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Democracy Now!   Democracy Now! spoke with Kenneth Roth, international affairs scholar and former head of Human Rights Watch, about revelations that Israel waged a nearly decadelong campaign to intimidate the International Criminal Court in order to stop possible war crimes prosecutions of Israeli officials.    A joint investigation by The Guardian and the Israeli +972 Magazine revealed that Israel surveilled, hacked, smeared and threatened top ICC officials, including chief prosecutor Karim Khan and his predecessor, Fatou Bensouda.    The former head of the Mossad, Yossi Cohen, is said to have personally threatened Bensouda. The revelations come just a week after Khan announced he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three top leaders of Hamas.    " This is a crime ," Roth says of the Israeli campaign against the ICC. He says the revelations also undermine U.S. claims that Israel can hold itself accoun

Danny Haiphong   Rapper and journalist Lowkey ( https://x.com/Lowkey0nline ) came on the show to reveal the truth behind a bombshell report that details a UK military operation against prominent artists and journalists such as himself who are exposing Israel and their backers. Turns out Russia and China's worsening relationship with Israel is causing panic in the collective West and Lowkey breaks it all down.  

Over 25,000 NGOs are active in Georgia, and most rely on funding from Europe and the US. A new bill aiming to reign in Western meddling has sparked furious anti-government protests explicitly encouraged by Washington. by Kit Klarenberg   Part 1   A dark political atmosphere is swirling over the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, and grows more ominous by the day. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has been told by an EU commissioner he will suffer the fate of Robert Fico, the Slovakian leader still fighting for his life after an assassination attempt by a Ukraine proxy war ultra. US lawmakers are moving to sanction members of the ruling Georgian Dream party, and in parliament on May 14, opposition MP Tako Charkviani threatened: “ Believe me, there will be a color revolution in Georgia. ” The cause of this tumult is a bill known as the “foreign influence transparency” law which would compel organizations to publicly disclose their foreign funding. For weeks, the streets of Tbilisi have been fi

Owen Jones   Israel is behaving like this because it knows its Western protectors will let it get away with everything and anything. 

failed evolution   On 11 April 2019, the Ecuadorian government of traitor Lenin Moreno, invited the Metropolitan Police into the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and they arrested Julian Assange . Since then, Assange is kept in Belmarsh high security prison in London, without actual charges.   The real reason world's number one political prisoner is still kept in this high security prison, is because he exposed horrendous war crimes carried out by the US imperialists and their allies.   The ruthless Western imperialist regime wants to punish the No1 real journalist in the world and make him an example for any Whistleblower or real journalist who will attempt to expose its big crimes in the future.   And the Anglo-American axis has now become officially a fascist coalition , framed by the rest of its Western pets. UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel, one of the most ruthless ever, decided to extradite Julian Assange to US. No surprise of course. The only question we had in mind is

Al Jazeera English   At least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli strike in northwestern Rafah.    The tents of displaced people sheltering in the city near United Nations relief agency warehouses were hit. The injured have been taken to the city's Kuwait hospital. Eyewitnesses reported that the tents of the displaced people caught fire after the shelling.     The Gaza Health Ministry says in a brief statement via its Telegram channel that a “large number” of Palestinians were killed and wounded as a result of an Israeli army strike on a displacement camp in the northwest of Rafah.   The statement adds that a search for survivors is underway. 

Geopolitical Economy Report   Putin met with Xi Jinping in Beijing, where China and Russia released a joint statement blasting Western "colonialism and hegemonism", supporting a multipolar world and more representation for the Global South, and calling for de-dollarization and expansion of BRICS. Ben Norton analyzes the historic document.  

Al Jazeera English   The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to stop its assault on Rafah. The order is one of three issued by the UN's top court in the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel over its war on Gaza. Israel has long-declared it plans to intensify its assault on the southern city, saying it is necessary to dismantle Hamas. And it appears it plans to follow through with that strategy. The ICJ's rulings are final and legally binding. But it does not have a way to enforce them. 

BreakThrough News   Since the early 20th century, Palestinians have a long, sustained history of political organizing in the North American shattat (diaspora). Throughout that period, Palestinian political organizing in North America was always impacted by transformations that unfolded in Palestine and within the region, as well as by shifts in the racial, political, and cultural landscape of North America.    Like other moments in history, today the movement for Palestinian liberation in North America is undergoing tremendous changes, expansions, developments and challenges.    This panel provides an assessment of the growth, development and impact of the movement for Palestinian liberation in North America before and after October 7, through the lens of organized struggle. 

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Η διολίσθηση του "ακραίου κέντρου" προς τον φασισμό γίνεται όλο και πιο ευδιάκριτη σε ολόκληρη τη Δύση   του system failure   Η αφετηρία της πολιτικής συνιστώσας αυτού που αποκαλείται σήμερα "ακραίο κέντρο", θα μπορούσε να τοποθετηθεί στις αρχές τις δεκαετίας του 80. Η πολιτική κυριαρχία του νεοφιλελευθερισμού, ξεκινάει με την προεδρία και την πρωθυπουργία του Ρίγκαν και της Θάτσερ σε ΗΠΑ και Βρετανία αντίστοιχα.   Είναι ίσως εντυπωσιακό, ότι το πρώτο αυτό κύμα της πολιτικής κυριαρχίας της νεοφιλελεύθερης ιδεολογίας έγινε με την βοήθεια του πιο συντηρητικού κομματιού, τόσο της Αμερικανικής, όσο και της Βρετανικής κοινωνίας. Είναι χαρακτηριστικό ότι η άνοδος του Ρίγκαν στην εξουσία έγινε με την βοήθεια της Χριστιανικής δεξιάς, που κινητοποίησε εκατομμύρια συντηρητικούς Αμερικανούς, οι οποίοι μέχρι τότε απείχαν από την εκλογική διαδικασία.   Η πολιτική κυριαρχία της νεοφιλελεύθερης ιδεολογίας ολοκληρώθηκε περίπου μια δεκαετία αργότερα, στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 90,

We Love Africa   The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries are looking to promote local currencies for trade and ditch the U.S. dollar for cross-border transactions. ASEAN consists of 10 countries and their economies are fast developing in the global sphere. This puts the USD under pressure, as several developing countries including the ASEAN bloc are looking to end reliance on the U.S. dollar.  

Geopolitical Economy Report   The International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for an arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu over crimes against humanity in Gaza. The Biden administration is threatening sanctions on Prosecutor Karim Khan. US Senator Lindsey Graham warned, " if they'll do this to Israel, we’re next! " Ben Norton discusses Washington's extreme hypocrisy and shows the real face of the so-called " rules-based international order ". 

Al Jazeera English   The European countries Ireland, Norway, and Spain have announced they will recognise an independent Palestinian state - which will enter into force by the 28th of May. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his country had an obligation to act. Sanchez accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of putting the two-state solution in danger, with his policy of pain and destruction in Gaza. Ireland's Prime Minister says that three decades after the Oslo process - we are further than ever from a sustainable peace settlement - and that this is the right thing to do. Norway's Prime Minister says a Palestinian state is a prerequisite for achieving peace in the Middle East. 

failed evolution   On 11 April 2019, the Ecuadorian government of traitor Lenin Moreno, invited the Metropolitan Police into the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and they arrested Julian Assange . Since then, Assange is kept in Belmarsh high security prison in London, without actual charges.   The real reason world's number one political prisoner is still kept in this high security prison, is because he exposed horrendous war crimes carried out by the US imperialists and their allies.   The ruthless Western imperialist regime wants to punish the No1 real journalist in the world and make him an example for any Whistleblower or real journalist who will attempt to expose its big crimes in the future.   And the Anglo-American axis has now become officially a fascist coalition , framed by the rest of its Western pets. UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel, one of the most ruthless ever, decided to extradite Julian Assange to US. No surprise of course. The only question we had in mind is

We Love Africa   The BRICS economic alliance is set to implement a geopolitical game-changer, as it is expected to launch a decentralized financial system to end the US dollar. Indeed, the bloc is currently discussing the implementation of such a system with the BRICS+ Business Council, which could become official policy within the next year. Named The Unit, the system is set to combat the growing challenges of geoeconomic finance concerns. Moreover, the system is set to implement cross-border payment solutions as well as a newly implemented international currency under the BRICS infrastructure. The BRICS economic alliance is set to launch a decentralized financial system to end the US Dollar. According to Sputnik Global , The Unit is set to address some of the largest challenges facing geoeconomic developments. Moreover, it will seek to completely shift how international trade and transactions take place. The system is seeking to propose a transactional unit that will implement a bran

Geopolitical Economy Report   Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, sought to unite the Global South against Western imperialism. He joined BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, advocated de-dollarization, promoted a "Look East" strategy, and allied with Africa and Latin America. Ben Norton analyzes the Iranian leader's anti-colonial foreign policy. 

We Love Africa   Can the US effectively manage economic assaults, particularly those originating from China? China's dumping of the largest volume of US Treasuries in history prompts questions: What's behind this move?   

Democracy Now!   The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has announced he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three leaders of Hamas: Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif.    The charges against Netanyahu and Gallant include starvation of civilians, extermination, intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population, among other crimes. The charges against the Hamas leaders include extermination, murder, taking hostages, rape, among other crimes.    " It places Israel's leaders of this genocidal onslaught on the Gaza Strip in the dock, " says Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani, who explains why this will be " very significant " for Israel's allies and signatories to the ICC. " They now have to make a choice between Israeli impunity and obligations under the Rome Statute. " 

Democracy Now!   WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won the right to appeal his extradition to the United States. Assange's lawyers argued before the British High Court that the U.S. government provided "blatantly inadequate" assurances that Assange would have the same free speech protections as an American citizen if extradited from Britain.    Assange has spent more than a decade facing the threat of extradition to the U.S., where he faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.    " This is a victory for Julian Assange in that he lives on to fight another day, his case lives on to fight another day. But he's not out of Belmarsh [Prison] yet, and he's not in the clear yet, " says Chip Gibbons, policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent. " This could still end in him being sent to the U.S. And the person who can stop this is Joe Biden and Merrick Garland. " 

Free Assange   Live coverage from outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the day of Julian Assange's final UK appeal hearing. With interviews and speeches from key figures who have shown their unrelenting support for Julian's freedom. 

failed evolution   Free Assange now! Otherwise, the consequences for your authoritarian, brutal system will be incalculable.   

Owen Jones   Seven and half months on, and Israel is staring a catastrophic defeat down the barrel of a gun.  

BreakThrough News   Seven months into the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza that has killed over 40,000 Palestinians, the Biden administration is planning to send $1 billion more in weapons to Israel. The move comes days after Biden halted some bomb shipments to Israel and pretended to the media that this meant the administration would turn against Israel if it invaded Rafah.    Layan Sima Fuleihan, Education Director at The People’s Forum and editor at 1804 Books, sheds light on the Biden administration’s rhetorical tricks as political pressure mounts from the mass movements for Palestine. 

failed evolution   On 11 April 2019, the Ecuadorian government of traitor Lenin Moreno, invited the Metropolitan Police into the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and they arrested Julian Assange . Since then, Assange is kept in Belmarsh high security prison in London, without actual charges.   The real reason world's number one political prisoner is still kept in this high security prison, is because he exposed horrendous war crimes carried out by the US imperialists and their allies.   The ruthless Western imperialist regime wants to punish the No1 real journalist in the world and make him an example for any Whistleblower or real journalist who will attempt to expose its big crimes in the future.   And the Anglo-American axis has now become officially a fascist coalition , framed by the rest of its Western pets. UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel, one of the most ruthless ever, decided to extradite Julian Assange to US. No surprise of course. The only question we had in mind is

Janta Ka Reporter   South African lawyer Adilah Hassim on Thursday had voice choked with emotion at the International Court of Justice as she described Israeli atrocities against children in Gaza. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is holding  public hearings in the case South Africa v. Israel with the oral argument of South Africa taking place on Thursday. 

We Love Africa   The Hague on Thursday, May 16, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds two days of hearings in South Africa's case against Israel, regarding additional emergency measures and the modification of previous ones.    

Dangerous Ideas with Lee Camp   Lee Camp delves into the harsh reality that over 200,000 Palestinians have been murdered by Israel, a shocking number that leaps beyond the reported figure of 35,000.  

Secular Talk    

Jacobin   The ways of war are changing. Artificial intelligence is used to bomb families in Gaza. Flying drones are deployed to track down refugees on the US-Mexico border. But the biggest change is the one we talk about the least: the privatization of war. From Yemen to Sudan, Syria to Nigeria, tens of thousands of guns for hire now fight on behalf of foreign powers. For Episode 7 of “The International,” a world-spanning video series brought to you by Jacobin and the @ProgIntl, Rania Khalek tells the story of how we got here. It is the tale of an infamous US firm known as Blackwater and the rise of the secret mercenary armies that have pushed warfare into the shadows.    Related:   Globalized wars: Anyone can fight against anyone  

Al Jazeera English   This episode will look into how the war on Gaza has been reshaping global perceptions, particularly among youth in the West and what potential long-term reforms that might bring about.    Through a conversation with young online activists, The Stream delves into some of the new shifts in young people’s perspectives of their governments, mainstream media, international law, Western democracy and more.

Katie Halper   Rene Lichtman, a Holocaust survivor and hidden child accuses Israel of genocide and draws parallels between the Israeli army and the Nazis: “ I see it as genocide. it's difficult for me to say that, but it's equivalent to what happened in the Holocaust. ” The son of two Polish Jews who fled to France during the 1930s, Rene was hidden at the age of two with a Catholic family outside of Paris after his father was killed during the 1940 Nazi invasion and his mother was forced into hiding. After the war, Rene moved with his mother to Brooklyn, New York. He was politically radicalized in the 1960s and became an active opponent of the Vietnam War. Rene was a founding member of the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust. On December 22, 2023, Rene took part in a demonstration outside of the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan, against the US-backed Israeli massacres in Gaza.  

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Geopolitical Economy Report   US Senator Lindsey Graham insisted in a TV interview that Israel should drop nuclear bombs on Gaza, where more than 2 million Palestinian civilians, including 1 million children, are trapped under what the Israeli defense minister called a “complete siege”. Ben Norton discusses Washington's bipartisan complicity in crimes against humanity. Atomic bombing of Japan was NOT necessary to end WWII. US gov't documents admit it.  

Breaking Points   Krystal and Saagar discuss Antony Blinken admitting Israel has violated international law but that it will not effect weapons shipments.   </di

Al Jazeera English   Egypt says it will formally support South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Israel’s former foreign minister tells Al Jazeera it represents an ‘unbelievable diplomatic blow to Israel’.  

failed evolution   On 11 April 2019, the Ecuadorian government of traitor Lenin Moreno, invited the Metropolitan Police into the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and they arrested Julian Assange . Since then, Assange is kept in Belmarsh high security prison in London, without actual charges.   The real reason world's number one political prisoner is still kept in this high security prison, is because he exposed horrendous war crimes carried out by the US imperialists and their allies.   The ruthless Western imperialist regime wants to punish the No1 real journalist in the world and make him an example for any Whistleblower or real journalist who will attempt to expose its big crimes in the future.   And the Anglo-American axis has now become officially a fascist coalition , framed by the rest of its Western pets. UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel, one of the most ruthless ever, decided to extradite Julian Assange to US. No surprise of course. The only question we had in mind is