SCOTT RITTER—Hamas knows that it cannot engage Israel in a classic force-on-force encounter. Instead, the goal was to lure Israeli forces into Gaza, and then subject these forces to an endless series of hit-and-run attacks by small teams of Hamas fighters who would emerge from their underground lairs, attack a vulnerable Israeli force, and then disappear back underground. In short, to subject the Israeli military to what is the equivalent of a death by a thousand cuts. And it worked.
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November 2023
‘The Horror! the Horror!’, Revisited in Palestine
8 minutes readPEPE ESCOBAR—To dominate assorted “primitive” peoples, Britannia replaced the iron and the sword with trade. Like any monotheistic faith, they believed there was only one way to be; one way to drink your tea; one way to play the game – any game. Everything else was non-civilized, savage, brute, at best providing raw materials and acute headaches.
Zionist racism is not hidden in Israel. But many don’t see it because it’s everywhere.
0 minutes readRacist Israeli singer Lior Narkis serenades Israeli soldiers preparing to invade Gaza. Racism and blatant dehuminasation against Palestinians pervade Israeli culture.
Milei Is ‘Really as Extreme as You Get in Right-Wing Libertarian Ideas’
Massive, manipulated ignorance got Argentina a dangerous asshole for president.23 minutes readJANINE JACKSON—(quote) “I think part of the media story is that most people in Argentina, as well as your audience, don’t know this historical record. I mean, imagine if all the voters knew that in the past 20 years, you had the majority of that time when the Peronists were in power, the numbers that I just told you; people did quite well in terms of reducing poverty enormously. And the real wage growth was 34% under the Kirchners, for example, over that period. And all these things happened, and increased spending on cash transfer programs, everything. And they did extremely well…”
How extremist Javier Milei became Argentina’s president: A story of debt, crisis, and empire
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BEN NORTON—Extremist Javier Milei won Argentina’s presidential election on a far-right platform, pledging to abolish most government ministries, abandon monetary sovereignty, and adopt the US dollar, while cutting ties with China and withdrawing from BRICS. Ben Norton explains how a history of debt and colonialism keeps the South American nation trapped in seemingly endless crisis.
