The Slow-Motion Execution of Julian Assange Continues
The ruling by the High Court in London permitting Julian Assange to appeal his extradition order leaves him languishing in precarious health in a high-security prison. That is the point.
Press Release: Guarantee Check – BJP’s Betrayal on the Environment
PUCL, Fridays for Future and Bahutva Karnataka have jointly released a report analysing the claims made by the BJP and PM Modi on domestic and international platforms, and the ground realities.
Ghosts of ’68
Militarized police raids cannot vanquish the ghosts of ’68. Thanks to student organizers, along with a critical minority of professors, intellectuals and human rights activists, people across the US are mobilizing in defence of first-amendment rights and against Israel’s genocide of Gazans. They are making history, and they know it.
Why Israel’s War Is Genocide — and Why Biden Is Culpable; Also: ‘The Silence of the Damned’.
Israel has made no secret of it: it has embarked on a genocidal plan to “create conditions where life in Gaza becomes unsustainable.” And Joe Biden is its accomplice. Also: Those refusing to denounce this genocide – history will not judge them kindly.
Chaos in Ecuador
In recent years, the surging violence in Ecuador has made international headlines. Ecuador wasn’t always this cliche of a narco-state. It was once hailed as an ‘island of peace’, a security success story. What explains its spiral into chaos?
How the Food Industry Uses Big Tobacco’s Playbook
The article outlines four tobacco industry tactics that are being modeled across industries, such as the food and beverage sector, disproportionately affecting communities of color and exacerbating diet-related disease crises.
Capitalism and the Production of Poverty
The perpetual production of ever-changing forms of poverty is an inevitable part of the creative destruction that characterizes capitalism. The form of poverty changes, because capitalism is dynamic and constantly changing, but poverty remains.
Refaat Alareer: Literature as Resistance
Art is a cultural weapon. It is a tool for educating, for inspiring change. It gives voice to the injustices of the past and present and gestures toward a more just future. The Israeli government seems to recognize this fact. In over two months of slaughter, Israeli forces have devastated Gaza’s cultural sector.
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An Ex-CIA Agent Looks Back at 22 Years of Torture at Guantánamo Bay
January 11 marks the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the prison component of the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Cuba. Guantánamo has been universally condemned by every human rights group in the world, as well as by the United Nations, and most countries in the world.
John Pilger, One of the Greatest Journalists of Our Era, Passes Away – 3 Articles
‘John Pilger (1939-2023)’: A bright star in the firmament of justice has gone out. One of the greatest journalists of our era has passed away. Also: ‘John Pilger – A Majority Of One’; and article by John Pilger: ‘There Is a War Coming Shrouded in Propaganda. It Will Involve Us. Speak Up’.