INTO THE MAELSTROM: CAN FRENCH DEMOCRACY SURVIVE ITS POLITICAL CRISIS?

In defiance of a clear victory for the left, Macron has struck a Faustian bargain with the right to subvert the election results. Is French democracy dead? BY MARC STEINER SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 (therealnews.com) A participant waves a French national tricolor during an election night rally following the projected results of… Continue reading

Rights Group Condemns Texas National Guard for Firing Pepper Balls at Migrants

Migrants await the opportunity to cross the border while Texas National Guard and state police prevent crossings from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on June 4, 2024.  (Photo: David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images) “In separate incidents this summer, witnesses saw Texas National Guard members firing pepper-spray projectiles at migrants who posed no… Continue reading

With All Eyes on Gaza, Israel Bulldozed ‘Mile After Mile’ of West Bank

Palestinians walk around the damage in Jenin’s city center after an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank on September 6, 2024.  (Photo: Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) “We watched their bulldozers tear up streets, demolish businesses, pharmacies, schools,” said one local leader. “They even bulldozed the town… Continue reading

Progressive US Lawmakers Call for Arms Embargo to Halt Israeli Escalation in Lebanon

People inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike in Jiyeh along the highway linking Beirut to the southern city of Sidon on September 25, 2024.  (Photo: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images) “We cannot continue to stand idly by while innocent civilians are being bombarded with our tax dollars,” said U.S…. Continue reading

Blinken Faces Calls to Resign Over Lie That Israel Is Not Blocking Gaza Aid

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Annapolis, Maryland on August 6, 2024.  (Photo: Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images) “When a senior American official lies to Congress in the middle of genocide so that the government can keep funding that genocide, he is deliberately flouting… Continue reading

JK digest (9 items): V.Kozin on Russia’s new NW policy, Mahmood OD, TEI, Useful Idiots, R.Medhurst/G.Galloway, P.Larudee, and more

By Janet Kobren Item#1 Copy/pasted below my name at the bottom is Dr. Vladimir Kozin’s latest report, Report # 321. Breaking News: RUSSIA OUTLINED NEW PRINCIPLES FOR EMPLOYMENT OF ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONSfor September 25. The highlighting is his. Dr. Kozin is a Moscow-based Russian military expert and researcher who publishes these… Continue reading