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More than 24 hours after Israeli commandos raided an aid flotilla carrying supplies to the blockaded Gaza Strip, Israel continues to hold more than 600 activists who were aboard …

[Note for TomDispatch Readers: In recent years, this website has had a fine record when it comes to college commencement addresses, in part because I have a fondness for …

There is an ages-old expression among the people of southern Louisiana's Indian bayous. “Pas tout là,” they say with smiles. “Not all there,” it means. As in, "not right …

The Obama administration is beginning to do some damage control relative to what we have been saying and asking lately. Why was a criminal investigation not launched early in …

The witch hunts against communists in the United States were used to silence socialists, anarchists, pacifists and all those who defied the abuses of capitalism. Those “anti-Red” actions were …

United Nations - After a 12-hour emergency session that lasted until early Tuesday, the 15-member U.N. Security Council was unanimous in its condemnation of Israel for the killing of …

The Israeli military has attacked a flotilla of international peace activists, killing as many as 19 innocent civilians while they were carrying ten tons of aid to break the …

It's a common English “truism” that when a place is considered important, it is “put on the map.” By that definition, the people of Gaza have been in limbo …

On Memorial Day veterans have a much greater responsibility than usual to tell the truth and to remind Americans what it is that we are supposed to be remembering. …

Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was the object of considerable ridicule for his support of the infamous $400 million “Bridge to Nowhere.” This played a big role in his …