A new Amnesty report last week found that Israel continues to use starvation as a weapon against the people of Gaza as part of their genocidal campaign: Evidence gathered by Amnesty International demonstrates how over a month since the introduction of its militarized...
Ron Paul on Flip-Flopping Trump Vows More Weapons to Ukraine
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: In a bizarre day in which we learned that there actually is no Epstein client list after being promised its release, Trump one-upped his hapless administration and announced that he was turning his back on one of the most important...
Vonnegut and The Bomb
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer and the Legacy of His Bomb. Last week, in exploring two major new pieces at The Atlantic (by Tom Nichols and Jeffrey Goldberg), I was not aware that they came from a kind of “special issue” marking...
Netanyahu Visits White House: Genocide Made Invisible
Whatever the outcomes of Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Monday and the latest scenario for a ceasefire in Gaza, a bilateral policy of genocide has united the Israeli and U.S. governments in a pact of literally breath-taking cruelty. That pact and its...
Conflicts of Interest: US Stops Some Weapons Shipments to Ukraine
On COI #817, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest news from Ukraine and Israel. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
They Called Him an Antisemite. He Kept Talking. Natali Morris interviews Ben Cohen
Ben Cohen is one of the founding members of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. He was arrested just last month for interrupting a Senate hearing on U.S. aid to Israel – calling out what he says is the genocide of children in Gaza. But this wasn’t a publicity stunt. This is...
James Cameron Going Nuclear for Next Movie?
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. Last week, in exploring major new pieces at The Atlantic and The New Yorker, I observed that coverage related to the 80th anniversary of the dawn of the nuclear era...
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Mayors Criticize Trump for Hailing Bomb Blasts
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. Quick post here to report that Trump is getting blowback from his recent reference to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The mayor of Hiroshima, for example, has invited Trump to...
Sorrowful 249th Birthday Gift to Uncle Sam
America begins its 250th year with an ignominious milestone in its worldwide military operations killing innocents in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. That milestone is the world’s first trillion dollar budget supporting America’s murder and mayhem worldwide The...
On July 4, 1945: The Man Who Tried To Halt the Atomic Bombings
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. On July 4, 1945, the great atomic scientist Leo Szilard finished a letter that would become the strongest (and one of the very few) real attempts at halting President...