Project Esther: A Trumpian blueprint to crush anticolonial resistance | Donald Trump

Project Esther: A Trumpian blueprint to crush anticolonial resistance | Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s re-election as president of the United States marks a shift in US policy – from the Joe Biden administration’s hypocritical denial of American complicity in Zionist genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity to an unapologetic endorsement of all these actions. Besides bringing Washington’s support for all of…

The Gaza genocide may not be in the news, but it hasn’t stopped | Israel-Palestine conflict

The Gaza genocide may not be in the news, but it hasn’t stopped | Israel-Palestine conflict

“All the world is a stage,” Shakespeare wrote. But on this stage today, there seems to be no place for one part of the world – Gaza. Instead, the lights are shining brightly on Donald Trump for his victory in the US presidential election and the Democrats for their defeat….

No, Trump will not be worse than Biden for Palestine and the Middle East | Israel-Palestine conflict

No, Trump will not be worse than Biden for Palestine and the Middle East | Israel-Palestine conflict

Since former United States President Donald Trump’s election victory, many observers have predicted that his administration would be far worse for Palestine and the Middle East. His pro-Israel rhetoric and threats to bomb Iran, they say, point to his foreign policy intentions. Yet a closer look at US foreign policy…

Why is Germany supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Why is Germany supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

No state has been as assiduous in attacking the Palestine solidarity movement and supporting Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza as Germany. Today, it is impossible to hold a pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin or elsewhere in Germany without facing attacks from the police, intimidation from the state and accusations of anti-Semitism…

Trump 2.0 will not be like anything we have seen before | US Election 2024

Trump 2.0 will not be like anything we have seen before | US Election 2024

The horrible truth is, Donald J Trump is back. After winning against his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, he is once again the president-elect of the United States. He will return to the White House this coming January, exactly four years after he incited an insurrection to remain there…

Don’t dare blame Arab and Muslim Americans for Trump’s victory | Israel-Palestine conflict

Don’t dare blame Arab and Muslim Americans for Trump’s victory | Israel-Palestine conflict

As the dust slowly settles on this election, and Kamala Harris stands before the wreckage of a campaign that failed to win over a single swing state, the Democratic Party and its liberal supporters are eagerly looking for someone, anyone, other than themselves to blame for their catastrophic defeat. And,…

Trump vs Harris: American misogyny on the ballot | US Election 2024

Trump vs Harris: American misogyny on the ballot | US Election 2024

Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again (MAGA)” movement is a macho cult. It suggests the US can be “great again” only if modern American men learn to be strong “manly men” like their fathers and grandfathers, assert dominance over “their” women, and “take back control” – whatever that means. It…

How Israel’s starvation of Gaza is affecting Palestinians elsewhere | Israel-Palestine conflict

How Israel’s starvation of Gaza is affecting Palestinians elsewhere | Israel-Palestine conflict

The Israeli war on Gaza has manifested in a variety of brutal forms and the most insidious and devastating one of them has been the weaponisation of starvation. On October 9, 2023, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced that “there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel” allowed into…

Mohammad Yunus can go down in history as the architect of a new Bangladesh | Opinions

Mohammad Yunus can go down in history as the architect of a new Bangladesh | Opinions

After mass protests forced long-term Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country in early August, Bangladesh found itself in a unique moment of opportunity to chart a path towards true democracy. The interim government that was put in place to deal with the legacy of Hasina’s 15-year…