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Don’t Forget Gaza: 377,000 Missing, Half of Them Children by Mahmoud El-Yousseph A new report published by Quds News Network, based on data from the Harvard Dataverse, reveals that approximately 377,000 people from Gaza’s pre‑genocide population of 2.227 million have gone missing since October 2023—with an estimated half of them believed to be children.

Don’t Forget Gaza: 377,000 Missing, Half of Them Children Mahmoud El-Yousseph June 17, 2026 // News Image Israeli army tortures a Palestinian toddler in Gaza in front of his father, according to Mondoweiss' article published on March 26, 2026 A new report published by Quds News Network, based on data from the Harvard Dataverse, reveals that approximately 3...

Trump’s Cage Fight Genius by Greg Palast: Trump, admittedly a bloviating belly-fish who couldn’t hoist himself into a fight cage without J.D. Vance pushing up his rear, got to show that, like most Americans,he’s no p***y, but aReal Guy who’d rather see some big dude punched in the face by a bigger dude than watch some foreigners in little shorts collect little yellow cards.

Trump’s Cage Fight Genius Greg Palast June 16, 2026 // Opinion Image Image from original article Just when the Democrats thought they had it clinched because of high gas prices from the “little excursion” in Iran, Trump pulls off one of the most brilliant political moves of the last 60 years: a UFC match on the White Hou...

Disaster in the Arabian Gulf by Eric Margolis: Donald Trump, who managed to evade the draft during the Vietnam War, said recently that he wanted to be a ‘wartime president.’ He was clearly thinking of brass bands, fancy uniforms, medals and snappy honor guards to compliment his continental-sized ego. .... Like children, politicians must not be allowed to play with matches.

Disaster in the Arabian Gulf Eric S. Margolis June 16, 2026 // Opinion Image Children playing with matches, creative commons image  Flickr | License details  Creator: Josh Vaughn Donald Trump, who managed to evade the draft during the Vietnam War, said recently that he wanted to be a ‘wartime president.’ He was clearly...

Double Executions for Bangkok's Chinese Bombers by Richard S Ehrlich: The Bangkok South Criminal Court on June 11 sentenced Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed to be executed for bombing the crowded, outdoor, streetcorner Erawan Shrine popular with Thailand's Buddhist majority and international visitors.
The court "imposed the harshest penalty available under the law, the death sentence," said one of court's four judges on June 11, announcing the verdict.

Double Executions for Bangkok's Chinese Bombers Richard S. Ehrlich June 15, 2026 // News Image The elegant, glistening Erawan shrine, is dedicated to a gilded four-faced statue of the Hindu god Brahma.  Photo © copyright by Richard S. Ehrlich BANGKOK, Thailand -- After an 11-year delay, a Bangkok court sentenced two Muslim ethnic Uyghur Chines...

The New Documentary “An Ordinary Insanity” by Robert Ellsberg This film presents a synthesis of my father’s book The Doomsday Machine. His book depicts the evil murderousness of nuclear war plans, and the particular dangers posed by ICBMS, with their first strike capability, intended to be launched on warning.
He believed that with these weapons both the U.S. and the USSR/now Russia had constructed Doomsday Machines, capable of destroying most life on earth — machines that are particularly dangerous because neither side acknowledges this reality but continue to proceed as if there were some circumstances in which it was possible to win a nuclear war.

The New Documentary “An Ordinary Insanity” Only when such sanity becomes ordinary will we have a chance of surviving the nuclear era. Robert Ellsberg June 11, 2026 // Opinion Image This film presents a synthesis of my father’s book The Doomsday Machine. His book depicts the evil murderousness of nuclear war plans, and the particular dang...

Salima Al‑Na'eli: The Libyan Heroine Who Terrified the Italian Occupation by Mahmoud El-Yousseph excerpt: She sold her humble house, sent her children to relatives far from the fires of war, and purchased a deadly poison. The following night, while preparing a meal for the occupation soldiers, she laced the cauldron with poison. She let them taste a fraction of the agony they had inflicted upon her people—then vanished before they realized what had happened.

Salima Al‑Na'eli: The Libyan Heroine Who Terrified the Italian Occupation Mahmoud El-Yousseph June 12, 2026 // News Image Salima Al-Muqawwas Al-Na'eli is the Libyan lioness who instilled fear in the hearts of the Italian army occupying. She was not looking for fame, but rather to live at home with dignity, safety and security for her children and herself. Photo credit: ...