The energy blockade that the Trump administration has imposed on Cuba is hammering the island. As UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…
The criminal US/Israeli war of aggression against Iran has killed upwards of 3,500 Iranians (Al Jazeera, 4/19/26; BBC, 4/23/26), injured more than 32,000, razed 22 schools, and…
The United States and Israel are, for the second time in less than a year, committing āthe supreme international crimeā against Iran…
The United States has no right to wage war on Iran, or to have a say who governs the country. The opinion…
Since the earliest days of the postāOctober 7 US/Israeli genocide in Gaza, corporate media outlets have claimed that Hamas uses Palestinian civilians…
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump said that the US will ātake over the Gaza Stripā and āownā it for the ālong-termā…
Corporate mediaās handling of the US-supported Israeli assault on Lebanon has, like all war propaganda, entailed a campaign to demonize the purported bad…
Following Israelās assassinations of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirutāalong with a woman and two children (Al Jazeera,Ā 7/30/24)āand of Hamas leader Ismail…
Janine Jackson interviewed Gregory Shupak about the Gaza assault for theĀ February 23, 2024, episodeĀ ofĀ CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: Seven…
Since October 7, the day the escalation in Israel/Palestine began (FAIR.org, 10/13/23), American media outlets have persistently described the fighting as an āIsrael-Hamas…
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