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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | M K Bhadrakumar |Thomas Klikauer |Tom Engelhardt |Gideon Polya
President Donald Trump’s latest executive order to dismantle the Department of Education isn’t just a headline—it’s a political warning shot. Framed as a push to “return power to the states,” Trump’s March 21 directive demands the department take “all necessary steps” to wind itself down. His administration argues the department is bloated with bureaucracy, fueled by liberal ideology, and ultimately responsible for declining academic outcomes. But the implications go far deeper than red tape.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | M K Bhadrakumar |Thomas Klikauer |Tom Engelhardt |Gideon Polya
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon “to launch a decisive and powerful military operation” against the Houthis of Yemen with “overwhelming lethal force” in the most significant military action of his second term, to date. The US attacks began on Saturday and continued into Sunday on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and other areas reportedly killing 31 people and wounding 101 so far, most of them children and women.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Thomas Klikauer |M K Bhadrakumar |Tom Engelhardt |Gideon Polya
With Donald, the Terrible back in power, diplomatic relations between the USA and the EU are set to be in stormy waters. Europeans, as well as the whole world, know that the last Trump presidency was marked by confusions and frustrations as his reign ended badly, if not deadly. And now, the European Union plus others like the UK are facing Trump 2.0Tellingly, Trump’s hyper-televised inauguration show has excluded many of those worshipping their messiah.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Countercurrents Collective |Gideon Polya |Ramzy Baroud |Ellen Isaacs
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel has resumed its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip after nearly two months of ceasefire. The attacks began in the early hours of Tuesday morning, killing over 200 starved civilians, most of whom are children. Israeli air force jets launched a wave of attacks across Gaza, targeting multiple areas in the north, center, and south. Reports confirm heavy bombardment of residential homes and makeshift shelters housing displaced Palestinians.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Countercurrents Collective |Gideon Polya |Ramzy Baroud |Ellen Isaacs
UNICEF, the UN agency for children, reported that one million children in Gaza are “struggling to survive” due to Israel’s blockade on all humanitarian aid into the enclave.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Gideon Polya |Ramzy Baroud |Ellen Isaacs |Jessica Corbett
From 1950 onwards the US was involved in horrific wars that took the lives of tens of millions of people but the unforgivable American perpetrators unsurprisingly failed to acknowledge the carnage. However General Curtis LeMay, diplomat Madeleine Albright and President Donald Trump are just 3 top US perpetrators who have actually confessed to the US mass murder of civilians (in North Korea, Iraq under Sanctions, and in the ongoing Gaza Genocide, respectively).
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Gideon Polya |Binoy Kampmark |Eliza M. Grames |Marwan Asmar
The apartheid era (1948-1994) in South Africa stands as a stark reminder of how religious texts can be distorted to justify oppression and racial supremacy. During this period, the Bible was frequently misinterpreted to validate social hierarchies, reinforce white supremacy, and marginalize non-white populations. This misreading was not isolated incidents but part of a broader pattern in history where sacred texts have been weaponized to serve political and ideological interests.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | VladislavB Sotirovic |Ramzy Baroud |George Capaccio |Gideon Polya
Hamas, or according to its full name, “Islamic Resistance Movement”, is a Palestinian political-national organization with a military wing of a conservative Islamic nature and orientation. Its purpose is to resist the Israeli occupation, maintain resistance, and fight for the creation of an independent Palestinian state. It was officially established on December 10th, 1987, with the Gaza City at the Gaza Strip headquarters. What is Gaza?
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Ramzy Baroud |George Capaccio |Gideon Polya |Binoy Kampmark
International law is fighting for relevance. The outcome of this fight is likely to change the entire global political dynamics, which were shaped by World War II and sustained through the selective interpretation of the law by dominant countries. In principle, international law should have always been relevant, if not paramount, in governing the relationships between all countries, large and small, to resolve conflicts before they turn into outright wars.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | George Capaccio |Gideon Polya |Justice Markandey Katju |Vijay Prashad
My wife and I have never been gamblers (with the exception of childhood card games) and never looked for the easy way out. We worked hard all our lives and put the welfare of our children ahead of everything else. Miriam was a registered nurse. Before she retired, she worked in prisons and was devoted to giving inmates the best care she could provide. I had a much less dramatic career as a high-school English teacher at the Walton Memorial School.
