April 2025
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April 14, 2025: Norman Finkelstein on Gaza Genocide
American political scientist and activist Norman Finkelstein, though the son of Polish Holocaust survivors, has never been afraid to speak his mind about Israel. At a February 2025 event sponsored by CAIR Florida (the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations), Finkelstein delivered fiery comments about Israel’s in-your-face brand of genocide: Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report April 16, 2025
Wednesday, 16 April 2025 — Black Agenda Report Western Nations Join the United States in Repressing Dissent Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Trump is not unique in the collective west. As the crisis of capitalism deepens, “democratic” states intensify repression and criminalize dissent. Continue reading
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Data centres: An opportunity for MPs to get answers
An influential committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into the long-term future of the UK’s water supply. This could be an opportunity for MPs to demand answers about the giant “hyperscale” data centres which Big Tech companies want to build across the country – Foxglove needs your help to get those MPs’ attention. Continue reading
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Who will become data controller of your medical notes in Wes’s World?
Speaking in Parliament, Wes Streeting said: “NHS England will be brought into the Department entirely”. Entirely is the key word, with consequences for decisions that have not yet been made. The abolition is a change that everyone thought beneficial but few expected before Wes Streeting first announced it two weeks ago and which surprised almost… Continue reading
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Worst Case Scenario: Trump’s Tariffs Walling US Off Ahead of Wider World Conflict
The US is preparing to subject its own population as well as those of its supposed “allies” to immense long-term economic, social, and political pain. The cost-of-living crisis in the US will only grow worse. The US hopes that it can endure economic pain and disruption at home and abroad better than the emerging multipolar… Continue reading
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🔫💥🇾🇪 Two signs of upcoming ground clashes in Yemen
🪖📰🇾🇪🇺🇸🇸🇦🇦🇪The Presidency Council, Yemen’s internationally recognized government backed by the United States, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, is amassing more than 80,000 troops for a major offensive to retake the western coastal port city of Hodeida from the Houthis, according to the Saudi-based Gulf Studies Center and several Arab media outlets. Continue reading
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The banality of evil: Israeli soldiers confess
What crimes do Israeli soldiers commit in Gaza? In this video, real Israeli occupation soldiers speak out to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, revealing disturbing confessions about what they did during the war on Gaza. From brutal attacks on civilians to dehumanizing violence, these testimonies expose the horrifying reality of life under occupation in their own words. Continue reading
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Will Yemen turn its missiles on the UAE and Saudi Arabia?
As Washington’s latest military campaign drags into its second month, Yemen’s battle lines remain firmly drawn—with growing questions over whether Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are next to be pulled into a war they can neither control nor win. Continue reading
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The nature of the new Israeli Uranium bombs: Evidence from Beirut
Dr. Chris Busby presents evidence that Israel used a Uranium-based bomb in the 2024 Beirut attack that assassinated Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, revealing airborne radioactive particles that pose long-term public health risks. Continue reading
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The Imperialism of Mearsheimer’s ‘Israel Lobby as Puppet Master’ Theory
A tiny speck of a nation somehow controls the most powerful empire in human history, home to the most powerful corporate giants and the wealthiest near-trillionaires ever. Continue reading
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UK: Free Speech in retreat
In February 2025, a tense exchange unfolded in the Oval Office between UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US Vice President JD Vance. Vance challenged Starmer face-to-face, asserting that UK policies, like the Online Safety Act, infringe on free expression. Starmer swiftly countered, saying he was proud of the UK’s long-standing tradition of free speech,… Continue reading
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China, Artificial Intelligence and the fear of the West
Almost no one expected it, yet it was predictable: China has entered the global AI competition and intends to win. Continue reading
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US, Iran take a leap forward in trust building
With the foreplay over and US-Iranian talks commencing in Muscat on Saturday, a constructive engagement has begun in right earnestness. The sure sign of it is that Iran’s currency rose nearly 6 percent on Sunday. The Tehran bazaar, the weathervane of Shia politics, has spoken. Continue reading
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It’s Offical: UN Accuses Israel of Genocide in Gaza
On March 22nd, this journalist detailed the findings of a UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on “Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023.” That investigation focused primarily on the hideous, industrial scale rape and sexual abuse of male and female Palestinian detainees in Zionist Occupation… Continue reading
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IT’S THE BOND MARKET STUPID. TRUMP MEETS HIS MAKER
This is the final article for what was one of the most eventful weeks in the financial markets since the onset of the pandemic. At least then it was known the virus could kill, now nothing is known about what the Trump virus is up to. Trump has a proud record. Of the last ten… Continue reading
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Why China won’t call a ‘tariff-wielding barbarian’
The Toddler Temper Tantrum-style Trump Tariff Tizzy (TTT), now accelerated to 145% – and counting – is yet another thunderous trademark pigeon smashing the chessboard gambit. Continue reading
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🇷🇺👨🚀On this day 64 years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to conquer space
Saturday, 12 April 2025 — New Eastern Outlook Continue reading
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Israel is About to Empty Gaza
The Israeli government, backed by the Trump administration, is laying the groundwork for the full expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, a move that has the potential to ignite a regional conflagration. Continue reading
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Wartime journalism: The choices we make and the price we pay
This piece explores the contemplations and the moral duty of being a media worker in Gaza and Lebanon during wartime, when reporting under fire becomes a revolutionary act against colonial violence. Continue reading
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Who Gets to Be Human? The “Moral Dilemma” at the Heart of the Ongoing Palestinian Genocide
The killing, displacement, and destruction go by many names: genocide, ethnic cleansing, a land grab. Whatever the label, the justifications for Israeli actions offered by world powers ring hollow, revealing a global complicity rooted in political expediency and moral bankruptcy. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 