Don’t believe their doctored videos. They’re just advertising war. — “If wars can be started with lies, peace can be started with truth.” Julian Assange They say truth is the first casualty of war, but in reality truth must die before a war can even start. As Nazi leader Hermann Goering wrote, “Of course, the people don’t want war… but…

Why does Israel call innocent women and children terrorists? — I have never been to Gaza, but I have made several Facebook friends there over the years. I have real-life friends in San Francisco who have relatives in Gaza and the West Bank, and I have mentored young Palestinian English-language writers. Everyone I’ve met IRL or online has been intelligent…

Jew hatred serves their colonial purpose — “If it’s antisemitic to oppose the bombing of children, what choice does a person of conscience have?” Steven Salaita “Zionism” is the movement and ideology behind the formation and growth of the modern state of Israel. “Antisemitism” is a fancy word for Jew hatred, a movement, and ideology starting, like…

Israel couldn’t do this alone. Last Wednesday, the United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution that would have called for a ceasefire in the conflict in Gaza to allow humanitarian aid and hostage releases. There were no other No votes, only the US veto. Think about that…

In both cases, they let it happen to justify wars already planned — After the brutal attack against southern Israel on October 7, 2023, Major Nir Dinar, a spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said, “This is our 9/11. They got us.” Other IDF representatives made the same comparison, which I and some critics found chilling. After all, the United States response…

It’s not wages. It’s late-stage capitalism. In much of the Western-dominated world, prices are soaring while wages creep up slowly. They call it a cost-of-living crisis. Poverty and homelessness follow rising prices, which are usually called inflation. What is causing these increases, and what can we do about it? Start…

Getting in shape, trying new things I’m 72 years old, but after 40 years of living with multiple sclerosis (MS), I probably have a 90-year-old body. I do seated exercises, but it’s been years since I’ve done anything you’d call a workout. Lately, I have really been getting out of…

Fight for them. Biodiversity is as crucial as climate. Our relatives are dying. Every year now, dozens of species are declared extinct, meaning no one will ever see them alive again. Scientists say the current rate of extinction is 100 to 1000 times the normal rate, which had been 1–5…

Saving what can be saved is the best use of our time here — Industrial civilization seems to have pushed nature past its limits. Cactuses are dying of heat. Fish are drowning because the water lacks oxygen. The ocean now has almost as much plastic as fish. Severe droughts, heat waves, and floods are causing massive shortages of food and water. …