Jason Greenblatt, Donald Trump’s No. 2 special envoy to the Middle East behind son-in-law Jared Kushner, assures us that his boss’s plan to settle the Palestine-Israel “conflict” once and for all is still in the works and is going to be great. (It’s a conflict in the...
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Episode 163: The Art of Exposing Propaganda w/ Journalist Jeremy R Hammond
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 3, 2018 | Blog, Free Man Beyond the Wall
55 Minutes Suitable for all Ages Mance welcomes award winning journalist Jeremy R Hammond back to the show. Jeremy recently released an e-book entitled, "Exposing a Zionist Hoax: How Elan Journo's 'What Justice Demands' Deceives Readers About the Palestinian...
Keith Knight Interviews Sheldon Richman
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism
You Might Be an Anti-Semite
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 14, 2018 | Blog, Justice
Kenneth Marcus, head of the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, is the Jeff Foxworthy of the American Israelist movement. When he says, "If you do X (call Israel a racist endeavor, express sympathy for Palestinian self-determination, support BDS, and so...
TGIF: Trump, Spinoza, and the Palestinian Refugees
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 7, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
As though we had any ground for doubt heretofore, we can now clearly see -- in light of his end to $350 million in annual humanitarian assistance to five million Palestinian refugees -- Donald Trump’s cruel and spiteful nature. It was not enough to stack the so-called...
American Herald Tribune Interview
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
I was interviewed recently by the American Herald Tribune on a variety of timely subjects. Read it here.
TGIF: A Glimmer of Hope in Bleak Palestine
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 3, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The Palestinians' deteriorating conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip makes even long-term optimism difficult. Neither a one-liberal-state nor two-state resolution seems in the offing because (if for no other reason) either would seem to spell political suicide...
TGIF: Depopulating Palestine, Dehumanizing the Palestinians
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 27, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Sheldon Richman
One might have thought that, in the wake of the Nazi regime's systematic crimes against humanity last century, dehumanization would have become unthinkable once and for all. Unfortunately, this has not been the case. It has shamefully continued unabated, the assorted...
Palestine Lost
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 13, 2018 | Blog, Justice
To appreciate the enormity of the crimes against the Palestinian people, one must understand that while persons are certainly individuals, they are something more as well. That's what we mean when we use words like society, culture, and people. What has happened to...
TGIF: Trump Turns to Gaza as Middle East Deal of the Century Collapses
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 13, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The Trump administration's "Deal of the Century" for the Palestine-Israel has, predictably, gone over like a lead balloon. So it's shifting gears. The Washington Post reports, "With President Trump’s promised Middle East peace plan stalled, administration officials...
TGIF: Why Palestine Matters
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 29, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Why does Palestine matter? It's a question I ask myself nearly every day. Another way to put it is, "Is the devotion of major attention to the plight of the Palestinians an obsession worthy of suspicion or an appropriate response to a grave historic and continuing...
TGIF: Separation, Not Association, Requires Force
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Whenever I write about Palestine, Israel, and Zionism -- especially when I point out that American Reform Jews en masse gagged on the thought that America was not their "homeland"; they insisted they were Jewish Americans not American Jews -- I am lectured on Facebook...
Palestinian Lesson in Ethics
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog, Justice
51 Years of Israeli Occupation
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 6, 2018 | Blog
This is the 51st anniversary of Israel's 1967 war against Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and the Palestinians. The so-called Six-Day War began the occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and Sinai peninsula, which was eventually relinquished by...
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Aaron Maté: ‘NATO’s mission’ leaves Ukraine destroyed
'NATO’s mission' leaves Ukraine destroyed — "We are carrying out NATO’s mission." As Ukraine’s defense minister acknowledges the proxy war, NATO proxy warriors disregard the toll. Unveiling its latest military assistance package to Ukraine — at $3.75 billion, the...
Ban This!
Well shoot. I got kicked off of Twitter again. Not sure why. Though I did make a crack that Jordan Peterson should jump off a bridge since he has no dignity since he RTs the MeK cult on regime changing Iran. I mean I didn't really say go kill yourself. It was more...
Church Proves the Poor Will Benefit From Privatized Education
Depending on which source you look at, there are hundreds of thousands of churches in world. Almost all Churches contain the two things Democrats constantly tell us are impossible if education were voluntarily funded instead of funded coercively via taxation. ...
Ashli Babbitt’s Mother Arrested for Peaceful Protest While Her Murderer is Still Free
The mother of Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot while participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was arrested Friday afternoon for blocking traffic near the Capitol. Micki Witthoeft, 58, is charged with blocking and obstructing roadways,...
AOC is Dumber Than I Thought: Minimum Wage Edition
Progressives will admit higher prices hurt those with the lowest incomes, but when it comes to raising the price of labor they ignore that very economic reality: Charging more for X discourages X from being consumed. When you raise the price of employing someone:...
Another Successful Fundraiser and the Year Ahead
I cannot express how grateful I am, and all the staff and writers here at the Institute are, for your vote of confidence in our work. We've got an incredible year ahead. I'm working on my new book with Darryl Cooper now, Provoked: America's Role in the Russia-Ukraine...