Marwan Barghouti, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and the Israeli need to humiliate

August 16, 2025
Abdaljawad Omar

Itamar Ben-Gvir’s staged attempt at humiliating Marwan Barghouti exposed the impotence of the Palestinian political order — but it also laid bare the insecurities and anxieties that fuel Israel’s need to publicly subjugate Palestinians.

Mural of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, April 13, 2023. (Photo: Nidal Al-Wahidi/APA Images)

‘Legitimization Cell’: Israeli unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas

August 14, 2025
Yuval Ibraham

Treating the media as a battlefield, a secretive army intelligence squad scoured Gaza for material to bolster Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian reporters.

Peace and Freedom Party has stood in strong support of LGBTQ+ Rights from the very beginning!

August 15, 2025
Kathy Labriola
Editors note: In February 1970, at the second Peace and Freedom Party Convention and Celebration, over 400 activists met at Long Beach State University. They added a Gay Liberation plank to the PFP platform. It was the first Gay Liberation plank in any platform of any ballot qualified party. The Party has been continuous in its support for LGBTQ+ rights and platform language has often been updated. A new revision will be on this website soon.

Ukraine: Pax Optima Rerum

August 14, 2025

Alfred De Zayas
Peace is the highest good – every day that passes, more soldiers and civilians are killed in the Ukrainian war.  It is estimated that more than a million persons have lost their lives in this senseless war, which must be brought to an end as early as possible. This can be done with a modicum of common sense and professionalism. The war should never have started, and it could have been ended in March 2022, if Ukraine had not reneged on the compromise negotiated by Turkish President Erdogan in Istanbul.  There were many opportunities to sit down and discuss terms for a ceasefire, but the US, Europe and Ukraine insisted that “Putin must lose”.  Thus, the many blueprints for peace issued by the African countries, China and countless international organizations, including the International Peace Bureau, as well as private scholars, were fruitless.  This stubbornness and intransigence continue as Ursula von der Leyen, Friedrich Merz and other European leaders oppose the US peace initiative and conspire to continue the war no matter what.

Why Egypt can't criticize Israel for at least another two decades

August 14, 2025
Elfadil Ibrahim

A record gas deal exposes a strategic vulnerability as Cairo trades political autonomy for energy security

Israeli attacks on Gaza’s healthcare amount to ‘medicide’, UN experts say

August 13, 2025
Usaid Siddiqui and Farah Najjar

آیا حکومت ملاها رو به اتمام است؟

این پرسشی است که بسیاری پس از مرور اخبار ایران از خود می‌کنند، که آیا این رژیم در حال پاشیدگی است، و یا چه مدتی‌ به پایان این رژیم ارتجاعی باقی‌ مانده است. البته واضح است که اخباری که در ایران و تحت نظر هیات حاکمه پخش می‌شود، با آنچه که در خارج کشور منتشر می‌شود تفاوت‌های بسیاری دارد. دلیل اصلی‌ که برای بسیاری پوشیده نیست این است که آنچه که به عنوان خبر به مردم مقیم در ایران می‌رسد یا از طریق رژیم اسلامی منتشر می‌شود، و یا تحت نظارت و یا کنترل دولت می‌باشد. بنابراین، اکثر کسانی‌ که در ایران زندگی‌ می‌کنند اخباری را که در ایران پخش می‌شود درست ندانسته، آن گزارشات را جعلی و ساخته و پرداختهٔ رژیم قلمداد می‌کنند، که تا حدی نیز درست است. از سوی دیگر، خبر‌های سازمان‌های خبری خارج از ایران درست برعکس آن عمل می‌کنند، بطوری که در این چهار دهه و نیم، هرروز نوید پایان حکومت ملاها داده شده است. ولی‌ جالب است که بدانیم که موقعیت سیاسی رژیم حاکم بر ایران را فقط می‌توان با مطالعهٔ نشریات داخل ایران کشف کرد.ا

The Elders Demand 'Decisive Measures' to End Gaza 'Genocide and Famine'

August 12, 2025
Brad Reed

"We saw evidence of food and medical aid denied entry, and heard witness accounts of the killing of Palestinian civilians, including children," said former Irish Prime Minister Mary Robinson and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.

Palestinians facing food shortages gather with pots and pans as a charity distributes meals in Gaza City, Gaza on August 08, 2025.

Trump Mobilizes D.C. National Guard and Declares ‘Crime Emergency’

August 12, 2025
Ariana Figueroa, Jacob Fischler

The president also took control of the city’s police force and pledged similar crackdowns in other Democratic cities.

National Guard troops arrive at the District of Columbia National Guard headquarters on Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Israeli Strike on Tent in Gaza Kills Five Al Jazeera Journalists

August 10, 2025
Dave DeCamp

Among those killed was Anas al-Sharif, a well-known reporter who was the target of an Israeli smear campaign

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike where Al Jazeera says its journalists Anas Al Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, and three photojournalists were killed, in Gaza City, August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ebrahim Hajjaj

Germany Halts Weapons Exports to Israel That Could Be Used in Gaza Over Netanyahu’s Plans To Escalate

August 10, 2025
Dave Decamp

Germany is Israel's second biggest arms supplier

LIVE BLOG: Clashes in Tel Aviv as Netanyahu’s Gaza Plan Faces Palestinian Resistance, International Rejection – Day 673

August 10, 2025

Killed	Wounded	Missing
61,430	153,213	14,000

ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 80: The Mystery of the Nagasaki Bomb

August 9, 2025
John LaForge

On Aug. 9, 1945, as Japan’s high command met on surrender plans, the U.S. dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki killing 74,000 people instantly, a decision that’s never been adequately explained, writes John LaForge.

The bombing of Nagasaki as seen from the town of Koyagi, about 13 km south, taken 15 minutes after the bomb exploded. In the foreground, life seemingly went on unaffected. (Wikipedia)

August 6, 2025
Peter Kuznick
In this introduction to the memoir of a Nagasaki bombing victim, historian Peter Kuznick shows why the bombs were dropped and how some victims’ anger propelled the Japanese anti-nuclear movement.

Mushroom cloud above Nagasaki after atomic bombing on August 9, 1945, taken by Charles Levy from one of the B-29 Superfortresses used in the attack.

Live: UN chief condemns planned Israeli takeover of Gaza

August 9, 2025

This comes as number of Palestinians starved to death rises to 201

Israel to occupy Gaza City

August 8, 2025

The security cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to seize the enclave’s main settlement

Planes drop parachuted aid as Palestinians rush to collect it in western Gaza City amid Israeli strikes, August 7, 2025. © Getty Images / Mahmoud Abu Hamda/Anadolu

'The Silent Holocaust' — The Israeli and CIA Sponsored Guatemalan Genocide

August 6, 2025
Chris Hedges

Lawyer Jennifer Harbury discusses the gruesome details of the Guatemalan genocide, and the role that the CIA and Israel played in facilitating this gruesome erasure of the indigenous population.

Roger Waters composes a timeless hymn to resistance and perseverance

August 7, 2025
Pepe Escobar

Roger Waters has got a brand new song. It’s called Sumud. A ballad, but not just another ballad: actually a timeless Hymn to Resistance.

We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

August 7, 2025
H. Patricia Hynes
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon dioxide (C02) in the atmosphere, may be sufficient in time to melt polar icecaps and submerge all coastal cities.  These predictions, which are proving accurate, were buried by the fossil fuel industry and their trade associations — who have countered critics with a smokescreen of fake science and disinformation campaigns.

The Christian Zionist View of Foreign Policy Is Holy War

August 6, 2025
Sara Gabler

Christian Zionists see Israel as the focus of US foreign policy — a handy euphemism for US empire.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a White House Faith Office luncheon in the State Dining Room at the White House on July 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch/ Getty Images