Tom Engelhardt: Donald Trump Is the Clearest Sign of US Decline Imaginable
Trump’s victory in 2016 should have instantly been seen as a crucial sign of the weakening and potential collapse of this country’s position in the world translated into domestic politics.
Jewish Voice for Peace: Divest from death. Invest in life.
You can tell what a society’s priorities are by how it spends its resources.
Mike Vargo: The Insanity of Our Times, According to Philip Slater
Nothing explains everything, but some things explain a lot.
Video: A Personal Plea for Humanity at the US-Mexico Border
“This isn’t about kids and borders,” Juan Enriquez says. “It’s about us. This is about who we are, who we the people are, as a nation and as individuals.”
Marianne Dhenin: The Quiet Success of the Israel Divestment Movement
Grassroots efforts to divest local U.S. taxpayer dollars from Israel over its ongoing genocide of Palestinians are gaining steam.
Thomas McGuire: A Scientist Marvels at Magpie Mob Tactics
Intent on witnessing interactions between magpies and members of the genus elgaria, a scientist released an alligator lizard into a large enclosure housing three captive magpies.
Michael Simms: The Talon Trilogy is Complete!
Dear Friends,
Just want to let you know that The Blessed Isle, the third volume in The Talon Trilogy, is available for pre-order. The books can be read as stand alone novels, or as a sequence.
Brett Wilkins: ‘We’ll Come for You Next’: Israel Threatened to Kill Teen Journalist in Gaza—Then Did
“Western journalists and editors should hang their heads in shame for their outrageous silence in the face of these crimes,” said one professor.
Zeina Azzam: Alive in Gaza
Ahmed spends hours each day trying to find potable water, wood to make a fire, anything for his family to eat.
Mosab Abu Toha: Shrapnel Looking for Laughter
Shrapnel flies in the dark,
looks for the family’s peals of
laughter hiding behind piles of disfigured
walls and bleeding picture frames.
Alfred Corn: Instagram posts of Dr. Ali Tahrawi (second gathering)
We are dying in the longest nightmare in the history of humanity, with the most disgusting and immoral generation in human existence, witnessing the most human abusing and destructive period.
Abriel Louise Young: Calling on Friends Across the Veil to Help Us Change History
What is the deepest loss that you have suffered? Have you succeeded in changing yourself to wine? If so, please report back.
Arlene Weiner: Ghazal
When parting or meeting we wish each other peace.
We show with every greeting that we are lovers of peace.
Nidia Hernández: Río Turbio translated by Rowena Hill
I stopped in front of
the silence of all that distance
of my country being erased
