Geopolitics & US Imperialism in Action

A full-scale ground offensive on Gaza is imminent, even as Palestinians are already suffering collective punishment.

officials have started to discuss the possibility of thousands of families fleeing through the Rafah crossing.

The Israel Defense Forces could not confirm a horrific claim that Hamas beheaded babies during a weekend assault, a spokesperson for the military told The Intercept.

The world awoke on October 7 to the news that so-called ‘militants’ in the Gaza Strip had entered Israel, killed 40 people and injured hundreds of others.

The brutal and bloody incursion by Hamas out of Gaza carries massive international repercussions.

The evacuation warning came shortly after dark. The Israeli military fired the shot just a short distance from Nasser Abu Quta’s home in the southern Gaza Strip, a precautionary measure meant to allow people to evacuate before airstrikes.

Just a bit of an update regarding the Israeli-Hamas war of October 2023. Before we dig into the news, I want to briefly explain what I think are the key issues here: The first is, as we delineated yesterday, that Bibi has allowed over 2/3rds of the IDFs units in the south to be redeployed …

The rockets began around 6:30 a.m., Tal Gibly told CNN. Thirty minutes later, she and hundreds of others attending an Israeli music festival were running as Gaza militants fired at them.

There have been decades of photos of dead Palestinian women and children, and kids being beaten, humilated and imprisoned by Israeli soldiers. The

The uprising began on the anniversary of another one, which had become a revolution.  The occupying power had had informants throughout the ghetto,

The tragic scenes unfolding in Palestine and Israel are a chilling reminder of the horrors that occupation creates — and the urgency of dismantling Israel’s blockades and apartheid system.

It is becoming increasingly obvious that this is now a U.S./NATO-Russia war via Ukraine, Noam Chomsky argues.

At 94 years old, Noam Chomsky is as vocal as ever. In May, the American political commentator and linguist will publish his latest book, Illegitimate Authority, a collection of interviews with th

Noam Chomsky spoke with The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill in a wide-ranging discussion on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the media, propaganda, and accountability.

Humanity is in a spiral of crises that has been referred to as a ‘polycrisis’. From the environment and climate to poverty and hunger, these myriad issues are ultimately rooted in the failures of capitalism. One element of the polycrisis is the deepening problems of gender inequality and violence against women. This must be dealt with through concerted struggle against patriarchy and the capitalist system as a whole.

U.S. leaders must take responsibility for past nuclear atrocities.

In fealty to US foreign policy, Mexico has long refused to recognize Palestinian statehood. Last week, that finally changed, with AMLO’s government officially acknowledging Palestinian statehood and establishing a full embassy in Mexico City.

In a statement signed by 1,000 leading figures, including Noam Chomsky and Diego Luna, the EZLN say that they are coming under attack from paramilitary groups, who act with the ‘passive and active complicity’ of the authorities

Emmanuel Macron has pushed through a rise in the pension age despite vast protests. In a televised address on Monday night, he said he’d “heard the anger” in the streets — yet his government’s new budget plans promise further attacks on France’s social model.

The Rise of Andrew Tate Is Scary — But Could It Have Been Prevented? Understanding the reason behind his success can give us ideas on how to move forward I’ve recently been asking myself what’s …

"Enough is enough," said one advocate. "It's time to fight back against the politicians and Big Oil CEOs who put their billions before the health and safety of our families, our communities, and our climate."

How to critique the press without devolving into nihilism

Eight months into Russia’s war against Ukraine, POLITICO talks to the Russia analyst about whether Putin’s aims are evolving and what it would take to end the war.

The racist mobs who lynched Palestinians in May 2021 are now a major political force in Israel. The mask is off for Israeli apartheid.

Damage to the pipeline that runs between Russia and Germany is being treated as deliberate. Finding out what happened may not be straightforward.

Since the night of November 21, 2013 an extraordinary sequence of events has unfolded propelling a relatively little-known eastern European country to the center of the world stage. On that night the Euromaidan Movement began in Kyiv’s Maidan Nezelezhnosti Square. Since then Ukraine has become the focus of what is arguably the most significant post- […]