Richard Medhurst — his journalism tools now confiscated and under “terrorism” investigation for his reporting on Palestine and Lebanon — discusses his experiences in the U.K. and Austria.
The Chris Hedges Report: The West as Israel’s Police
Month: May 2025
Who Defeated the Nazis? A Colloquy
Russia destroyed more than 40,000 German tanks from June 1941 to November 1944. By the time the Allies came ashore at Normandy, the Germans had already lost the war, writes Scott Ritter. Larry Wilkerson responds.
Vijay Prashad: Israel’s Crimes in the West Bank
Israel’s genocidal actions in the West Bank include the denial of basic services, forced displacement, mass killings, incarceration and the destruction of infrastructure.
Exterminating Israel’s Helots
Palestinians are today’s Helots to Israel’s Sparta, condemned to be trampled on. When the response to genocide is more genocide, you are what you claim to be against. Exterminating children as the world looks on results, writes John Wight.
VIPS MEMO: Arms Control — Toward Lasting Peace
At the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe over the Nazis, the Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity issue this memorandum calling for nuclear arms control leading to lasting peace.
Trump Missing His Chance to Make History in Moscow
Edward Lozansky on the snubbing by European leaders, along with the U.S. president, of Moscow’s May 9 celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.
Holes in the US Constitution
The first-term Trump F.B.I. put its contempt for the Constitution in writing and the Biden F.B.I. acted as if nothing was wrong, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. Under the second Trump administration, nothing has changed.
‘Gideon’s Chariots’ Aim to Finalize the Genocide
Having gotten away with so many atrocities while the international community looks away, Israel just unveiled the latest escalation of its illegal collective punishment of Gazans, writes Abby Zimet.
At ICJ, Only US & Hungary Back Israel Starving Gaza
Thirty-seven states, the U.N. and international NGOs all condemned Israel’s denial of aid to the starving people of Gaza at the International Court of Justice last week, Marjorie Cohn reports.
Vietnam’s Environment a Warning for Gaza & Ukraine
Pamela McElwee describes the degraded ecosystems and dioxin-contaminated soils and waters that persist, 50 years later, after the U.S. ecocidal assault on Vietnam’s jungles and marshes.