israel has obsessively attacked Gaza’s health-care infrastructure and personnel, using weaponry and munitions provided by the US Congress. Over the same span of time, Israel has created a far greater need for health care by targeting Gaza’s civilian population with bombing, gunfire, and blockade-induced starvation—also with Washington’s wholehearted support. When it comes […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
Valor in the Face of Great Inhumanity
In contrast to Donya, who met such inhumanity with great valor (boldness and determination in facing great danger), Israeli forces have display nothing but cowardice. Donya Ahmad Abu Sitta and her family were first displaced just four days into the war, on October 11, 2023. She told me, Everyone fled the school. Donya and her family went to stay at a friend’s place. The next day, however, that apartment block was also bombed, so, with nowhere else to go, they returned to the school.
Valor in the Face of Great Inhumanity
Donya Ahmad Abu Sitta and her family were first displaced just four days into the war, on October 11, 2023. She told me, “They bombed our neighborhood in Khan Younis, so we evacuated to a nearby school that had been converted into a shelter. We were thinking the school would be safer than our home because it was under UN control. But after we were there for a month, they bombed the building next to the school.
Valor in the Face of Inhumanity
Donya Ahmad Abu Sitta and her family were first displaced just four days into the war, on October 11, 2023. She told me, “They bombed our neighborhood in Khan Younis, so we evacuated to a nearby school that had been converted into a shelter. We were thinking the school would be safer than our home because it was under UN control. But after we were there for a month, they bombed the building next to the school.
Valor in the Face of Inhumanity
Donya Ahmad Abu Sitta and her family were first displaced just four days into the war, on October 11, 2023. She told me, “They bombed our neighborhood in Khan Younis, so we evacuated to a nearby school that had been converted into a shelter. We were thinking the school would be safer than our home because it was under UN control. But after we were there for a month, they bombed the building next to the school.
Their Campuses Bombed to Rubble, Gaza’s Universities Are Standing Tall
The contrast could not be starker. Even with their campuses destroyed by US-supplied aircraft dropping US-supplied bombs, Gaza’s universities are persevering and supporting their students as best they can, under the banner “Education Is Resistance.” Meanwhile, big US universities that have come under a barrage of legal and financial threats for not cracking down hard […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
Natural Cooling Methods: How to Keep Cool Without AC
Learn how to keep cool without AC, which will help you save money on energy bills even through scorching summer weather. Around 50 years ago, about nine out of 10 U.S. residents spent summertime in homes without air conditioning. Suggest turning off the AC in summer these days, however, and you’ll frequently encounter wide-eyed disbelief.
When Your Government Shatters the Lives of Two Million People in Gaza, Don’t Expect It to Make Life Better for You
The Trump regime’s approval numbers are sinking. Americans are in the streets protesting the regime’s cruel abuses of power. And Democratic voters are yelling at their party’s leaders to show some backbone. Party operatives are counting on this nationwide backlash to gain them House and Senate majorities in next year’s congressional elections. Many liberals and […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
Bombing the Bombed, Displacing the Displaced, Starving the Starved
+ Hossam Shabat, a young (23) Palestinian reporter for Al Jazeera, whose vivid dispatches from Gaza over the last year and a half I’ve quoted numerous times here in Gaza Diary, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in what appears to be a targeted assassination. (The Committee for the Protection of Journalists considers his killing […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
In Fox’s Wonderland, the Economy is Just Fine
The consensus in the economic research community and the business press is that the US economy is in serious trouble thanks to President Donald Trump’s wildly shifting tariff policies, plundering of the federal government and other factors. Unemployment has been slowly rising for the last year (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 3/7/25). Tariffs are hurting American […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
Boycotts, Divestment, and People's Arms Embargoes
Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people has provoked the largest, most energetic international campaign of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions since the movement against apartheid in the 1980s and early 90s. The multipronged strategy now known as BDS played an important role in freeing South Africa from white minority rule, and now it’s being deployed to […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
Ravaging the Soils of Gaza
When Israeli troops launched their ground invasion of northern Gaza in 2023, one of the first places they rolled into was the Abu Suffiyeh family farm in the Jabalya area (see pdf, page 301). The attackers had targeted the farm, with its thriving olive, pomegranate, and citrus orchards, for total destruction, because it lay in […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
Under Trump, Taxpayers Will Continue to Foot the Bill for Israel’s War Crimes
January 23, 2025 Under Trump, Taxpayers Will Continue to Foot the Bill for Israel’s War Crimes Were it just about any other country than Israel committing such a genocide, Washington would have cut off arms shipments months ago. Edit Ad Policy Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 13, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images) This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com.
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