Al Jazeera6 hours agoThe case for no candidate like Biden ever againverified_publisherAl Jazeera - Donald Earl CollinsThe president’s track record of promoting corporate interests has contributed to the struggles of impoverished Americans. The past three years of United States President Joe Biden’s administration have been perceived as an amazing success and dismal failure, depending on who you ask. Some see the …
Al Jazeera9 hours agoWatching the watchdogs: Piers, airdrops, and mediagenic spectacles in Gazaverified_publisherAl Jazeera - Rami G KhouriThe US ‘humanitarian’ strategy in Gaza offers false salvation for real starvation. For two weeks now, American media has given plenty of airtime and front-page space to US humanitarian aid initiatives in Gaza. The United States Air Force has started participating in aid airdrops on Gaza, while US …
Al Jazeera1 day agoSchrödinger’s genocideverified_publisherAl Jazeera - Adnan MahmutovićIn Gaza, as in Bosnia, a genocide is denied only to be glorified. Bosnians have experience with genocide. Not just the signs of it coming. Not just the fact of it happening. But also this strange phenomenon we call “Schrödinger’s genocide”: the simultaneous glorification and denial of genocide. …
Al Jazeera1 day agoThe criminal hypocrisy of Hernandez’s drug conviction in a US courtverified_publisherAl Jazeera - Belén FernándezThe US has a long history of propping up Latin American politicians involved in drug trafficking. The former Honduran president was one of them. On Friday, March 8, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted on three counts of drug trafficking and weapons conspiracy in a …
Al Jazeera2 days agoPlay in Israel, just don’t pretend you didn’t knowverified_publisherAl Jazeera - Andrew MitrovicaNick Cave, Radiohead and others not heeding the BDS call can no longer hide behind their empty rhetoric on Israel. Since October 7, scores of writers have authored scores of columns pleading – to no avail – with prominent politicians who wield transformative power to stop the genocide unfolding with …
Al Jazeera3 days agoWhy Putin is desperate for a big election winverified_publisherAl Jazeera - Boris BondarevHe needs an electoral mandate to continue waging an unpopular war. For many, the outcome of the Russian presidential election, scheduled to take place between March 15 and 17, is already known. President Vladimir Putin is facing little competition from the other candidates on the ballot after the …