Israel’s collateral killing of civilians is finally in the spotlight

December 30, 2024

Robert Inlakesh

The New York Times recently published a piece admitting that an unprecedented amount of “collateral damage” has been permitted by the Israeli military. However, in order to sanitize the revelations it claims to be uncovering, it omits key statistics that were previously revealed.

 

 FILE PHOTO. A woman holding a girl reacts after Israeli airstrikes hit Ridwan neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza. ©  Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images

Jimmy Carter: the False Savoir

December 30,2024

Michael K. Smith

A pious Sunday school teacher confessing to lust in his heart but swearing never to lie, he came to Washington to reestablish public faith in government just when popular disgust at monstrous U.S. crimes in Indochina had reached unprecedented heights. The big business agenda during his term in office (1977-1981) was to roll back the welfare state, break the power of unions, fan the flames of the Cold War to increase military spending, engineer tax breaks for wealthy corporate interests, and repeal government regulation of business. While portraying himself as a peanut-farming populist, Carter delivered the goods for Wall Street.