1. Introduction ‘What a fine place this world would be,’ a Christian anarchist quipped decades ago, ‘if Fundamentalist Protestants tried to exemplify the Sermon on the Mount.’ There are, however, divergent interpretations of this Sermon – including perhaps its most famous passage, where Jesus speaks of love and non-resistance. The purpose of this paper is...
Author: Séamus MalekafzaliTitle: Israel’s Exports of ViolenceSubtitle: Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza does not affect Gaza alone. If oppressive states all over the world see unity in their cause, those who oppose them should see unity in their own cause as well.Date: April 23rd, 2025Source: https://www.seamus-malekafzali.com/p/on-israels-exports-of-violence These remarks have been adapted from a talk with...
Tsu-Yin Wu was shocked when the email from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) showed up in her inbox. On March 21, just 18 months into her five-year study, the NIH had unilaterally decided that Wu’s research “no longer effectuates agency priorities.” The project’s funding, like hundreds of other NIH grants across the country, was...
The sale comes as Israeli ministers are pledging permanent annexation of the occupied West Bank. The Trump administration has reportedly advanced a shipment of over 20,000 assault rifles to Israel that was paused by the Biden administration over concerns that the weapons would be used by settlers to further their illegal occupation of the occupied...
Sima Kotecha Senior UK correspondent BBC Messages included jokes about someone who was said to be at risk of taking their life Leaked messages show prison staff at a Welsh prison laughing at violent encounters with inmates and making fun of self-harm incidents. In them, one staff member at privately run HMP Parc in Bridgend...
The HHS web page that once featured the former surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence now reads “Page Not Found.” The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has apparently removed a page on its website describing gun violence in the U.S. as a public health crisis. The department made that designation in June 2024,...
The outrages are raining down one after another: Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine is responsible for the war with Russia, which thus blames Ukraine for the deaths of its own people and implicitly supports Putin’s use of unrestrained military force. Trump’s proposal to forcefully relocate Palestinians from Gaza, which functions as an extension of ethnic cleansing....
Israel’s bombing of a crucial IVF clinic and destruction of 4,000 embryos was an act of genocide, experts found. The Israeli military has systematically committed sexual, reproductive, and other gender-based violence in its siege of Gaza, including attacks so horrific that they amount to “genocidal acts” against Palestinians, a new UN report has found. The...
