Jeffrey St. Clair

5 days ago | counterpunch.org | Jeffrey St. Clair

The problem with writing about Gaza is that words can’t explain what’s happening in Gaza. Neither can images, even the most gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. Because what needs to be explained is the inexplicable. What needs to be explicated is the silence in the face of horror. Israel has been brazenly upfront about its plans to […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.

6 days ago | counterpunch.org | Jeffrey St. Clair

“We must learn to be loyal, not to ‘East’ or ‘West’ but to each other, and we must disregard the prohibitions and limitations imposed by any national state.”– EP Thompson+ America finally got its Pope, but not the reactionary the Opus Dei sect was furiously lobbying for. And not an anti-abortion zealot like Cardinal Dolan, either.

1 week ago | counterpunch.org | Jeffrey St. Clair

When she was allowed to read the warrant, the mother noticed that it referred to the house’s previous tenants. She pointed this out to the agents: “They were very dismissive, very rough, very careless,” she said. “I kept pleading. I kept telling them we weren’t criminals. They were treating us like criminals. We were here by ourselves. We didn’t do anything. One of them said, ‘I know it was a little rough this morning.’ It was so denigrating.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jeffrey St. Clair

6 hours ago Trump Deportations Have Dairy Farmers on Edge Visit a dairy farm anywhere in the country and odds are decent you’ll overhear conversations in Spanish.Like other farmers in the United States, … 1 day ago ICE: ‘First-of-its-kind’ operation with local law enforcement leads to nearly 800 immigrant arrests in Florida CNN — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Saturday the agency and state law enforcement in Florida have arrested nearly 800 people over four days in a...

2 weeks ago | counterpunch.org | Jeffrey St. Clair

At 3:52 AM on March 23, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society received word of casualties from an Israeli attack in the Al-Hashashin area outside of Rafah and dispatched an ambulance to the scene. Five minutes later, the dispatch office lost contact with the crew. At 4:39, another ambulance was sent to search for the […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.