On July 23, the US House of Representatives passed (the vote went 398-17, with five voting “present”) a resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. The resolution was an outrageous condemnation of the freely chosen economic...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Random Attacks in Northeast; Six Killed in Iraq
US Sanctions Are Still Strangling Venezuela
As tensions in the Persian Gulf are taking up most of the headlines, the Trump administration is still seeking regime change in Venezuela. Since coming into office President Trump has had an aggressive policy towards Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. The Center...
The Ongoing Dread in Gaza: So Many Names, So Many Lives
"I felt shaky and uneasy all day, preparing for this talk" – Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian from the territory of Gaza Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian now living in the United States, grew up in Gaza. In Chicago last week, addressing activists committed to...
An American Tragedy: Empire at Home and Abroad
This article originally appeared at TruthDig. Empires in decline tend to behave badly. Indeed, whether British, French or Russian, the twilight years of imperialism often brought brutal repression of subjects abroad, the suppression of civil liberties at home and...
Not Mueller Time – At Last!
At his wrap-up press conference in May, Robert Mueller sternly underscored what he called "the central allegation" of the two-year Russia probe. Namely, that the Russian government engaged in "multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election,...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Police Mistake Civilians for ISIS; 19 Killed in Iraq
US Troops Back in Saudi Arabia: What Could Go Wrong?
The First Gulf War back in 1990 was a big huge success. One of the things it accomplished was a major U.S. troop presence in Saudi Arabia. Muslims around the world were outraged. Bombs were repeatedly set off at Khobar Towers where troops were stationed. In 1998 Osama...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Mass Graves Containing Hundreds Being Excavated; One Killed in Iraq Today
Will Persian Gulf ‘Tanker War’ Become a Shooting War?
The UK got a taste of its own medicine this week as Iran seized a British tanker, the Stena Impero, just two weeks after UK Royal Marines seized a tanker near Gibraltar carrying two million barrels of Iranian oil. As could be predicted, the US and UK media are...


