by Caitlin Johnstone, June 16, 2025 President Trump is reportedly returning to Washington early from a G7 summit in Canada and has told his national security council to prepare for an urgent meeting in the situation room, apparently to discuss Iran. The US president has taken to social media to terrorize Iranian civilians, telling Tehran’s

Since the beginning of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza in October 2023, the US has given more than $30 billion in taxpayer-funded weapons to Israel to enable its atrocities. The US is not only complicit in Israel’s killing of at least 54,000 Palestinians–our weapons make us partners in crime. As Israel escalates its genocidal

Palestine is not a symbol. It is a real place, under siege. And to see it clearly, we must burn the language that keeps us blind. by Masood Haque in Common Dreams, June 6, 2025 Metaphors kill. Not with bullets or bombs, but with confusion. They blur what demands clarity. They sentimentalize what should horrify.

by Mike Paradela May 25, 1966. Four women prevented a napalm shipment from leaving Alviso before it headed to Vietnam. The media dubbed them the Napalm Ladies. Aileen Hutchinson, Beverly Farquhar, Joyce McLean, and Lisa Kavelage were members of the Women Strike for Peace, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and the San