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World in transition

"If President Trump will not even put America first when Israel murders American citizens, then this is truly an Israel First administration," said one U.S. group.

"They are dealing with the West Bank as if the war is right here."

Israel’s defense minister has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah, in a scheme that legal experts and academics described as a blueprint for crimes against humanity.

Readers Comments: Big Death Bill; DOGE Cuts Warnings, Texas Approves Camp Mystic disaster plan two days before flood, DHS Now Cancels Extreme Warning Grants - More Disasters to Come; Zohran Mamdani; New Gaza Flotilla Handala Launches next week; more

Workers build a democracy of their own

All the President’s tech

In honor of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and all those who refuse to be silenced on Israeli apartheid and genocide by bogus claims that denouncing those abuses amounts to hatred of Jews. Written in 2007, re-posted by the author this past week.

Readers Comments: Bill of Death in House; Big Beautiful BS; Trump and Uber-Rich Usurp Country's Independence and Constitution; Mamdani and Lander Combined Two Strands; NYC Labor Unites Behind Mamdani; Resource: How Bad Is It?; Announcements; Cartoons

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