Month: February 2025
With US backing, Israel has already set in motion de facto annexation of lands in the West Bank
The de facto annexation by ethnic cleansing is the direction in which Israel is moving not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank, after 57-years of its savage occupation of Palestine.
Thailand Political Landscape and Trends in 2025: Stagnation, Suppression, and Status Quo
In this succinct overview of the state of affairs in his native Thailand in 2025, Jaran Ditapichai, the famed revolutionary and scholar exiled in France, connects the dots among his country's weakened democratic demands from below, the strengthening conservative forces in Thai society, economy and polity, and the lack of concerns among the Thai public in the international affairs.
The “White Settler” State Mentality Destroying the World for Everyone
The idea that the white settler can do anything with what is found on "their" land has today resulted in planetary climatic consequences. There must be a fundamental re-evaluation of core American values to dismantle the systematic grip of white settlerism in the United States.
Against Donald Trump’s Intent to Turn Gaza into the Riviera of the Middle East”: Palestinian Resisters Dissect Israel’s Illegal Occupation and Washington’s Criminal Patronage
US President Donald Trump’s 4 Feb. official announcement to deport 2.3 million Palestinians from Gaza signals his intent to commit a war crime under international law and amounts to the violation of the Article 49 of the 4th Geneva Convention regarding the Occupying Power’s legal obligations.
Amid their liberation struggle, Arakan Army (AA) of Myanmar tout Israel as their role model while breaching International Court of Justice Provisional Measures Order #1
Myanmar’s future remains extremely bleak as the Arakan Army perpetrates international crimes while the rest of the anti-junta armed resistance organizations look the other way.
Under the Shadow of Violence: Are the Banyamulenge Experiencing a Slow Genocide?
Because of colonial legacies and misrepresentations, members of this community are categorized as “foreigners and invaders”. Targeted by state actors, militias, and local and foreign armed groups, violence against the Banyamulenge has led to forced displacement, destruction of their economy and livelihoods and widespread killings.
Hebron’s Palestinians Resist Israel’s “Evil” Occupation, Violent Settlers & Daily Humiliations A dialogue with Issa Amro, Winner of 2024 Right Livelihood Award
“Israel is the only apartheid in the Middle East, defending its occupation (not its existence),” said the 45-years old Issa Amro, an engineer by training but creative non-violence resister in the Old City of Hebron.