WATCH: The World This Week — ‘The War: Putin’s View’
In St. Petersburg this week, the Russian president spoke frankly about Ukraine, NATO and the course of the war: there’s no end in sight. With Ray McGovern and Patrick Lawrence. Watch the replay. Guests: Scott Ritter, Ray McGovern, Patrick Lawrence. Host: Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Cokehead of Kiev, Exposed
Let all the delusions and illusions of the past five years — or 12, if you begin your count with the U.S.–sponsored coup in Kiev back in 2014 — finally fade like the flags. You see very few blue-above-yellow banners…
“Naked Sadism.”
A settler, a dog, a beating, a video, and learned sociopathy. “Most Israelis view Palestinians like they’re dogs.”-Anonymous 25 May—A text arrived on Friday, 15 May, from the village of Kisan. It was Adnan. He had sent a video then…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: History Turned in Beijing
To say not much happened during Trump’s two days in the Chinese capital, as a lot of people seem to think, is to miss the forest for the trees. How polished are the Chinese, how delicate in their gestures, after…
“For Trump, it’s Israel über alles now.”
He’s about to sacrifice the global economy to the Zionists’ pathological determination to destroy Iran. Renewed warfare may be imminent. 18 MAY—As I have argued elsewhere, President Trump faced himself with an unforgiving choice when he let Bibi Netanyahu drag him into…
“Dignity in a West Bank refugee camp.”
A brief appeal to our subscribers and readers. 16 MAY—Later this month, West Bank Palestinian families will celebrate Eid al–Adah, one of two major Islamic holidays, in the New Askar Refugee Camp in Nablus. I’m raising funds to provide food…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Epic Desperation
Before the world’s eyes, Iranians have turned Operation Epic Fury into Operation Epic Desperation. Iranians are Hô Chi Minh’s grasshoppers taking on a colonial elephant. No one can say with certainty, at this writing, how Iran’s defense against U.S.–Israeli aggression will…
“When democracy fails: Reports from the West Bank.”
The admittance of Israel to the United Nations as a full member state in May 1949, and all that preceded and followed this event, reflects the catastrophic failure of Western democracy. 7 MAY—I’m dissatisfied, it’s time to state bluntly, with…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump’s Trap, Trump’s Sanity
The U.S. president has lost the war he started with Iran — or at the very least he has no chance of winning it — but accepting defeat and repairing the damage of the error is simply beyond his reach….
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Systematic Murder of International Law
The Zionist regime is accelerating its long war against international law and justice and the institutions upholding them. What remains of a common human culture will only be kept alive by those willing to fight for it. Do we witness…