Israel is Silencing the Last Voices Trying to Stop Abuses Against Palestinians

Israel is Silencing the Last Voices Trying to Stop Abuses Against Palestinians

It has been a week of appalling abuses committed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank – little different from the other 2,670 weeks endured by Palestinians since the occupation began in 1967. The difference this past week was that several entirely unexceptional human rights violations that had been caught on film went viral on…

The Military Coup Against Morales Won’t End the Hybrid War on Bolivia

The Military Coup Against Morales Won’t End the Hybrid War on Bolivia

President Morales resigned under duress following the military’s “request” that he do so after the US-backed OAS alleged that it uncovered evidence supposedly proving that his recent re-election was rigged, but the military coup won’t end the Hybrid War on Bolivia even in the unlikely “best-case” scenario that it ends the cycle of violence in…

Resignation of Bolivia’s Evo Morales was No Victory for Democracy, But a US-Sponsored Coup

Resignation of Bolivia’s Evo Morales was No Victory for Democracy, But a US-Sponsored Coup

Evo Morales, an indigenous leader who bucked the IMF and condemned US imperialism, has been pressured by the military to resign after winning an election. Yet Washington calls this blatant coup in Bolivia a victory for democracy? Morales was re-elected as Bolivia’s president on October 20. The coup-backing Organization of American States (OAS) wasn’t pleased…

Lebanon and Iraq Protestors: The US, Israel and Saudi Arabia Are Fed Up with Iran 4/4

Lebanon and Iraq Protestors: The US, Israel and Saudi Arabia Are Fed Up with Iran 4/4

When the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says “The Iraqi and Lebanese people want their country back. They are discovering that the Iranian regime’s top export is corruption”, he is directly accusing the respective governments in Iraq and Lebanon of being pro-Iranian and therefore supporting the revolution. The US involvement in the Iraqi and Lebanese streets…