Israeli military threatens ground invasion of Lebanon amid expanding air assault
Top Israeli army officers have told soldiers to prepare for a ground invasion of Lebanon as the air assault on the country to the north continued for a third day.…
Kevin Reed
Meta Platforms and YouTube ban RT worldwide
Meta Platforms—the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram—announced on Monday that it was banning Russian state media outlets such as Russia Today (RT) from its social media properties, claiming that…
Israel pounds Jenin refugee camp as assault on West Bank continues for seventh day
Israel stepped up military operations in the West Bank for a seventh day on Tuesday, in the second front of its genocidal campaign against the Palestinians. A report by Al Jazeera noted,…
Biden and Harris call for escalation of Gaza genocide following death of six Israeli hostages
The US political establishment responded to the deaths of six Israeli hostages in Gaza on Saturday with demands for an intensification of the genocide against Palestinians and expansion of war…
Israeli missile strike on aid convoy kills 4 Palestinians near Rafah
The Israeli military fired a missile into the lead vehicle of an aid convoy in southern Gaza on Friday, killing four Palestinians. The convoy was organized by the Washington, DC-based…
Israeli airstrikes massacre hundreds across Gaza over the weekend
The Gaza Health Ministry reported on Sunday that the Israeli military has killed hundreds and injured 400 others in multiple airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave since Saturday. In one of…
Dozens killed in their homes in renewed Israeli attack on Gaza City
Dozens were killed during a weeklong assault by the Israeli military on Gaza City, as Palestinians were trapped in their houses and unable to leave. Bodies were lying uncollected in…
Deadly heat dome to sit over Eastern half of the US through Sunday
Record and deadly temperatures near or above 100 ˚F (37.7 ˚C) are continuing for a third day across the Midwest and Northeast as an unusually large and persistent atmospheric heat…
Social banditry: Oligarch Elon Musk takes record $45 billion payout
On Thursday, Tesla announced its shareholders had reapproved an unprecedented pay package for CEO Elon Musk, which is currently valued at more than $45 billion. As noted by the Delaware…
Israeli military bombs hospitals, ambulance convoys and schools
The Israeli military, with the backing of the Biden administration, has targeted hospitals and medical staff for missile strikes in Gaza over the past 24 hours. On Friday, Israel carried…
Hundreds likely dead in Maui wildfire
The number of confirmed dead from the horrific wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui last Tuesday and Wednesday rose to 93 on Sunday. It is now the deadliest such…
Maui disaster sirens never sounded as deadly fire engulfed hundreds of homes
As the official death toll from the Maui wildfires reached 67 on Friday, questions are being raised about why Hawaii’s disaster warning system was never activated when the climate change-fueled…
Musk’s attack on Twitter workers brings company to the brink of collapse
Media reports were speculating about the possible collapse of the social media platform Twitter following the resignation of another 1,200 employees the previous day in response to a recent ultimatum…
The US baby formula crisis and capitalism’s indifference to the lives of children
The baby formula crisis that is threatening the lives of infants across the US deepened this week as the out-of-stock rate for baby formula on store shelves surged to 70…
Oxfam report reveals malignant dependency of the pandemic on capitalist inequality
This week, Oxfam published a major report in advance of the annual World Economic Forum Davos Agenda. Coming as society enters the third year of the pandemic, the Oxfam briefing…
Oxfam report “Inequality Kills”: Billionaires racked up wealth while millions died during the pandemic
The global charity Oxfam released a briefing on Monday entitled “Inequality Kills” in advance of the World Economic Forum State of the World conference being held virtually January 17-21. In…
US billionaire wealth increased 70 percent since the start of the pandemic
The wealth of US billionaires has increased by a massive $2.1 trillion, or 70 percent, since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, while tens of millions of working people have…
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture warns Julian Assange could die in prison
In a June 1 interview with ABC Radio Adelaide, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer warned that Julian Assange could die in prison if his persecution is not stopped…
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