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How the Human Rights Industry Manufactures Consent for ‘Regime Change’

By John Perry, published on Covert Action Magazine,  Jan 2, 2025 In the words of the United Nations, “human rights” range from “the most fundamental—the right to life—to those that make life worth living, such as the rights to food, education, work, health, and liberty.” These rights are supposed to be “inherent to us all.” But this lofty ambition has[…]

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US Lawmaker Revives PAGER Act Demanding Lebanon ‘ End Any Recognition of Hezbollah’

from the News Desk at The Cradle, March 5, 2025 On 5 March, US Representative Greg Steube reintroduced to Congress the Preventing Armed Groups from Engaging in Radicalism (PAGER) Act, which seeks to condition US financial aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) until Beirut ends “any official recognition of Hezbollah and its allies.” According to the text of the[…]

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As Winter Storm Approaches, International Coalition Denounces Israel’s Ceasefire Violations

by the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, published on Popular Resistance, February 19, 2025 Demands immediate entry of ALL aid to Gaza. Palestinians continue to starve and die from exposure to severe weather due to blockade of necessary supplies mandated in the ceasefire agreement. Washington, DC – Strong winter winds and heavy rains, particularly in Northern Gaza, are[…]

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Somaliland Pins Hopes of Recognition on Trump

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, February 12, 2025 Somaliland is pinning its hopes of recognition as an independent state on Donald Trump, and Trump has suggested that the breakaway state accept Palestinians exiled from Gaza. Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia in May 1991, and has unsuccessfully battled for recognition ever since. Now, almost 34 years later,[…]

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U.S. Schemes to Control Haiti are Failing

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, November 20, 2024 Misery and hunger are afflicting millions of Haitians. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), 5.41 million Haitians are “food insecure,” which means they regularly don’t get enough to eat. Most Haitians, according to the IPC report, spend 70% of their income on food. The IPC report and[…]

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Without Including Blinken and Biden and the Issue of Genocide, International Criminal Court Arrests are a Sham

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 27, 2024 The International Criminal Court finally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, but this action is merely performative. If arrest warrants do not include war criminals like Joe Biden and other U.S. officials, they are ultimately empty attempts to maintain a semblance of legitimacy. After months of procedural stalling, allegations of sexual harassment[…]

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Delcy Rodriguez in the World Anti-Fascist Parliamentary Forum

by Delcy Rodriguez, published on Tortilla Con Sal, November 6, 2024 Long live the Free Peoples of the World! Long live this Great Anti-Fascist Parliamentary Forum, convened in Caracas, Venezuela, where, on behalf of President Nicolás Maduro, of the Venezuelan people, we have welcomed all the Parliamentary Delegations that have gathered in this capital city to raise their voice against[…]

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Why More than 500 Scholars Think Israel Should be Unseated From the UN

by Sondos Asem, published by Defend Democracy Press, November 13, 2024 Editor’s Note:  This would normally come from the Security Council.  However a Uniting for Peace initiative would be able to do it.  The letter is still open for signatures.  Please have a look for the details and also if you are interested in signing.  By Sondos Asem, Nov 8,[…]

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The UN Must Use the “Uniting for Peace” Process to Stop Israel

by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, October 20, 2024 The international community is united in their condemnation of the actions of Israel upon the civilians in Gaza, with a death now well over 40,000, and the attacks on Lebanon which have killed and injured civilians who have no connection to Hezbollah. The UN General Assembly has voted for a[…]

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The Beginning of the End of Israel

by Craig Mokhiber, published on Mondoweiss, October 8, 2024 One year later the flames of genocide still burn, but after decades of persecution and bloodshed we may well be seeing the beginning of the end of the settler-colonial project in Palestine. We have reached a grim milestone. A full year of gruesome Israeli mass murder. A year of epic Palestinian[…]

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