With the last remaining U.S.-Russia missile treaty expiring in February, Chris Wright calls for diplomacy between the two countries to prevent a massive arms race.




By Chris Wright
Common Dreams
In the grim competition between environmental destruction…

Nuclear arms control teeters on the brink of extinction and with it all of humanity.



By Scott Ritter
Real Scott Ritter
The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia — New START — is set to expire on Feb. 5, 2026.…

Judge Stephen McDonald told the court in the course of a six-minute hearing Thursday that the contention the Zionist Federation of Australia had no case against journalist Mary Kostakidis had to be determined at trial, reports Joe Lauria.





By Joe…

Miguel Ruíz on the union of technology, geopolitics and the military in the interests of Israel.



By Miguel Ruíz
Peoples Dispatch
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Launched in 2017 by the private Chinese company ByteDance, TikTok quickly became one of the most…

No law permits — and prevailing U.S. judicial jurisprudence absolutely prohibits — summary murders of people not engaged in violence, at sea or anywhere else, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.



By Andrew P. Napolitano
During the past six weeks, President…

On the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement, the Scandinavian organisation Lay Down Your Arms awarded the U.N. special rapporteur on occupied Palestine to highlight a peace champion working in line with the will of Alfred Nobel.




From the TFF…

Politicians, the police and the media want millions of us to imagine we are alone in grieving the slaughter of Gaza’s children — and that our grief is shameful. They need us to succumb to their lies.




By Jonathan Cook
Jonathan-Cook.net
Members of…

The time to transfer funding away from hardware and to counseling training is now. 



By John Kiriakou
Special to Consortium News
With Zoran Mamdani poised to win the New York mayor’s race, the red herring of “defunding the police” is rearing its head…

We must allow for the possibility of success of Trump's 20-point peace plan in Gaza, of course. But at writing I simply cannot see it.



By Patrick Lawrence
The Floutist



As I read of the ceasefire Israel and the Hamas government in Gaza formally…

There’s not a lot to feel optimistic about here. If the killing does stop on a lasting basis, it will be a pleasant surprise.




By Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin’s Newsletter
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Israel continued to hammer Gaza with…

It is now impossible, says historian Rashid Khalidi, to teach about Israel, Palestine and the ongoing genocide in elite American education institutions.
By Chris Hedges
The Chris Hedges Report




This interview is also available on podcast platforms…

Governments of the world have the collective power to end this genocide and the brutal, illegal occupation of Palestine, writes Nicolas J. S. Davies.




By Nicolas J. S. Davies
Common Dreams
As President Donald Trump surely intended, his “20-point…

After its failed attempt to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the U.S. is trying to extradite another Australian on the grounds that he trained Chinese pilots.

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Guest: Saffrine Duggan. Interviewers:…

Israel-U.S. relationship examined: Ex-C.I.A. officer John Kiriakou, former U.S. Green Party V.P. candidate Ajamu Baraka and CN Editor Joe Lauria joined host Danny Haiphong on his webcast Sunday.
The Israel-US Relationship Under the Microscope

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While Trump is declaring "war over" in Gaza, top Israeli officials are directly contradicting him with statements about resuming the onslaught.



By Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com.au
Listen to Tim Foley reading this article.
Israel’s top officials…

What is going around now is another cover up, another denial of what a lot of people on both sides call “the second Nakba,” the sin atop the original sin.




By Patrick Lawrence
Special to Consortium News

Headline in the Sunday editions of The New…

There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war as the history of Israel's "peace agreements" shows.




By Chris Hedges
ScheerPost 








There is no shortage of failed peace plans in occupied Palestine, all of them incorporating…

UPDATE: Israel is leaning towards resuming violence as Hamas says it can't locate or extract all of the hostages' dead bodies, writes Joe Lauria. 




Update: Israel is contemplating restarting the killing after Hamas said on Wednesday it could not return…