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Russia-Ukraine: A different invasion, the West’s same ‘madman’ script

If Putin is a madman, like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders before him, then the only solution is the use of force to the bitter end. 

Why is there uproar at the smearing of Starmer but not Corbyn?

However serious the accusation of failing to prosecute a paedophile, Sir Keir Starmer might still prefer it over being labelled a traitor, a champion of terrorists and an antisemite, as Corbyn consistently was.

Amnesty apartheid report: The walls protecting Israel are finally crumbling

Amnesty and the wider human rights community are still holding back on clarifying the full implications of Israel’s apartheid character – because they fear being accused of antisemitism.

Pegasus spyware row is really about who controls cyber weapons

Washington’s ban on Pegasus spyware isn’t really about safeguarding human rights. It’s about curbing Israel’s dominance of ‘cyber weapons diplomacy’.

No 10 lockdown parties: Why the media are complicit

The media’s watchdog role is an illusion. The current scandal over Boris Johnson’s lockdown parties reveals just how dependent journalists are on government.

Why Washington’s focus on ‘credibility’ is a recipe for war

The world is entering what looks like a new, even more complex cold war, in which any misunderstanding, mishap or false move could rapidly escalate into nuclear confrontation.

Britain helped create the refugees it now wants to keep out

Europe is preparing to make its borders impregnable to the victims of its colonial interference, its wars and the climate crisis that its consumption-driven economies have generated.

The hounding of Julian Assange leaves honest journalism with no refuge

It is the ultimate, ugly paradox that Julian Assange’s legal and physical fate rests in the hands of two states – the US and UK – that have the most to lose by allowing him to regain his freedom and publish more of the truths they want concealed.

Assange ruling a dangerous precedent for journalists and British justice

The High Court’s ruling paves Assange’s way to a US trial following ‘assurances’ he will not be mistreated. But the US has been persecuting Assange for a decade after he exposed its war crimes.

How Starmer’s Labour reversed 40 years of progress on Israel and Palestine

Today’s conversation about Israel sounds like a throwback to the 1980s. Israel’s apartheid character and its vigorous lobby are off the table. But worse, both parties are once again reluctant even to criticise the occupation.

Kyle Rittenhouse is not the enemy. He’s the latest product of the outrage industry

Kyle Rittenhouse is not the enemy. He’s the latest phantasm conjured up by the corporate media’s outrage industry to feed its bottom line and feed our egos.

‘Honest mistakes’: How the US and Israel justify the targeting and killing of civilians

There’s no ‘honest mistake’ defence for the US and Israel when the same mistakes keep happening. ‘Honest mistakes’ can’t be a pattern of behaviour – the killing of innocents, whether in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria or Palestine.

Military pollution is the skeleton in the West’s climate closet

The US, Israel and the UK are the triumvirate of villains of the climate talks. Their armed forces are the most polluting on the planet – and the goal at COP26 is to keep that fact a closely guarded secret.

Over 500 scholars launch fightback against Israel lobby

Glasgow university has found itself in the eye of a storm, accused of ‘capitulating’ in two separate cases that have undermined academic research into the activities of Israel and its supporters.

By calling the fight for Palestinian rights ‘terror’, Israel turns reality on its head

The reality is that Israeli leaders are conflating their own terror at being held to account for their crimes with an imagined ‘terrorism’ being waged by lawyers and researchers trying to show the reality of occupation.

Amazon and Google: partners in Israeli apartheid

Amazon and Google aren’t just doing business with Israel. Through Project Nimbus, they are actively helping to build and improve the technological infrastructure Israel needs to oppress Palestinians.

After success against Corbyn, Israel lobby ousts UK scholar

A British university dismissed Prof David Miller after he exposed networks of influence promoting Islamophobia in the UK that included the very pro-Israel lobby groups that had worked so strenuously to get him fired.

Iron Dome: Don’t be deceived – US aid to Israel is not about saving lives

Far from saving lives, as Congressional leaders claim, Iron Dome is another weapon in Israel’s arsenal to keep Palestinians subdued, imprisoned and quiet – and in a wider military strategy to enforce US global domination.

Labour’s Palestine motion means Keir Starmer’s war on the left is not over

Keir Starmer’s goal was to perform the last rites for Corbyn and the party’s left at the Labour conference. Instead, members roundly slapped him in the face with a motion declaring Israel an apartheid state and demanding sanctions.

Despite its exit, the US will continue to wage war on Afghanistan

Ever the bad loser, Washington will be tempted to crush the Taliban with sanctions and covert operations, unleashing more chaos.