One year ago, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel had fifteen months to prepare their defense (“counter memorial”) against the charges of genocide filed by South Africa. They were told to present their arguments by 28 July 2025. That seems like a very...
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Challenges to Nepal’s Republican Structure from Monarchists and Why?
On March 28, 2025, pro-republic and pro-monarchy forces organised rival protests in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, to showcase public support for and against the Republic. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, about 4,000 people attended the pro-monarchy rally,...
Ending the US Dollar’s Exorbitant Privilege
Has the love, or even more so the fixation, gone with the US dollar, that all cushioning reserve currency that has shown itself unimpeachable for decades? A curious event teasing and ruffling currency watchers and financiers is becoming a pattern: the US dollar is...
For a Veterans March on Washington
In May 1932, jobless WWI veterans organized a group called the a march on Washington. 43,000 demonstrators including 17,000 veterans their families, and affiliated groups gathered to demand to demand compensation from the Federal Government for their sacrifices in...
The Forever Wars May be over, but Trump is No Peacemaker
The new guard of kleptocrats are seeking quick deals on Gaza and Ukraine, not because they want peace but because they’ve found a better way to make themselves even richer. Anyone trying to make sense of the Trump administration’s policy towards Gaza should have a...
The One State
Israel and the Palestinian Authority are each convinced that the long reach of history is on their side; the Israelis believe that future generations throughout the world will be detached from the illegal and oppressive acts committed against the Palestinians and only...
Someone Doesn’t Like Us
Alan Robok, “20 reasons why geoengineering may be a bad idea,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2008.The post Someone Doesn’t Like Us first appeared on Dissident Voice.
Close the US Military Bases in Asia
President Donald Trump is again loudly complaining that the US military bases in Asia are too costly for the US to bear. As part of the new round of tariff negotiations with Japan and Korea, Trump is calling on Japan and Korea to pay for stationing the US troops. ...
How Israel Used October 7 to Spread Propaganda
This video dives into a groundbreaking investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit, exposing how fabricated stories about October 7 were used to justify mass violence — and how the Western media played along. The post How Israel Used October 7 to Spread...
Pope Francis and the Battle Over Cultural Terrain
“… [W]e should not be fooled: Much of the organized opposition to Francis has nothing to do with how we care for the divorced and remarried. It is this, his trenchant critique of modern capitalism that keeps money flowing to conservative outlets intent on...
Green Party Has “Hands On” Indigenous Rights
Following the massive “Hands Off” demonstration on April 5, the Green Party asked its leaders to describe what the Green Party had its “Hands On.” During the 2024 presidential election, I, like thousands of committed voters, decided to take a stand. When I was much...
The Pope Has Died, and the Palestinian People Have Lost an Important Advocate
Pope Francis has died after using his Easter Sunday address to call for peace in Gaza. I don’t know who the cardinals will pick to replace him, but I do know with absolute certainty that there are transnational intelligence operations in the works to make sure they...