May 2025
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Palestine: the Moral Issue of Our Time
The ongoing Israeli military assault on Gaza is, in my view, one of the worst crimes in human history. For the last year and a half, Israel has carried out a mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and now starvation campaign against a besieged, defenseless population of two million Palestinians. Continue reading
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When Universities Are Agents of the State
“What is a university and who is it for?” This was the question to which this essay was supposed to respond. It’s a question I turn over and over again in my mind, walking myself in circles. Federal agents have detained, kidnapped, and disappeared multiple graduate students for their participation in peaceful protest against Israeli… Continue reading
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United Kingdom and China: Balancing Trade and Security
When a former metropole, so accustomed to dictating the rules of the world under the British flag and the accompaniment of Imperial marches, suddenly finds itself caught between Beijing and Washington, it begins to resemble an actor who has forgotten their lines in a play they themselves directed. Continue reading
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So Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza is in the UK’s national interest
British opposition leader Kemi Badenoch, speaking to Sky News yesterday, defended Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, framing it as being in alignment with the UK’s “national interest”. Continue reading
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Only Total Collapse Will Rouse Humanity from Its Suicidal Sleepwalk
As Gaza’s children burn while the world watches, it becomes clear: only climate catastrophe, nuclear armageddon, or World War III may force humanity to abandon Western capitalism’s suicidal path. Continue reading
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Is an Israeli Attack on Iran Imminent?
The media is full of reports about a possible imminent Israeli attack on Iran. With US-Iran nuclear negotiations not moving forward, Israel hopes to pull the US into a war against Iran. What would be the nuclear contamination and how will Iran retaliate? Continue reading
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Note #9: History and memory
A memory of Gummidipundi refugee camp, north of Chennai, haunts me. In dim light, a young(ish) man, missing one of his limbs, sits on the concrete floor in a brick shack. The roof is thatched, or maybe it’s concrete sheets, perhaps asbestos. Hopelessness has eaten away at his eyes; not even a hint of anticipation… Continue reading
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European kakistocracy locked in a Forever War against Russia
Never interrupt your enemy when he is committing serial suicide (in reverse American gore-style, when the serial killer always resurrects). In the case of the EU kakistocracy, serial self-destruction is always a given, and always skyrocketing. Continue reading
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Palestine and the Conscience of China
[A] lot of people across the global majority are asking the extremely serious question: why the BRICS, and especially why Russia and China, are not doing more than what they’re doing on behalf of Palestine and to defend Palestine. This is an extremely serious question and it’s not being addressed by Russia and China. We… Continue reading
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Daily war crimes: 24 hours of zionist massacres kill 90+, yet Western leaders stay silent
Every day, the US-backed zionist occupation carries out war crimes and massacres against the Palestinian people. It has repeatedly expressed its intention to perpetrate a genocide against Palestinians, and continues to do so with little repercussion from the rest of the world. Continue reading
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How Microsoft became a hub for Israeli intelligence
Microsoft’s close collaboration with Tel Aviv — including its employment of over 1,000 Israelis — strongly undermines the tech giant’s claim that no Palestinians have been harmed by its services. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Radio May 23, 2025
Friday, 23 May 2025 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Radio May 23, 2025 In this week’s segment, we discuss the legacy of Malcolm X and the state of the political party that many Black people feel trapped in. We are joined by a guest in Libya who explains the lasting impact of the US/NATO Continue reading
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What is Israel Hiding in Jenin?
This week, while diplomats from Western and Arab countries attempted to inspect Israel’s destruction of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces fired “warning shots” at them. Continue reading
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DHS Is Getting Ready to Identify Everyone Who Leaves the Country, Expanding Immigration Dragnet
Legal experts say new land border checkpoints and surveillance measures may herald an expanded crackdown on student protestors. Continue reading
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Iranian diplomats suspect Trump using talks as instrument of sabotage
In Tehran, bewildered diplomats told me they suspect the Trump administration is exploiting nuclear negotiations as a instrument for generating instability to weaken Iran’s economy and foment social strife Continue reading
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India–Pakistan war: The winners and the losers
Chinese military hardware stole the show, French ones lost their stock, India’s clout took hits, and Pakistanis crowed. Yet, ultimately, the brief, hot India–Pakistan war was a victory only for the Global North’s divide-and-rule project for the Global South. Continue reading
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Vijay Prashad: Israel’s Final Solution for Gaza
In early May, the security cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met and agreed that Israel would “capture” Gaza and remove its Palestinian population “to protect it.” To achieve this policy of annexation of Gaza, the Israelis tightened their siege by preventing the entry of food, water, electricity and other humanitarian aid (they had… Continue reading
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“Houthis have no idea who they are messing with…” – Yaron Lischinsky
Israeli embassy employee gunned down in Washington previously boasted about Israel’s capabilities against Yemen’s Ansarallah Yaron Lischinsky was a researcher at the Israeli Embassy in Washington. He was shot dead by a shooter citing the escalating Gaza genocide as his reason. Continue reading
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Between October 7, 2023, and May 11, 2025, “Israel” killed over 16,500 Palestinian children in Gaza
16,500+ children dead is not collateral damage. This is genocide. Continue reading
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Empire’s Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Rodriguez and Mangione are Just the Beginning
When a society forces you to watch genocide in real-time and punishes you for not applauding the killers, why act surprised when that violence comes home? Continue reading
The New Dark Age 