Today is the UN-mandated International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Thirty four years ago, I was part of a group of young Israelis who refused to enforce the Occupation in Palestine while in uniform. What brought me to that point?
Omicron Variant Underscores Why We Must Abolish Global Vaccine Apartheid
While politicians and commentators in the Global North wring their hands over fellow citizens who refuse vaccination, they show little concern for the hundreds of millions of people around the world who desperately want to get the vaccine but cannot do so.
The Heat is On: Sweeping Actions Urged Ahead of U.N. Climate Summit
Each new year brings record high temperatures, expanded wildfires, intensified hurricanes, floods and droughts, melting permafrost, acidification of the…
Why the U.S. Lost in Afghanistan
Many people my age went off to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq. Our paths would cross again when they returned.
“Sister, Please Hurry”: Afghan Women Journalists Fear Time Is Running Out to Escape
“Lots of journalists were kidnapped by the Taliban and still, no one knows what has happened or if they…
How 9/11 Kneecapped a Movement
The smell of the “Pile,” the media elevation of Rudy Giuliani to near-sainthood and the sudden disappearance of the global justice movement are memories I would like to forget but can’t.
Interview: Peace Activists Kathy Kelly and Medea Benjamin Talk about Afghanistan and What Comes Next
Kabul has fallen. The 20-year U.S. military adventure in Afghanistan is over. And now many of the leading militarists…
“The pandemic has re-doubled my commitment to my people,” a Havana doctor says amid shortages, protests.
After The Bombs Stop Falling, Gaza Struggles to Rebuild
Children orphaned, jobs lost, trees uprooted and tens of millions of dollars in losses.
#FreeBritney and All Saudi Women Too
A look at Saudi Arabia’s restrictions on women shows that Britney’s case should be seen through an international lens.