Why did the United Nations Security Council vote to give authority over Gaza to a genocidal demolition squad called the Board of Peace, headed by Donald Trump? This question has several dimensions. The resolution itself was drafted by the US, and more specifically the...
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‘A Direct Attack on the Freedom of Speech’: Trump Takes On Higher Ed
And then came the universities. After waging war on public broadcasting and the arts, the Trump administration threatened last month to cut federal funding to nine prominent colleges unless they restricted campus speech that opposed conservatives. “Academic freedom is...
Disobey an Order That Is Illegal Or From Trump (But I Repeat Myself)
A U.S. federal judge ruled Thursday that members of the so-called National Guard occupying Washington, D.C., do so only by obeying illegal orders. At Nuremberg, the U.S. and its allies tried and convicted Nazis despite their defense that they had been obeying orders,...
Things Happen: Trump, the Crown Prince and Killing Khashoggi
The Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is at it again. Gulling, wooing, and grinning his way into the establishment of another country, he is greasing palms and making deals. Effusive and flattering of his host, this time US President Donald Trump, he...
Nobody’s Coming To Humanity’s Rescue; We’ve Got To Save Ourselves
AI isn’t going to save us. Tech innovation isn’t going to save us. Your favorite politician isn’t going to save us. The Epstein files aren’t going to save us. China isn’t going to save us. The aliens aren’t going to save us. No one is coming to save us. There is no...
“Historic Betrayal”: UNSC Approves US Plan to Control Gaza as Russia, China Abstain
The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2803 this week, after permanent members Russia and China chose to abstain instead of using their veto power. In addition to giving a framework for Gaza that would put Israel and the U.S. in control, the language of...
Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan: A Cruel Joke in a Conflict and Peace Illiterate World
“The Throne of Peace is Now Empty and the UN Cancelled” • AI-generated image by Jan Oberg The UN Security Council adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution on November 17, 2025, endorsing Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. It authorised an International Stabilisation Force...
A Bold Campaign to Confront Global Crises
Although the world is experiencing severe global crises, there are new efforts underway to create a more effective means of coping with them. The crises are clear enough. They include vast slaughter in horrific wars, worldwide climate catastrophe, massive population...
Brazil: Guarani Leader Killed in Attack on Indigenous Community
Vicente Fernandes Vilhalva, a spokesman for the Guarani Kaiowá people was shot in the forehead by gunmen who attacked his community. © Aty Guasu/Survival International While Indigenous land rights are under scrutiny at the COP 30 in Brazil, in the Sunday morning...
Low Enrollment Continues to Plague Many Charter Schools
Nearly three years ago Dissident Voice published an article titled “Low Enrollment Plagues Many Charter Schools.” Since then countless news articles have documented low enrollment at many charter schools across the country, raising doubts about, among other things,...
A Hidden, Deep Syrian Wound
“Zionism as a reactionary ideology fitted exactly the ambitions of the British colonialism at that period and later on the American imperialism plans to the areas.” “The Palestinian resistance movement is not a movement to liberate a geographical 26,000 square km; it...
The World’s Most Beautiful Woman
There is a reason that the Palestinians will never be defeated; they grow more beautiful every day — in our hearts and minds. At the November 14, 2025 Palestine Center conference, Palestinian-American Sereen Haddad displayed the magnificent radiance and steadfastness...