Hearty thanks to everyone who has purchased or reviewed Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty. The book delivers hard facts and comic relief for these dire times. Here’s a thumbnail on the book, reviews, and links to some excerpts & spinoffs: Americans today have “freedom” to be fleeced, harassed, surveilled, injected, censored, vilified, beaten, […]
Reprinted from Consortium News with the author’s permission. When the International Court of Justice opens its consideration of the case against Israel’s genocidal policy towards Palestinians living in Gaza on Thursday it will have before it a petition from South Africa, which initiated the case. In legal terms it is a request that the court … Continue reading "South Africa’s Proof of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza"
Reprinted with permission from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. The people of Gaza are facing one of the worst man-made famines in recent history. The combined effects of bombing, displacement, and blockade have driven an already vulnerable population into severe, widespread hunger. This is not some accidental byproduct of conflict. Critics like Human Rights … Continue reading "How Did Blinken Avoid the ‘Atrocity Famine’ in Gaza?"
Originally appeared at TomDispatch: On a picturesque beach in central Gaza, a mile north of the now-flattened Al-Shati refugee camp, long black pipes snake through hills of white sand before disappearing underground. An image released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shows dozens of soldiers laying pipelines and what appear to be mobile pumping stations … Continue reading "The Killing of Gaza’s Environment"
Israel is urging western states to rally to its side as the International Court of Justice prepares to hear this week South Africa’s case that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The court is being asked by Pretoria to issue an immediate injunction ordering Israel to halt its military assault on the tiny enclave, to … Continue reading "The West Will Stand in the Dock Alongside Israel at the Genocide Court"
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war Bertrand Russell: Selections on war and peace ==== Bertrand RussellWhy Men FightA method of abolishing the international duel To this victim of order and good organization the realization comes, in some moment of sudden crisis, that he belongs to a […]
Today is the 80th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt’s “economic bill of rights” speech. Here are some pieces I wrote on that buncombe: RealClearHistory – January 6, 2023 – FDR’s Corrupt Concept of Freedom FDR’s Worst Perversion of Freedom: The “Four Freedoms” Speech Tags U.S. History 01/17/2019James Bovard Mises Institute Franklin Roosevelt did more than any […]
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The Two and Only — Brian Wilson and James Bovard S3 Ep 2 The Patriot Act, secret arrests, January 6 persecutions, Hitler’s first cameo of 2024, Valley Forge, and the endless Biden fearmongering…. Brian Wilson summary: Brian Wilson and James Bovard return to discuss 2024 Presidential choices: Biden or Hitler. Didn’t know Adolf was on […]
A famous quote by Franz Kafka says, “Every thing you love is very likely to be lost, but in the end, love will return in a different way.” The same principle, I believe, applies to any other powerful feeling, including resentment, hate, anger, even rage. American officials should know this well as they continue to … Continue reading "Rage Over Gaza: Washington Will Pay for Its Support of Israel"
On January 11th, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague is holding its first hearing in South Africa’s case against Israel under the Genocide Convention. The first provisional measure South Africa has asked of the court is to order an immediate end to this carnage, which has already killed more than 23,000 people, … Continue reading "A Chance To Hold Israel – and the US – to Account for Genocide"
