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[ad_1] Some on the left blinded themselves with ends-justify-the-means thinking. That backfired. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] A rich woman for whom I did household chores as a teenager remarked to me once that “Money doesn’t buy happiness.” I don’t recall why she made the remark, but I do recall thinking, “Easy for you to say!”  Money buys clothes, shelter, food, and other necessities to live, and when we make a bit more money, we can save and invest for a future rainy day, for retirement, or to benefit children and other family members. We can buy fancier versions of the things we need with more money – most of us enjoy luxury when we have…

[ad_1] James North, Mondoweiss. The U.S. media is covering up the crime. Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya has been detained by Israel for a year and a half without trial and says his jailers are trying to kill him. His case has made international headlines, yet it is being ignored in the U.S. Why? By now, editors at the New York Times and producers at CNN are surely squirming over what to do about Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the Gazan doctor and hospital director who Israel has locked up for a year and a half without trial, and who says his jailers…

[ad_1] The Biden administration made a pretense of supporting democracy and the so-called “rules-based order” advocated by former Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. It was surprising, then, that Blinken’s initial response to the International Criminal Courts’s issue of arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant was to threaten to impose financial sanctions on the members of that court. Apparently, Blinken thought the I.C.C’s action, which aimed to enforce the laws of international conduct, broke his rules, which seemed to allow war crimes by Israel. Many supporters of Israel state that they support its actions because of Hamas violent assault on Israeli…

[ad_1] The U.S. carried out a bombing campaign against Iran for the second consecutive night, with Iran retaliating with drones and ballistic missiles against American and U.S.-allied bases in the region, as the Iran War entered its 132nd day on Thursday. Although CENTCOM said that the U.S. strikes targeted “military” sites, the Financial Times reported that targets included civilian infrastructure, such as railroad bridges on the route to the holy city of Mashhad, where the funeral of assassinated former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is currently taking place. FT reported that passenger train services in Iran were disrupted on Thursday…

[ad_1] Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] “Negotiators keep talking if they want, but I don’t see it,” Trump said on the status of future discussions. By Chris Walker This article was originally published by Truthout “Negotiators keep talking if they want, but I don’t see it,” Trump said on the status of future discussions. In remarks at the NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday, President Donald Trump claimed that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Iran, negotiated last month, was no longer in effect, citing the resumption of military attacks between the two countries. Trump’s comments come as the U.S. and…

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[ad_1] It all started with a fight. Dominique Jenkins-Millage, 29, saw the person who killed his cousin while they were both serving time at Oregon State Penitentiary. He started punching the killer, which escalated into a brawl between multiple inmates.   That fight landed Jenkins-Millage in solitary confinement, where he spends at least 23 hours a day locked in a cell about the size of a parking space. His interactions are limited to prison guards and medical staff. He describes the conditions as torturous, worse than being homeless or being shot. He expects to be released from solitary sometime this month,…

[ad_1] Where does the Communist movement go from here? That’s the first question Betwa Sharma asks Mohammed Salim, a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).  Betwa Sharma Consortium News With the loss of Kerala, the communists are no longer in power anywhere in India for the first time since 1977. In an accompanying piece on communism in India, Mohammed Salim, a top leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), argued that communism in India was never sustained by governments alone, but by movements on the streets, in factories, on campuses and in villages. Salim, a former…