The same man who used mustard gas on Iraqi Kurds, sent the Black and Tans into Ireland, ordered the Army to crush the General Strike of miners, set up concentration camps in Kenya and deliberately caused the Bengal Famine in India whose victims he described as "beasts".

"Trump Isn't Anti-War. It’s Time to Debunk This Dangerous Myth" From ramping up drone strikes & foreign wars, to helping a genocide, Trump has always been a hawk – not a dove. Please do share one of the most important debunking videos I've done in 2024. zeteo.com/subscribe

Twisted irony. Germany now sees itself as the arbitrator of antisemitism. The proposed legislation allows them to decide that Jewish artists and academics are antisemites because they are critical of 🇮🇱, while those Jews supporting Netanyahu and his genocidal violence are not.

"In the current moment... the level and scope of violence and dehumanization perpetrated by Israeli soldiers, security agents and IPS staff against detainees and prisoners has extended the hot war into prisons." Read now from Lisa Hajjar باسل فراج Basil Farraj bit.ly/4cRiY4n

On the Netanyahu map 🇮🇱 has already annexed all of the West Bank. His approach to international law is obviously no different from Putin’s. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Happy to share this storymap recounting how #nonprofits organized to rebuild the neighborhoods affected by the #Beirut Port #blast, against many odds, and how some also contributed to advancing horizons of #commoning, even imperfectly.

- S'il est réélu, Saied sera un hyperpresident, hyper contesté car mal réélu. Un usurpateur qui doit son pouvoir à autre chose que le verdict des urnes. -Si ces élections sont reportées, cela aggravera la crise politique d'un pays au bord de l'effondrement économique.

Arundhati Roy: "In 1937, Winston Churchill said of the Palestinians - I quote - 'I do not agree that the dog in a manger, has the final right to the manger, even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right."

Drop Site’s Ryan Grim reported earlier on Gaza surgeon Khaled Alser, the lead author of a Lancet study on trauma surgery, who has been imprisoned & tortured by Israel, and is now considered missing. Democracy Now spoke to his co-author Dr. Simon Fitzgerald. You can read Dr.

Macron won the support of the French far right to make Barnier - who openly supports ending all immigration - prime minister. That was in order to block the left, who came top in the election. It’s so called “centrists” who will pave the way for fascism. You have been warned!

The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor said "he had been pressured by some world leaders not to issue warrants" against Israeli officials. “'Several leaders and others told me and advised me and cautioned me,' he said." bbc.com/news/articles/…

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"If there is one lesson to be learned since 2021, when Jordan first breached the wall of Syria’s isolation, it is that progress in Syria is slow, when it occurs at all." Armenak writes. carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/di…

As intriguing as unexpected, as with much of New Lines Magazine output: A little-known genre of speculative fiction called FICINT, or "fiction intelligence," is shaping strategic planning for war in the U.S. and beyond, reports Asmaa El Gammal أسماء الجمّال for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

The Iraqi oligarchy &its allied judiciary show no bounds in their abuse/misuse of the law: seven years in prison for a Facebook post, while the murderer of Al-Hashimi is acquitted, &extensive efforts are made to cover up what their own media has called 'the heist of the century.”

The call for #FredHallidayAward is now open. Deadline 31 October 2024. For more information and new eligibility criteria, see below. Please circulate as widely as possible. Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals Blanquerna Blanquerna FCRI CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) IEMed Catalonia International CCCB CCCB Debats

US commentators who argue that the US has no leverage over Netanyahu are not just wrong, they are dishonest - and deliberately enabling both him & his far-right partners. America Has More Latitude With Israel Than It Thinks foreignaffairs.com/israel/america… via Foreign Affairs

Israeli settler violence is seeing a dangerous increase. We call on outside powers to curb sales of weapons used in violation of international law and raise the cost the Israeli government pays for settler violence and the settlement project. Crisis Group crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

Just saw this: a well-balanced and useful read: Sea-Level Rise in the Nile Delta: Promoting Adaptation Through Circular Migration bakerinstitute.org/research/sea-l…