Airbnb’s Boycott of Israeli Squatter Settlements Is a Major Turning Point

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Dec 19, 2018 The living space-sharing company's delisting of apartments in the West Bank's illegal settlements marks a shift in the business world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why John Bolton Should Be Tried at International Criminal Court

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Sep 12, 2018 Here are the crimes that I allege the national security adviser has committed, for which he by all rights should face justice at the Hague, at the hands of the same ICC judges that he recently threatened. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Multicultural Crowd Rallies in Tel Aviv Against Likud Apartheid Law

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Aug 13, 2018 About 30,000 people, mainly Palestinian-Israelis but also Jewish supporters, rally in the downtown area against the so-called “Jewish nationality law” passed by the far-right Likud Party and its allies. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Israel’s Druze Minority Furious Over ‘Apartheid’ Law

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Aug 1, 2018 After the passage of the “nationality” law, Israel is no longer multicultural. It is a country where national sovereignty lies solely in the hands of its Jewish citizens. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Remembering Ron Dellums: Congressman and Anti-War Activist Led With His Principles

Staff / Truthdig Jul 31, 2018 The rare example of an activist politician able to work effectively from within the American political system, Dellums distinguished himself by taking strong stances about divisive issues in America and on the global stage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

With Nationality Law, Israel Openly Declares Apartheid and Racial Supremacy

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jul 22, 2018 Israel has for decades been running the occupied territories of Palestine–Gaza and the West Bank–with apartheid tactics, but now the Knesset is essentially declaring Palestinians to be second-class citizens. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Israel Is Divided Over a Bill to Establish Jewish-Only Communities

Ilana Novick Jul 16, 2018 The proposed law has been compared to South Africa's onetime system of apartheid. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

S. African Activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Dies

CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA / The Associated Press Apr 2, 2018 Her fight against white minority rule caused the former wife of South African leader Nelson Mandela to be jailed for months and placed under house arrest for years. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Media

How the People of South Africa Were Misled and Can Rise Again (Video)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Feb 12, 2018 Journalist John Pilger delivers a lecture in Cape Town in memory of anti-apartheid campaigner Abdulhay Ahmed Saloojee. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bracing for a Decade of Crisis

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers / Popular Resistance Jan 2, 2018 The impacts of the long mismanagement of climate change, inequality, militarism and other issues will soon be unavoidable. What we do now to prepare is crucial to the nation's viability. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Neither Political Party Wants Us to Know What U.S. Is Doing in Niger

Staff and Larry Gross / Truthdig Oct 29, 2017 The deaths of American soldiers in Africa have brought up questions regarding U.S. interventions; meanwhile, scientists have discovered that humans do have an autopilot. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A New McCarthyism Is Taking Hold in America

By Robert Parry / Consortiumnews Sep 27, 2017 Russia has become the villain in virtually every bad thing that happens, and U.S. dissidents are being treated as "fellow travelers." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )