Wednesday, October 28, 2026

The emperor’s new rules

What rules could possibly legitimize the kind of destruction we just witnessed in Gaza, and who would want to live in a world ruled by them?

‘Total massacre’ as U.S. drone strike kills 30 farmers in Afghanistan

Amnesty International said the bombing "suggests a shocking disregard for civilian life."

Killer drones in the empire state

The U.S. drone war is escalating in numerous countries.

14,000 babies at risk of death in Gaza as Israel blocks aid, UN warns

UN and international leaders condemn Israel’s blockade as thousands of trucks wait at Gaza’s border while children face imminent starvation.

Infinite war

The gravy train rolls on.

A chance to hold Israel—and the US—to account for genocide

As the first hearing approaches, Israeli officials have doubled down on explicit statements of genocidal intent behind the massacre in Gaza, while U.S. efforts to insulate itself from them remain unconvincing.

More Americans now sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

For the first time, the percentage of Americans who say they sympathize with Palestinians exceeds the percentage who sympathize with Israelis.

War pay

Here is what the coming boom years are likely to look like for the Pentagon, the arms makers, and their weaponry.
The United Nations General Assembly hall in New York. Photo: Patrick Gruban, cropped and downsampled by Pine / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

UN and The Hague Confront Impunity for War Crimes

As King Abdullah of Jordan reminded the General Assembly, the UN and the world's governments have the means to enforce international law, if and when they choose to do so

Threatening military intervention in Venezuela during a pandemic?

President Trump has no business deploying U.S. military assets against Venezuela, a country that in no shape or form represents a threat to the security of the United States, especially not now when a pandemic is raging around the world and in our own country.