Justin Podur

Toronto

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Author of anti-imperialist books, historical podcast, reporting on contemporary empire and resistance, blogs and videos.

Articles

Black Agenda Report

Jan 7, 2025 | blackagendareport.com | Joseph Andoni Massad |Jonathan Cook |Justin Podur |Margaret Kimberley

Well over a year after the Al Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, Israeli officials have yet to bring forth a single alleged victim of sexual assault or any credible evidence that any sexual violence occurred. Admissions of this lack of evidence continue to roll out. Originally published in Electronic Intifada. There are still zero complainants in alleged cases of rapes committed by Palestinians on 7 October 2023, an Israeli prosecutor has admitted.
Turkey Takes Aleppo

Dec 9, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Justin Podur

Above photo: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) with their country flags in the background. The Independent/file photo. After years of equivocation, Turkey colludes with the US and Israel to join the genocide coalition, attacking Syria at a crucial moment. Editorial Note: This article, written four days before this Orinoco Tribune reprinting, analyzes the Syria situation using a chronological approach.
Black Agenda Report

Nov 26, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Joseph Andoni Massad |Jonathan Cook |Justin Podur |Margaret Kimberley

The International Criminal Court finally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, but this action is merely performative. If arrest warrants do not include war criminals like Joe Biden and other U.S. officials, they are ultimately empty attempts to maintain a semblance of legitimacy.
Black Agenda Report

Nov 26, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Joseph Andoni Massad |Jonathan Cook |Justin Podur |Margaret Kimberley

While the International Criminal Court finally decided to indict Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, this decision is merely a performance. If these acts do not include war criminals like Joe Biden and other U.S. officials, they ultimately are empty attempts to maintain some semblance of legitimacy.
Black Agenda Report

Nov 19, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Jonathan Cook |Justin Podur |Margaret Kimberley |Ann Garrison

Holland's support for genocidal Israeli fans and condemnation of its own citizens as 'antisemitic' is the latest manifestation of its fanatical support for Israel and racist history. Originally published in Middle East Eye. Late last week, the western world was aghast at the alleged "antisemitic attacks" in Amsterdam targeting Israeli football fans, injuring 10 of them.
Black Agenda Report

Nov 12, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Ann Garrison |Jonathan Cook |Justin Podur |Margaret Kimberley

The heartwrenching story of Dr. Khaled Al Serr is a haunting example of the barbarity of the Israeli entity and the strength of the Palestinian people. Originally published in Electronic Intifada. Dr. Khaled Al Serr, a surgeon at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, recently endured six months as a prisoner in the Israeli military court system. Prior to his seizure, he was in the midst of doing what he could to help during one of the worst humanitarian crises Gaza has ever seen.
Black Agenda Report

Nov 5, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Jonathan Cook |Justin Podur |Ann Garrison

Bill Clinton couldn’t be cozier, or more richly rewarded, in what he calls “the dictator’s club.”In Bill Clinton’s infamously unhinged speech last week in Michigan, he said that Jews had been living in Judea and Samaria before Islam existed, that anyone upset by the Gaza genocide should understand how Israelis feel, and that Kamala Harris’s promise to work for a ceasefire should be enough to make them vote for her. Those statements were so tone deaf that they dominated the outraged response.
Black Agenda Report

Nov 5, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Ann Garrison |Jonathan Cook |Justin Podur |Margaret Kimberley

Detailing Israel’s “crime of extermination,” the report makes it clear bombing hospitals is no accident. Originally published in Salon. ix days after the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel ordered the evacuation of 22 hospitals in northern Gaza. In fact, 1.1 million people were ordered to evacuate the entire north of the enclave within 24 hours.
‘Text Me You Haven’t Died’ – My Sister was the 166th Doctor to Be Murdered in Gaza | Black Agenda Report

Oct 29, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Jonathan Cook |Justin Podur |Margaret Kimberley |Ann Garrison

Since the beginning of this genocidal assault on Gaza, the Israeli entity has targeted Palestinian medical workers and hospitals to destroy the healthcare infrastructure and cause maximum damage on the strip. As the total number of medical workers murdered by the entity rises closer to 1000, let us remember that they are more than numbers. Originally published in Ramzy Baroud. “Your lives will continue. With new events and new faces.
Black Agenda Report

Oct 22, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Jonathan Cook |Justin Podur |Margaret Kimberley |Ann Garrison

“Where should we go after the last frontiers? Where should the birds fly after the last sky?”We are at a loss for words. We have lost all language. What words can describe the horrors and sorrows of a genocide, unremittingly live streamed, that has continued for more than a year?