VIDEO: Chris Hedges: Nero’s Guests I gave this talk in Blackburn, England during a campaign event for my friend Craig Murray who is running for parliament. Like George Galloway, who was recently elected to…
Category: The Central Asia, Middle East, and North Africa Region
Several times over the past two decades, I have written about the malevolence of Israel (and by that I mean Zionist Israel, which is predominantly Jewish, although there are likeliest quislings among the Palestinian ranks,…
If you know anything about traditional Jewish ethics (i.e., Jewish ethics before a great deal of intellectual work was performed aimed at providing a rationale for Judaism as a modern religion in the West—apparent in…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s eastward vision was instrumental in advancing the strategic Moscow–Tehran–Beijing nexus and bulldozing a path toward institutionalizing multipolarity. Amidst all the sadness and grief over the loss of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi,…
Iran’s foreign policy continuity after Raisi: The loss of its president and top diplomat could have been a critical test for the Islamic Republic, yet its foreign policy looks to remain steadfast and unyielding, propelled…
The Yemeni Islamist, pan-Arab nationalist, anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist movement effectively closed down the Red Sea to the merchant fleets of Israel and its allies in late 2023 in solidarity with Gazans, with their campaign of…
Below is a slightly condensed and edited transcript of today’s interview with Richie Allen. Richie Allen: The Israelis say, “not us, we didn’t do it.” I’m inclined to not know what to think. I’m looking…
I think the striking events we have witnessed in American society over the last few months—and especially the last few days—are best understood if we consider a shrewd observation widely misattributed to Voltaire: To learn…
When Israel can kill an American citizen, who was among the highest profile journalists in the Arab world, on camera and get away with it, that sends a very clear message about Israeli impunity, and…
UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffith, a British national and former diplomat, said “Hamas is not a terrorist group for us, as you know, it is a political…