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Harm Offensive

From leaflets distributed in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces between October 13 and November 16, 2023. As of this writing, the United Nations estimates that more than 60 percent…

Friends Like These

From resolutions passed by the United Nations General Assembly since 1982 for which the United States and Israel were the only two member states, of more than 150 nations, to…

Guardians of Memory

by Fred Bahnson,

The quest to save ancient manuscripts

El Bloqueo

by Joy Gordon,

The Cuban embargo continues

Power in Paris

by Rebecca Solnit,

Can the earth be saved by bureaucrats in long meetings, reciting jargon and acronyms while surrounded by leaning towers of documents? That is what’s supposed to happen in France this…

Noms de guerre

by Moez Surani,

By Moez Surani, from “????? Operación Operation Opération ?? ????????,” a collection of the names given to military operations by United Nations member states since 2000, printed in the spring…

Abraham’s Children

by Bernard Avishai,

Toward a right of return for Palestinians

Weekly Review

by Anthony Lydgate,

Mahmoud Abbas went before the United Nations General Assembly in support of Palestine’s bid for UN membership, saying his was a “defenseless people, armed only with their dreams, courage, hope,…

Weekly Review

by Christopher Beha,

An earthquake with a Richter magnitude of 5.9 and an epicenter in Mineral, Virginia, shook much of the East Coast, and Irene, a Category 1 hurricane, made landfall in North…

Weekly Review

by Anthony Lydgate,

Somali government troops killed at least ten famine refugees at the Badbaado camp in Mogadishu after distribution of dry rations by the World Food Program devolved into looting. “They fired…

Weekly Review

by Christopher Beha,

A bomb exploded at the Norwegian capitol building in Oslo, killing eight people. Hours later, a gunman opened fire at an island camp for young members of Norway’s ruling Labor…

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Harm Offensive

Friends Like These

Guardians of Memory

El Bloqueo

Power in Paris

Noms de guerre

Abraham’s Children

Weekly Review

Weekly Review

Weekly Review

Weekly Review

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