Columbus Day Is the Most Important Day of Every Year
We shouldn’t celebrate Columbus Day. But if we want to comprehend the world — and we should, since our lives depend on it — we have to understand it.
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Professor Hopes To Return After Being Fired for “Disrespectful” Tweets Against Israel
Steven Salaita lost his tenured position at the University of Illinois a year ago. He recently expanded his suit against the university and still hopes to return.
Anti-Israel Activism Criminalized in the Land of Charlie Hebdo and “Free Speech”
Where are all the newfound free speech activists who insisted that a defense of free expression was so vital to all that is good and just in the Western world? Why isn't the #JeSuisBDS hashtag trending in defense of these activists who have been persecuted — prosecuted — by France for their political views?
On the One-Year Anniversary of Israel's Attack on Gaza: An Interview with Max Blumenthal
Blumenthal's new book, <em>The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza</em>, humanizes the people of Gaza and viscerally depicts their years of living under Israeli brutality.
The Greatest Threat to Campus Free Speech is Coming From Dianne Feinstein and her Military-Contractor Husband
Does anyone believe that college and post-graduate students should be able to express only those ideas about Israel that Dianne Feinstein and her war-profiteering husband deem acceptable? The power duo is attempting to impose exactly those rules.
TRANSCRIPT: An Interview with Max Blumenthal on the One Year Anniversary of Israel's Attack on Gaza
Dissent on Israel Not Permitted at Bernie Sanders Event
A sign with a question about Palestine got students ejected from a Sanders campaign rally.
A Quiz for the West’s Great Free Speech Advocates and Supporters of Anjem Choudary’s Arrest
The arrest in the U.K. of a British-born Muslim extremist for pro-ISIS statements in a lecture prompts questions about which views should and should not be criminalized.
“Combat Proven”: The Booming Business of War in Israel
The wars in Gaza have devastated the population, but they've benefited weapons manufacturers looking to market their products. Inside an Israeli arms expo.
To Defend Iran Deal, Obama Boasts That He’s Bombed Seven Countries
In the midst of a very effective speech in defense of an important deal with Iran, Obama proudly summarizes a disgraceful part of his legacy: one of militarism and aggression.