Thursday, September 18, 2025

The Anti-Empire Report #158: Why do they flee?

Eliminating the profit motive in various sectors, or all sectors, in American society would run into a lot less opposition than one might expect.

‘End the occupation’: Progressives say cease-fire far from enough to secure justice for Palestinians

A cease-fire is necessary, but will not alone achieve freedom, justice, and equality for all who live under Israel's apartheid government."

Israeli bombing of Gaza girls’ school kills 30, injures over 100

Attack on Khadija School highlights escalating violence and humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital amid mass graves...

Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.

Syria’s Aleppo falling: Moscow is a player in the region again

Russia’s success in shaping the outcome of the Syrian struggle has made Moscow a player in the region again for the first time since the fall of the old Soviet Union.

The Cold War we can still lose – and why

A pathological president who can pardon convicted criminals or start a nuclear war poses a clear and present danger to the nation and the world.

Europe and the Middle East are both on the verge of unraveling

From Catalonia to Kurdistan, long simmering regions are clamoring for their own states. But what good is being a state anymore?

Trump’s recycling program

In many countries, covering up war crimes would itself merit prosecution; in Washington, it earns a promotion.

The dangers of US brinkmanship in Venezuela

Before Venezuela devolves into civil war, the U.S. should lift the sanctions, take the military option off the table, and get behind a negotiated, nonviolent solution.

Humbled US leaves chaos and mass murder while fleeing Afghanistan

Kids die last as Biden plays tough guy...