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Israel’s white supremacy and anti-Black racism ensnare African refugees and...

This article is published in AlterNet. Israel portrays itself as a beacon of democracy and tolerance, but the reality is this putative democracy and tolerance apply only to the white population....

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Iran’s toppled prince seeks to restore monarchy, with help from Trump’s US,...

The Associated Press published an article based on interviews with Iran’s exiled crowd prince, Reza Pahlavi. It details how the aristocrat hopes to overthrow Iran’s republic (for a second time) and...

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Attack on Syria recalls Israel’s support for al-Qaeda in illegally occupied...

Israel attacked Syria again on April 21, after two errant rockets landed in an open area in the illegally Israel-occupied Golan, causing no damage. The Golan Heights has a strong al-Qaeda presence....

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Israeli wars & illegal blockade pushing Gaza to “systemic collapse of...

(This article is published in AlterNet.) The Red Cross has warned that Gaza faces “a systemic collapse of an already battered infrastructure and economy.” This comes days before President Donald Trump...

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“They don’t value life”: How empire dehumanizes its victims, from Indigenous...

While sharing the text of the Declaration of Independence, NPR accidentally highlighted racist lines we conveniently never hear from nationalists, on “the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of...

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Israel supports Syrian rebels, like opposition shills who divided Palestine...

It absolutely astounding* to me that there are still people who claim to be Palestine solidarity activists yet who support the Syrian opposition. They used to be able to feign ignorance and claim...

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“We need to kill Arabs”: Israelis overflow with genocidal extremism in new...

This article is published in AlterNet. When Empire Files host Abby Martin visited Jerusalem’s Zion Square, she met one Israeli after another who responded to her question about how best to end the...

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Trump withdrawing US from UNESCO over fake “anti-Israel bias” is attack on...

I joined Benjamin Dixon’s show to discuss President Donald Trump withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) over false accusations...

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Israel keeps attacking Syria, as opposition supporters who sabotaged...

The Israeli military has carried out yet another attack on Syria. So-called “pro-Palestinian” Syrian opposition supporters will remain silent, like usual, but the number of attacks continues to grow....

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Moderate Rebels episode 9 – Zionism and anti-Semitism: Joseph Massad on the...

Moderate Rebels episode 9 Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Columbia University Professor Joseph Massad, a leading expert on Israel-Palestine and Arab politics and intellectual history....

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Moderate Rebels transcript – Zionism and anti-Semitism: Joseph Massad on the...

Moderate Rebels episode 9 transcript Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Columbia University Professor Joseph Massad, a leading expert on Israel-Palestine and Arab politics and intellectual...

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How Trump’s illegal Jerusalem move lifts mask on US anti-Palestine policy –...

I joined Al Jazeera Balkans to discuss President Donald Trump’s recognition of illegally occupied Jerusalem as the supposed capital of Israel, and how this previously unofficial US policy has been...

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Fascism is global: India, US, Europe, Israel share the same anti-Muslim...

Fascism is global. It is not an isolated local political phenomenon; it is the international right wing’s response to international capitalist crisis. The transnational nature of fascism is especially...

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US Bipartisan Support for Israel over Palestinians Is Breaking Down, New...

This video report was made for The Real News. The bipartisan consensus of support for Israel over the Palestinians is breaking down in the United States. A new study by the leading polling agency the...

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The Alliance Between Gulf Monarchies and Israel

I produced and wrote this The Real News segment, and had the pleasure of being joined by the amazing and always insightful scholar As’ad AbuKhalil. The Alliance Between Gulf Monarchies and Israel One...

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Israel’s NY consulate attacked me for reporting on its flagrant violation of...

Israel’s consulate in New York repeatedly attacked me through its official social media account, after I reported accurately on its flagrant violation of the ceasefire in Gaza. This Israeli government...

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Cutting Through Media Propaganda on the Battle in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

The Syrian government launched an offensive in February to retake Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of the capital Damascus. For years, Eastern Ghouta has been under the control of extremist Salafi-jihadist...

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Ukraine embassy attacks us for reporting on Israel arming Nazis

Ukraine’s embassy in Israel attacked my colleague Max Blumenthal and his website The Grayzone, which I contribute to and help manage, indirectly implicating me, because we reported on Ukrainian...

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Interview: 4 years of war on Yemen, Venezuela coup attempt, Tulsi Gabbard...

I did a lengthy interview with Lauren Steiner and discussed the US-led coup attempt in Venezuela, the fourth anniversary of the US-Saudi war on Yemen, the importance of Tulsi Gabbard’s presidential...

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Anarchist hero Murray Bookchin was a Zionist who whitewashed Israeli...

Murray Bookchin is something of a saint in the anarchist community. His ideas on social ecology and what he termed “libertarian municipalism” and “communalism” have influenced generations of...

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