Hoisted from Comments: The Colonialist and Anti-Semitic Origins of Modern Israel
Some observations about why modern Israel backs genocide, and why the US and Europe supported its creation.
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Middle East Escalation: Financial Times’ Revealing Account of Israel Risk of Ukraine-Style Air Defense Attrition; Helmer on Possible Electrical Grid Campaign
US mixed messages continue: trying to check Israel’s suicidal conduct while providing military support. So what might happen next?
Read more...A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender
The AI targeting system, Lavender, tries to provide a tech gloss of legitimacy to hit lists, here one designed to kill bystanders.
Read more...Scientists Warn Gulf Stream Slowdown Could Begin as Early as 2025
The timing of the Gulf Stream slowdown looks to be arriving ahead of its earlier schedule.
Read more...Links 4/16/2024
Lenin Revised — Russian Military Power Means De-Electrification And Unconditional Surrender Of The Kiev Regime
Chronicling Russia’s relentless de-electrification campaign and the path to Ukraine capitulation.
Read more...Zombie Tests: Is the SAT Back From the Dead?
The debate over the class and minority bias in the SAT comes back to live as the testing picks up.
Read more...How Ultranationalist Zionists Seek the Destruction of the Al Aqsa Mosque to Produce the End Times
On the plans to destroy the Al Aqsa mosque, one of the most sacred site in Islam, and the conflagration it would generate.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Truth about the Destruction of the Palestinians
What Michael Hudson learned about Palestinians from the Mossad 50 years ago: “The aim all along has been to kill them.”
Read more...Criminalizing the Unhoused Is Inherently Cruel
Fining, arresting, and jailing people for a lack of housing is never the solution—and compounds existing housing inequities.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: My Berlin Speech on Palestine That German Police Entered the Venue to Ban
Germany sends the cops to shut down a conference on Palestine on trumped-up grounds. What next?
Read more...Links 4/13/2024
Young People Finally Starting to Recognize the Super Rich and Not Oldsters Are the Problem
As the rich become both richer and better bunkered, the young are finally realizing that wealth disparity is a big part of what ails them.
Read more...5 Things to Know About the Global Land Rush and How to Stop It
A recent conference in Colombia assessed the extent of land grabs and how to organize against them.
Read more...A Class Analysis of the Trump-Biden Rerun
How helpful is class analysis in assessing support for Trump and Biden?
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