If it weren’t for the Israeli occupation — and now the full-scale war that has killed more than 34,000 people, 72% of them women and children, and damaged or destroyed 62% of all its housing — Gaza would be ideal for bird watching.
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At his Bracing Views blog, retired Air Force Lt. Col. and historian Bill Astore offers a little good sense on what to make of the student-Gaza protests now essentially nationwide. bracingviews.substack.com/p/its-morning-…

Both sad and horrifying -- a look at the medical system in Gaza in ruins. nytimes.com/2024/04/26/wor…

The always superb Adam Hochschild on the relatively little known nightmare of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia. portside.org/2024-04-28/par…

Birdwatching in Gaza, by Rebecca Gordon
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Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the US War on Iraq
by Maha Hilal
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NEW Dr. Maha Hilal TomDispatch on #AbuGhraib detainees still in court, 20 years after scandal rips open in American press. MORE: responsiblestatecraft.org/abu-ghraib-sca…

The Red Cross estimates that 70% to 90% of those arrested and detained in Iraq after the 2003 American invasion were not guilty of any crimes, writes Dr. Maha Hilal in TomDispatch.
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Growth is coming to an end. The only question is: Will it be a collapse of society, or could the reversal of material growth be undertaken rationally in ways that can avoid descent into a Mad-Max hell? Resilience.org TomDispatch

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From TomDispatch this morning: How strangely wondrous and deeply sad this piece is, especially for me (as a lifetime birdwatcher)! But let me say no more.  Read it yourself -- Rebecca Gordon, 'Celebrating Links Across Species, Amid a Nightmare of War'  tomdispatch.com/celebrating-li…

Eco-Collapse Hasn't Happened Yet, But You Can See It Coming
by Stan Cox
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No Excuses -- We’ve Been Warned
by Stan Cox
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At his Bracing Views substack, retired Air Force Lt. Col. and historian Bill Astore on the police on campus in a moment of protest. Yikes! bracingviews.substack.com/p/order-not-la…

Be depressed, very depressed -- the latest CNN poll on the coming presidential election doesn't look good (to say the least). yahoo.com/news/cnn-poll-…

From TomDispatch this morning: Are we facing ecological and civilizational collapse at a planetary level in the foreseeable future? -- Stan Cox, 'Eco-Collapse Hasn't Happened Yet, But You Can See It Coming'  tomdispatch.com/eco-collapse-h…

As Emma Graham-Harrison reports, Gaza is now essentially rubble. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

The Torture That Just Won't End
by Dr. Maha Hilal
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Carceral Imperialism: Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the U.S. War on Iraq
by Dr. Maha Hilal
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How the images of torture at Abu Ghraib serve as a continuous reminder of the nature of American brutality in a Global War on Terror that has not yet ended -- Maha Hilal, 'Carceral Imperialism, Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the U.S. War on Iraq'  tomdispatch.com/carceral-imper…

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. and historian Bill Astore on how the 'arsenal of democracy' is truly just an arsenal. (I must admit that, for me, the doubling of the money going to Israel was, under the circumstances, quite a shock!) -Tom bracingviews.substack.com/p/the-arsenal-…