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Michael Laxer
Aug 21, 20246 min read
The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns
The combined dangers of nuclear war and climate catastrophe have pushed the hands of the Doomsday Clock all the way to 90 seconds to...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 20, 20243 min read
Biden's Cruel and Orwellian Remarks on Gaza at the DNC
A speech that denied the suffering of Palestinians was a journey into an alternative universe of political guile from a president who...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Thousands Kick Off DNC With Protest in Chicago Over Gaza
"For Palestinian Americans, this is a fundamental issue," said one marcher. Jewish Voice for Peace protestors in Chicago outside the DNC...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 19, 20244 min read
Partners in Genocide: Israel Is Slaughtering Palestinians with Western Arms
When the U.S. urges an end to the war in Gaza while continuing to flood Israel with more weapons, the logic seems utterly flawed and...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 18, 20242 min read
PSC calls for Israeli academics at microbial conference in Cape Town to be disinvited
The PSC says that allowing Israeli academics, that have no record of opposing the genocide in Palestine, to be speakers at the symposium...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 16, 20245 min read
'Insane Torture': Israeli Soldiers Confirm Horrific Abuse of Palestinians at Sde Teiman
"Teeth were broken, bones were broken," said one soldier. "You notice how easy it is to lose your humanity," said another. Image of a...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 14, 20245 min read
Every Place in Gaza—Including Schools—Is a Target
Absolute devastation in Gaza -- image via the Palestinian People's Party By Vijay Prashad It is almost as if the Israeli army is trying...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 10, 20242 min read
US and 6 western ambassadors shamefully skip Nagasaki atomic bomb memorial ceremony
A scene from the ceremony -- image via X By Michael Laxer In a truly shameful decision, ambassadors from the United States, the UK,...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 10, 20244 min read
'Heinous': Children Among 100 Killed by Israel Bombing of Gaza School Just Hours After US Weapons Approval
"It is hard to comprehend how the Biden administration can justify rewarding Israel with new weapons, despite Israel's persistent...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 9, 20243 min read
Families Flee Khan Younis 'Wasteland' as Israel Hammers Gaza With US-Supplied Bombs
"The most effective action the U.S. could take to halt Israel's genocidal war would be cutting off weapons." Long line of people fleeing...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 5, 20243 min read
'Beyond Horror': Israel Kills Mostly Children in Fresh Attacks on Gaza Schools
"Remember that each one of those numbers is one person, a child who has been forever changed by what's happened." Screenshot of a man...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 1, 20242 min read
Left parties in India call for national Palestine solidarity protest August 3
Leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party, All India Forward Bloc and...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 1, 20244 min read
Report From Gaza Aid Agencies Shows 'Catastrophe on an Entirely New Level'
"In Gaza, we are not witnessing a 'shrinking' humanitarian space; there is barely any space left to operate at all," the report authors...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Israel Threatens to Escalate Attacks on Lebanon Following Rocket Attack in Occupied Golan Heights
Part of a memorial at the site of the attack -- image via X By Global News Service At least 12 people, including nine children and one...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Health Ministry Declares Gaza a 'Polio Epidemic Zone'
"When will the world act to stop Israel's genocidal campaign?" asked one advocacy group in response to the designation. People walking...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 27, 20243 min read
The US must stop arming Israel
Congress should listen to the American people, not an Israeli prime minister who may be guilty of war crimes. Kamala Harris and...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 26, 20243 min read
Israeli Snipers Firing at 'Anyone Who Is Moving' in Khan Younis
The southern Gaza city is the latest region where Israeli forces have issued an evacuation order, displacing hundreds of thousands of...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 25, 20244 min read
A Standing Ovation for Genocide
If a man like Netanyahu had walked through their home and mangled their children’s bodies so much that they could never forget the way...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 24, 20242 min read
Israeli Forces Have Killed 366 UN Workers and Family Members in Gaza: Leaked Report
Confidential figures shed additional light on what's been the deadliest-ever war for United Nations staff. Aftermath of an attack on a UN...
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Michael Laxer
Jul 23, 20243 min read
10 Reasons Netanyahu Should Not Address Congress
Members of Congress should boycott Netanyahu’s address, and the public should join the protests being organized during his visit. Biden...
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