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Another 11 were wounded.
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Biden: Vote for Me or Hitler Wins by James Bovard, January 8, 2023 “Endless hysteria will keep you free,” said none of the Founding Fathers. But President Joe Biden missed that message before his absurdly overheated speech last Friday near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Biden draped himself in Revolutionary War virtue as he demanded that Americans […]
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This article was written shortly before Israel assassinated the Deputy Head of Hamas Political Bureau Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut on January 2. The assassination is a further illustration of the Israeli government’s desire to escape the consequences of its disastrous war in Gaza, by igniting a regional conflict.  The clashes between Hezbollah and Israel are … Continue reading "What Is Netanyahu’s Ultimate Goal in the Middle East?"

Reprinted from Consortium News with the author’s permission. In the days after Hamas entered Israeli kibbutzim near Gaza on Oct. 7,  foreign press accounts of what happened have broadly reflected the Israeli interpretation of events of the deliberate slaughter and dismemberment of innocent civilians by Hamas fighters. Those stories were blood-curdling in the extreme: Babies … Continue reading "How Israel Leverages Genocide With Hamas ‘Massacres’"

I am writing to flag a truly important document that should be widely circulated and read carefully by anyone interested in the ongoing Gaza War. Specifically, I am referring to the 84-page “application” that South Africa filed with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 29 December 2023, accusing Israel of committing genocide against the … Continue reading "Genocide in Gaza"

==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war Havelock Ellis: Far from being in man’s nature, war is unnatural even for brutes Havelock Ellis: War, a relapse from civilisation into barbarism, if not savagery ==== Havelock EllisFrom Essays in War-Time (1917) At the present time English Schools are sending out […]

Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Mór Jókai: Selections on war Mór Jókai: Bellona is a fair woman. Rain follows all battles. Mór Jókai: In praise of naval warriors Mór Jókai: In the soldier’s march to glory each step is a human corpse Mór Jókai: A trifling war somewhere Mór Jókai: War’s patriotic […]

In powerful campaign kickoff at start of year of destiny, President brands Trump as holding a dagger to the throat of democracy since January 6 MAGA insurrection, cites George Washington’s ”sacred cause” of independence; Liberty, freedom, and democracy are on the 2024 ballot, along with the MAGA alternative of totalitarian fascist dictatorship; As FDR noted, [...]

New York Post, January 6, 2023 Biden wants to defend democracy by making sure you can’t vote for Trump by James Bovard Published Jan. 5, 2024, 7:26 p.m. ET “I understand power,” Biden boasted after finishing his speech to a small Democratic audience near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania on Friday. Biden invoked the courage of George […]

==== 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 War as an Institution In a world where nations grow and decay, where forces change and populations become cramped, it is not […]