A diplomatic insider describes attempts by Jared Kushner and Nikki Haley to destroy a UN agency that supports millions of Palestinians
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Israel’s shadowy role in Guatemala’s dirty war
By Gabriel Schivone. The Electronic Intifada Israel’s well-documented role in Guatemala’s Dirty War that left more than 200,000 dead has not been met with justice. William Gularte Reuters Last year was a busy one for Guatemala’s criminal justice system. January 2016 saw the arrests of 18 former military officers for their alleged part in the country’s dirty […]
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Price for Witnessing Against War
By Ray McGovern. This article was first published on Consortium News. The funeral for anti-war priest Daniel Berrigan was a reminder of humanity’s need to challenge immoral government actions and the price that one pays for doing so, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. Fr. Daniel Berrigan’s funeral was being live-streamed Friday, as I started to […]
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Is Bernie Sanders a socialist?
By Tom Hall and Barry Grey. This article was first published on World Socialist Web Site. The growth of support for the campaign of the “socialist” Bernie Sanders is an indication of the leftward shift of broad layers of the American population. The senator from Vermont, who calls himself an independent but caucuses with the […]
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Israel’s Fatal Over-Reach
By Andrew Levine. This article was first published on Counterpunch. Is The Salaita Case a Breakthrough Moment? Palestinians have an only slightly greater chance of recovering all, or even most, of the land they lost to Zionist colonization than the indigenous peoples of the Americas, Australia and New Zealand have of recovering their lands. The […]
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From Jerusalem, Yet Another Great Leap Backwards
by Andrew Levine. This article was first published on Counterpunch. Before World War I shattered the illusion, it was widely assumed in the West that wars between European powers — and in the Americas and perhaps also in eastern Asia – were on their way to becoming relics of a less civilized past. Over the […]
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Working Class Politics After the NDP
By Sam Gindin and Michael Hurley. This article was first published on Socialist Project. Introduction: Crisis in Labour Politics The issue that we can’t ignore this Labour Day is the disorientation in our movement’s politics. List the issues working people are most concerned about today – whether deindustrialization, unemployment and underemployment; access to healthcare, childcare […]
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Palestine in Canadian Politics
Dan Freeman-Maloy. This article was first published on Socialist Project. Early this month, the Canadian section of Israel’s quasi-governmental Jewish National Fund (JNF) made a big show of honouring Stephen Harper at its annual “Negev Dinner.” It was the first time a sitting Canadian prime minister served as the gala’s honouree – and a grating […]
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Israel’s Window to Bomb Iran
Israeli leaders continue to pound the drum about taking out Iran’s nuclear program – and some hardliners may want to strike soon, fearing the window of opportunity will close if President Barack Obama wins reelection and is less susceptible to political pressures, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern observes. By Ray McGovern There are mounting signs […]
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Israel’s New Military Ally
OTTAWA – It used to be that when you counted Israel’s top allies, the obvious names came to mind: Germany, the UK and, of course, the US. These days, Canada seems determined to soar to the top of that list, confirming the judgment of Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s Foreign Minister. While visiting Canada in 2009 he […]
