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Brutality and Imperialism: The Catastrophic Roots of Zionism in Palestine
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Hamas’ military campaign has laid bare the unbridled imperial and historical designs of Tel Aviv and Washington. In my public presentations on the subject of Palestine-Israel, I am frequently asked […]
Popular Resistance Confronts US-Israeli Hegemony
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam After 75 years of occupation, Palestinian frustration finally spilled over in the commando-style assault on Israel on October 7. The same frustration was put before the 78th session of the […]
Palestinian Self-Determination Through the Lens of Lenin
By Mike Veronda Hazou We can understand some fundamental features of the Zionist settler-colonial project through Lenin’s teachings, specifically that Israel was founded and continues to exist on the basis of violating Palestinian self-determination. Vladimir […]
Such Critical Times, So Few Choices: US Election 2024
By Benay Blend Every two years American voters begin searching for the perfect candidate who will return the country to its alleged former greatness. On the left, that means to its Democratic principles, on the […]
End the ‘Memoricide’: Planting for Nakba Day
By Lois Griffiths May 15, Nakba Day, is an important date for the Palestinian people. It’s the day when Palestinians commemorate their history and their culture. While Israeli nationalists and Zionist supporters celebrate the forming […]
Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism Inter/Nationalism & Palestine – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts – Feminism Inter/Nationalism & Palestine. Nada Elia. Pluto Press, 2023. London.) Interestingly this work by Nada Elia – Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts […]
From Leonard Peltier to The Holy Land Five: Free All Political Prisoners
By Benay Blend In “Palestinians are Native Americans: Time to Correct the Language of History,” Dr. Ramzy Baroud traces the historic bonds between Palestinians and Native Americans, both participants in international Indigenous struggles across the […]
Imperialism 2022: Why is the Russia-Ukraine War Important for Palestinians
By Roger Van Zwanenberg How is best to understand the war in Ukraine? Why is this war so important for the Palestinian struggle? How to make sense of everything by examining the big picture? On […]
Canadian Imperialism: Back to the Future
Canada was born of empire and still thrives within that milieu. It is the progeny of French and British imperial quests in the ‘New’ World and is accompanied by its siblings within the Five Eyes, […]
In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power – Book Review
By Jim Miles (In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power. Alfred W. McCoy. Haymarket Books, Chicago. 2017) Reading “In the Shadows of the American Century” is a […]
The Lion and the Eagle: The Interaction of the British and American Empires, 1783-1972 – Book Review
By Jim Miles (The Lion and the Eagle – The Interaction of the British and American Empires 1783-1972. Kathleen Burk. Bloomsbury, London/New York, 2018) The 200-year historical span of Kathleen Burk’s “The Lion and the […]
American Empire: A Global History – Book Review
By Jim Miles (American Empire: A Global History. A. G. Hopkins. Princeton University Press. Princeton & Oxford, 2018.) Most recent works on the United States accept that it is an empire, perhaps not in the […]
On the High Cost of Solidarity: Joe Biden, Palestine and The Left
By Benay Blend “As Palestinians,” writes Zarefah Baroud, “we are taught to comply with our oppression for the sake of a peace we won’t be included in. Unlearn this,” she suggests, and moreover, “when a […]
Israel Admits its Guilt (and Other Arguments)
By Jim Miles The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance has actively supported and succeeded with implementing its definition of antisemitism in various countries, regions, and cities around the world. The definition itself is open enough that […]
US and It Criminal Effort in Syria
President Trump has stated his intent to withdraw US troops from Syria on several occasions since March 2018. Each time politicians from both the Democratic and Republican parties, supported by the corporate-controlled media, have based […]
Who Killed Oscar and Valeria: The Inconvenient History of the Refugee Crisis
By Ramzy Baroud History never truly retires. Every event of the past, however inconsequential, reverberates throughout and, to an extent, shapes our present, and our future as well The haunting image of the bodies of Salvadoran […]
Suppression of Palestinian Voices on Social Media Is Nothing New
In an article on Telesur as far back as December 2017 reporters cited Glenn Greenwald’s observation that an increase in Israeli military repression of Palestinian citizens was joined by what Greenwald called a “censorship rampage” […]
Why Venezuela Has Not Been Defeated
By James Petras Introduction Over the past half-decade, a small army of US analysts, politicians, academics and media pundits have been predicting the imminent fall, overthrow, defeat and replacement of the Venezuelan government. They have […]
Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline, from Obama to Trump and Beyond
By Jim Miles (Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline, from Obama to Trump and Beyond. Gideon Rachman. Other Press, New York, 2016.) The premise of Easternization concerning Asia’s rise is a topic of prime importance […]
The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America – Book Review
By Jim Miles (The End of the Myth – From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America. Greg Grandin. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt & Co., New York, 2019) Much of current […]
Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East – Book Review
(Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East. Christopher Davidson. Oneworld Publishing, U.K., 2016.) Written in response to the ‘Arab Spring’ initiated in Tunisia in 2011, Shadow Wars – The Secret Struggle for the […]