Israel Considers Attacking Iran and Invading Rafah as Netanyahu Seeks Lifelines to Stay in Power
8:52amNew reporting indicates that the Biden administration has approved Israel’s plan to attack Rafah in exchange for Israel not launching counterstrikes on Iran. “Israel is almost certainly going to respond to the Iranian strike in some way,” says Mairav…Columbia Students Risk Arrest, Suspension to Maintain Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Campus
8:45amStudents at Columbia University and Barnard College in New York have set up dozens of tents to occupy the South Lawn of the campus to create a Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Democracy Now! spoke to some of the student-activists, who say they are occupying the…The New McCarthyism: Congress Grills Columbia Univ. President Amid Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech
8:23amIn nearly four hours of grueling congressional testimony before the Republican-led Committee on Education and the Workforce, the president of Columbia University, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, said she had taken serious action against accusations of…Meet USC Valedictorian Asna Tabassum: School Cancels Commencement Speech by Pro-Palestinian Student
8:10amAmid widespread repression of pro-Palestinian voices on campuses across the United States, we speak to University of Southern California valedictorian Asna Tabassum, whose commencement speech has been canceled for what the university claimed were “safety”…Headlines for April 18, 2024
8:00amIsrael Continues to Pound the Gaza Strip Amid Reports U.S. Approves of Rafah Land Invasion, Palestinian Boy Who Narrowly Escaped Death in Nov. Israeli Airstrike Is Killed in Aid Airdrop, ProPublica: Blinken Ignored His Agency’s Recommendation to Disqualify…Can UAW Unionize the South? Volkswagen Tennessee Vote Could Change U.S. Labor Landscape
Wed 8:51amOn Wednesday, 4,000 Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, begin voting in a closely watched election on whether to organize with the United Auto Workers in what could be the union’s first big victory as they try to expand into the southern United…No Tech for Apartheid: Google Workers Arrested for Protesting Company's $1.2B Contract with Israel
Wed 8:33amDemocracy Now! speaks with two of the Google employees who were arrested staging sit-ins on Tuesday at the company’s offices in New York City and in Sunnyvale, California, to protest the tech giant’s work with the Israeli government. Organized by the group…One Year into War, Sudan Wracked by World's Largest Displacement and Hunger Crises
Wed 8:11amOne year ago this week, a devastating conflict erupted in Sudan when a fragile alliance between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces collapsed. The war initially began around the capital city of Khartoum but quickly spread to other parts of…Headlines for April 17, 2024
Wed 8:00amU.N.: Israel Is Still Unlawfully Restricting Aid into Gaza, Report: Israeli Assault on Gaza Has Left 19,000 Children Orphaned, U.K. Tells Israel: Do “As Little as Possible to Escalate” Tensions with Iran, Israel Urged to Stop Supporting Violent Jewish…"I'm Jewish, and I've Covered Wars. I Know War Crimes When I See Them": Reporter Peter Maass on Gaza
Tue 8:48amWe speak with veteran journalist Peter Maass about the Israeli war on Gaza and his new opinion piece for The Washington Post headlined “I’m Jewish, and I’ve covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them.” Maass, who was a senior editor at The…Under Cover of War in Gaza, Assault on West Bank Intensifies: Palestinian Journalist Dalia Hatuqa
Tue 8:33amThe Western corporate media is failing in its coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, says Palestinian independent journalist Dalia Hatuqa. “A lot of what’s missing from the bigger portrait … is the Palestinian voice,” says Hatuqa, who applauds local…"Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism": Yanis Varoufakis on New Book & Why Assange Should Be…
Tue 8:24amFormer Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, one of the most vocal supporters of Julian Assange, says the United States must drop its espionage case against the jailed WikiLeaks founder. He faults the Australian government for pushing for a plea deal that…Yanis Varoufakis Banned from Germany as Berlin Police Raid & Shut Down Palestinian Conference
Tue 8:10amAs Germany intensifies its crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices, we speak with Greek economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis, one of the planned speakers at a conference in Berlin last weekend that was forcibly shut down by police. The Palestine Congress was…Headlines for April 16, 2024
Tue 8:00amGazans Continue to Lose Children, Parents, Loved Ones as Israeli Attacks Continue with Impunity, Palestinian Doctors Uncover New Mass Grave at Al-Shifa in Wake of Israeli Siege, Sheikh Jarrah: Israeli Court Orders Three Palestinian Families Be Forced Out of…Trump in the Dock: First Criminal Trial of a Former U.S. President Begins Today in NYC
Mon 8:45amDonald Trump is making history today in New York as the first former U.S. president to stand trial for criminal charges. Trump faces 34 criminal charges of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to hide hush money payments he made to adult film actor…Is Regional War at Stake as Israel Weighs Response to Iran? Roundtable from Tehran, Tel Aviv & D.C.
Mon 8:11amThe Middle East is bracing for the possibility of regional war after Iran responded to Israel’s bombing of the Iranian Consulate in Damascus with a major drone and missile attack Saturday. The attack caused little damage inside Israel, as it intercepted…Headlines for April 15, 2024
Mon 8:00am“The Middle East Is on the Brink”: U.N. Calls for Maximum Restraint After Iran Directly Attacks Israel for First Time, Death Toll from Israel’s War on Gaza Reaches 33,800 as Nuseirat Camp Comes Under Intense Fire, Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian…Israeli Scholar Neve Gordon on Israeli Mass Surveillance in Gaza & the Use of AI to Kill…
Apr 12, 2024, 8:46 amWe go to Part 2 of our conversation with Israeli scholar Neve Gordon, professor of international law and human rights at Queen Mary University of London and chair of the Committee on Academic Freedom for British Society of Middle East Studies. Gordon talks…"A Stalemate and Attritional Grind": Journalist Luke Mogelson on 2 Years of Russia's War in Ukraine
Apr 12, 2024, 8:32 amWe speak with The New Yorker war correspondent Luke Mogelson about the war in Ukraine, where the government has just passed a controversial bill that expands military conscription and cracks down on draft dodgers in an effort to replenish the depleted ranks of…"Council of War": Walden Bello on Biden's Trilateral Summit with Philippines & Japan to Contain…
Apr 12, 2024, 8:10 amPresident Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the White House on Thursday, the first meeting of its kind, which comes as the U.S. moves to expand its military presence in the South China Sea to…Headlines for April 12, 2024
Apr 12, 2024, 8:00 amGazan Children Play Among Ruins as Israeli Bombs Rain Down on Eid, Samantha Power, Top USAID Official, Admits Northern Gaza Is Experiencing Famine, U.S. Sends Top General to Israel Amid Reports of Iranian Retaliation for Israel’s Damascus Attack, Morocco…As Arizona Reinstates 1864 Abortion Ban, Doctors & Organizers Fight Back to Preserve Access
Apr 11, 2024, 8:43 amIn Arizona, Republican lawmakers have blocked efforts by Democrats to repeal an 1864 law — first written before women had the right to vote and recently revived by the state’s Supreme Court — that bans nearly all abortions under threat of criminal…"We're Responsible for This": American Surgeons Return from Gaza, Call for End of U.S. Culpability…
Apr 11, 2024, 8:14 amWe speak with two doctors who’ve just returned after two weeks at the European Hospital in Gaza. Dr. Feroze Sidhwa and Dr. Mark Perlmutter are co-authors of a new piece for Common Dreams titled “As Surgeons, We Have Never Seen Cruelty Like Israel’s…Headlines for April 11, 2024
Apr 11, 2024, 8:00 amIsrael Kills Three Sons & Four Grandchildren of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh, UNICEF Convoy Hit by Israeli Gunfire, Preventing Delivery of Aid to Northern Gaza, U.S. Envoy Admits All of Gaza May Face “Imminent Risk of Starvation”, Biden Pledges…Breaking the Silence: Israeli Army Veterans Tour U.S. & Canada to Speak Out Against Occupation
Apr 10, 2024, 8:43 amDemocracy Now! speaks with two former Israeli soldiers who are members of Breaking the Silence, an anti-occupation group of Israeli army veterans. The group’s education director, Tal Sagi, describes growing up in a settlement and joining the military without…Israel's Ultimate Goal Is to Make Gaza Unfit for Human Habitation: Middle East Analyst Mouin Rabbani
Apr 10, 2024, 8:21 amPresident Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies in Gaza a “mistake” and urged Israel to call for a temporary ceasefire to allow in more aid in a televised interview on Tuesday. While Israel has pledged to open new aid…Arizona Supreme Court Revives 1864 Abortion Ban Passed Before Women Could Even Vote
Apr 10, 2024, 8:10 amIn a historic ruling, Arizona’s conservative Supreme Court has upheld an 1864 law banning almost all abortions in the state. The court sent out this warning: “Physicians are now on notice that all abortions, except those necessary to save a woman’s life,…Headlines for April 10, 2024
Apr 10, 2024, 8:00 amArizona Supreme Court Revives 1864 Law Banning Abortion, Biden: Israel Should “Just Call for a Ceasefire”; Netanyahu Is Making a “Mistake” in Gaza, Israel Continues to Attack Gaza as Palestinians Mark End of Ramadan, Lloyd Austin Denies Israel Is…30 Years Later, Rwanda Genocide Shows Consequences of U.S. Refusal to Prevent Mass Killing
Apr 9, 2024, 8:45 amRwanda is holding a week of commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, a period of around 100 days in which up to 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu militias while powerful countries, including the United…"Empty Words": Kenneth Roth on Biden's Criticism of Israel While U.S. Keeps Weapons Flowing
Apr 9, 2024, 8:36 amLawyers representing Germany at the International Court of Justice delivered their concluding remarks at The Hague today in a case brought by Nicaragua, which has accused Germany of facilitating the commission of genocide in Gaza by providing military and…
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