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"Even if history never truly repeats itself, right now it seems all too appropriate to wonder whether the current US intervention in Iran might indeed be America’s version of the Suez Crisis."
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How the Iran War Gave Trump His Very Own Suez Crisis | Inkstick
History may not repeat itself, but the US intervention in Iran might indeed be America’s version of the Suez Crisis.
https://inkstickmedia.com/how-the-iran-war-gave-trump-his-very-own-suez-crisis/
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The Latest at Inkstick: Northrop’s ‘Culture Change,’ the US-China AI Race, and More
inkstick.substack.com/p/northrops-...
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Northrop’s ‘Culture Change,’ the US-China AI Race, and More
The latest at Inkstick.
https://inkstick.substack.com/p/northrops-culture-change-the-us-china
about 12 hours ago
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"They are among 2,055 people — men, women and children — Israel has killed during its latest war on south Lebanon, which ostensibly aims to weaken Hezbollah. Of that number, at least 88 are medics."
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In War on Southern Lebanon, Israel Targets Hospitals and Medics
As Israel escalates its war on those who remain in south Lebanon, airstrikes have destroyed hospitals and killed dozens of medics.
https://inkstickmedia.com/in-war-on-southern-lebanon-israel-targets-hospitals-and-medics/
about 16 hours ago
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“Administration after administration discovers Guantanamo and thinks it’s a solution to some problem, but then they have no exit strategy.”
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As Trump Looks to Suffocate Havana, Cubans Feel the Hurt | Inkstick
While Washington pushes Cuba to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, one general suggests using Guantanamo Bay to detain people fleeing the fallout.
https://inkstickmedia.com/as-trump-looks-to-suffocate-havana-cubans-feel-the-hurt/
about 18 hours ago
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"The Pentagon’s investments in autonomous weapons systems, battlefield AI, and programs like Project Maven, the researchers argue, are not peripheral to American dominance; they are structurally central to it."
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Deep Dive: Why the US and China are Leading the AI Race | Inkstick
Hint: It has more to do with massive spending and military integration than you might have guessed.
https://inkstickmedia.com/deep-dive-why-the-us-and-china-are-leading-the-ai-race/
1 day ago
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"This is the second war between Israel and Hezbollah since 2024. Really, though, today’s war is merely the second act of a conflict that never truly ended the first time around."
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Letter from Beirut: Searching for Solace Between Israeli Airstrikes | Inkstick
As Israel escalates its war on Lebanon, much of the country's displaced search for ways to get by in Beirut.
https://inkstickmedia.com/letter-from-beirut-searching-for-solace-between-israeli-airstrikes/
1 day ago
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"The problem is that the excitement (or, to some, hyperbole) around how AI is shaping warfare paints the technology with broad brush strokes."
inkstickmedia.com/what-does-ar...
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What Does Artificial Intelligence Really Mean for Global Politics?
As artificial intelligence plays an increasingly central role in war and conflict, experts ask how the technology could upend politics.
https://inkstickmedia.com/what-does-artificial-intelligence-really-mean-for-global-politics/
1 day ago
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Hint: It has more to do with massive spending and military integration than you might have guessed.
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Deep Dive: Why the US and China are Leading the AI Race | Inkstick
Hint: It has more to do with massive spending and military integration than you might have guessed.
https://inkstickmedia.com/deep-dive-why-the-us-and-china-are-leading-the-ai-race/
1 day ago
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"Across the last six years, Greece has faced a steady stream of allegations that it illegally deports asylum seekers. In some cases, displaced people have been abducted by masked individuals who put them in life rafts and cast them adrift in Turkish waters."
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How Greece Put Both Migration and Solidarity on Trial | Inkstick
Greek authorities have increasingly prosecuted both humanitarians and asylum seekers on smuggling-related charges.
https://inkstickmedia.com/how-greece-put-both-migration-and-solidarity-on-trial/
2 days ago
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“It’s like actually who’s getting … hurt? It’s the people that are the ones getting hurt,” he says. “We get that in our flesh, man. My parents get it in their flesh."
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As Trump Looks to Suffocate Havana, Cubans Feel the Hurt | Inkstick
While Washington pushes Cuba to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, one general suggests using Guantanamo Bay to detain people fleeing the fallout.
https://inkstickmedia.com/as-trump-looks-to-suffocate-havana-cubans-feel-the-hurt/
3 days ago
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"The war at home and wars abroad have always been intricately intertwined and mutually reinforcing. We cannot defeat one without fighting equally fiercely against the other."
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Can Trump's Iran War Be Ended? Not If Congress Does Nothing | Inkstick
Part of the secret to Donald Trump’s rise to power was posturing, at least occasionally, as a peacemaker — a no nonsense businessman who would cut America’s ...
https://inkstickmedia.com/can-trumps-iran-war-be-ended-not-if-congress-does-nothing/
3 days ago
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Like Bush's invasion of Iraq, Trump and Netanyahu's joint attack on Iran is being sold on myths.
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As US and Israeli Bombs Fall on Iran, Echoes of the War on Iraq | Inkstick
Like Bush's invasion of Iraq, Trump and Netanyahu's joint attack on Iran is being sold on myths.
https://inkstickmedia.com/as-us-and-israeli-bombs-fall-on-iran-echoes-of-the-war-on-iraq/
4 days ago
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What the 1980s peace and labor movements can teach us about challenging today’s war economy.
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Converting the American War Economy | Inkstick
What the 1980s peace and labor movements can teach us about challenging today’s war economy.
https://inkstickmedia.com/converting-the-american-war-economy/
4 days ago
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"A new study concludes that the United States and China, despite pursuing radically different visions for how artificial intelligence should be developed and governed, have become leaders in the global AI race through one shared formula: heavy government spending and deep military integration."
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Deep Dive: Why the US and China are Leading the AI Race
A new academic study takes a hard look at why and how the US and China have come to lead the AI race at a crucial moment for the technology.
https://inkstickmedia.com/deep-dive-why-the-us-and-china-are-leading-the-ai-race/
5 days ago
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"Such explanations obscured an uncomfortable reality — that the US had repeatedly undermined democracy across the region (as well as in other parts of the world) to advance its own interests."
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Imperial Blowback Will Last Long After the US-Israeli War on Iran | Inkstick
With the Iran war, there is neither the pretense of legality nor of legitimacy.
https://inkstickmedia.com/imperial-blowback-will-last-long-after-the-us-israeli-war-on-iran/
5 days ago
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"Explosions in Algeria exposed French military personnel, civilian workers, and local populations to ionizing radiation, resulting in numerous radiation-induced illnesses. Environmentally, the legacy is equally troubling."
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Can France Expand Nuclear Deterrence While Ignoring Its Legacy of Nuclear Tests in Algeria? | Inkstick
How can a state that claims to protect European populations ignore the damage inflicted on other territories?
https://inkstickmedia.com/france-legacy-of-nuclear-tests-in-algeria/
5 days ago
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Slides obtained by Inkstick's
@tkbarnes.bsky.social
show the defense contractor Northrop Grumman prioritizing speed over weapons’ cost and performance as Pentagon reforms push faster weapons procurement.
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Northrop's 'Culture Change': Lesser, More Expensive Weapons? | Inkstick
Slides obtained by Inkstick show the contractor prioritizing speed over weapons’ cost and performance as Pentagon reforms push faster weapons procurement.
https://inkstickmedia.com/northrops-culture-change-lesser-more-expensive-weapons/
6 days ago
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'Two detention facilities within 50 miles of FIFA’s Miami headquarters — including the Everglades Detention Facility, widely known as “Alligator Alcatraz” — have been documented by Amnesty as sites of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and in some cases torture.'
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Deep Dive: The Dangers of Attending World Cup Matches in the US | Inkstick
Amnesty International warns of the risk that the World Cup will become a platform for authoritarianism and the staging ground for ICE arrests.
https://inkstickmedia.com/deep-dive-the-dangers-of-attending-world-cup-matches-in-the-us/
6 days ago
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“They were surrounded by barbed wire, and little children were standing next to the barbed wire,” he says. “If somebody protested out of frustration, they would throw them on the ground and tie them up with plastic ties, like you used to tie a garbage bag."
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As Trump Looks to Suffocate Havana, Cubans Feel the Hurt | Inkstick
While Washington pushes Cuba to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, one general suggests using Guantanamo Bay to detain people fleeing the fallout.
https://inkstickmedia.com/as-trump-looks-to-suffocate-havana-cubans-feel-the-hurt/
6 days ago
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"Left to their own devices, and faced with the money, power, and jobs wielded by the war lobby, members of Congress may limit themselves to demanding more details about the Pentagon’s reckless budget plans, or shaving off a few billion dollars here or there."
inkstickmedia.com/can-trumps-i...
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Can Trump's Iran War Be Ended? Not If Congress Does Nothing | Inkstick
Part of the secret to Donald Trump’s rise to power was posturing, at least occasionally, as a peacemaker — a no nonsense businessman who would cut America’s ...
https://inkstickmedia.com/can-trumps-iran-war-be-ended-not-if-congress-does-nothing/
6 days ago
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In Beirut’s Bourj Hammoud, displaced families, church leaders, and longtime residents confront a growing fear: that Israel’s war with Hezbollah could drag Lebanon back toward sectarian conflict.
inkstickmedia.com/israel-hezbo...
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Can Lebanon’s 'Safe Areas' Stay Safe as Israel Deepens its War?
In Beirut’s Bourj Hammoud, displaced families, church leaders, and longtime residents confront growing sectarian tensions.
https://inkstickmedia.com/israel-hezbollah-war/
7 days ago
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While Washington pushes Cuba to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, one general suggests using Guantanamo Bay to detain people fleeing the fallout. By:
@tylerfromtexas.bsky.social
inkstickmedia.com/as-trump-loo...
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As Trump Looks to Suffocate Havana, Cubans Feel the Hurt
The Trump administration is attempting to suffocate Havana by tightening the embargo. Everyday Cubans are feeling the hurt.
https://inkstickmedia.com/as-trump-looks-to-suffocate-havana-cubans-feel-the-hurt/
8 days ago
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"Trump’s pledges of peace were always more calculated than deeply felt, aiming at the parts of his conservative base — including many veterans — who were sick of endless wars."
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Can Trump's Iran War Be Ended? Not If Congress Does Nothing
As Trump's Iran war kills thousands and costs billions, Congress has done nothing to stop the reckless military operation from pressing on.
https://inkstickmedia.com/can-trumps-iran-war-be-ended-not-if-congress-does-nothing/
9 days ago
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"The sounds woke up my partner and me, and our flatmate, late at night. We ran to the window overlooking Beirut’s skyline, but we already knew what it was. We also knew Lebanon had now become a part of the war.'
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Letter from Beirut: Searching for Solace Between Israeli Airstrikes | Inkstick
As Israel escalates its war on Lebanon, much of the country's displaced search for ways to get by in Beirut.
https://inkstickmedia.com/letter-from-beirut-searching-for-solace-between-israeli-airstrikes/
9 days ago
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"If the history of American interventions in the region offers any guide, the full bill will likely not become apparent for months, years, or even decades. When it finally arrives, however, it will carry a familiar name: blowback."
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Imperial Blowback Will Last Long After the US-Israeli War on Iran | Inkstick
With the Iran war, there is neither the pretense of legality nor of legitimacy.
https://inkstickmedia.com/imperial-blowback-will-last-long-after-the-us-israeli-war-on-iran/
9 days ago
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reposted by
Inkstick Media
Franziska Grillmeier
10 days ago
“When you enter a courtroom, it’s like a football field, Winning depends on the players, of course, but it also depends on those around you.” - Spyros Galinos (CPT)
@katymfallon.bsky.social
and me wrote on the effects of putting migration & humanitarian aid at trial.
@inkstickmedia.com
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"In short, one of every five Iraqis was forced from his or her home: a chilling foreshadowing of what we have since seen in Gaza, and that we are now beginning to see in Iran and Lebanon."
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As US and Israeli Bombs Fall on Iran, Echoes of the War on Iraq
As the US and Israel go to war on Iran, the violence spreading across the Middle East echoes Bush's war on Iraq.
https://inkstickmedia.com/as-us-and-israeli-bombs-fall-on-iran-echoes-of-the-war-on-iraq/
10 days ago
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"In a small courtroom in Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos, the highly contentious trial of 24 humanitarians and nonprofit workers was already a few hours underway. The case had become part of the fabric of a narrative about the island’s recent history of migration."
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How Greece Put Both Migration and Solidarity on Trial | Inkstick
Greek authorities have increasingly prosecuted both humanitarians and asylum seekers on smuggling-related charges.
https://inkstickmedia.com/how-greece-put-both-migration-and-solidarity-on-trial/
10 days ago
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A new report argues that the US has undergone a fundamental transformation since it won the right to host the tournament in 2018. What FIFA once assessed as a “medium risk” hosting environment has, in Amnesty’s view, become something far more dangerous.
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Deep Dive: The Dangers of Attending World Cup Matches in the US | Inkstick
Amnesty International warns of the risk that the World Cup will become a platform for authoritarianism and the staging ground for ICE arrests.
https://inkstickmedia.com/deep-dive-the-dangers-of-attending-world-cup-matches-in-the-us/
10 days ago
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With the Iran war, there is neither the pretense of legality nor of legitimacy.
inkstickmedia.com/imperial-blo...
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Imperial Blowback Will Last Long After the US-Israeli War on Iran
The US-Israeli war on Iran is already costing billions of dollars and thousands of lives. Once it ends, imperial blowback will follow.
https://inkstickmedia.com/imperial-blowback-will-last-long-after-the-us-israeli-war-on-iran/
11 days ago
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reposted by
Inkstick Media
Jean-Marie Collin, directeur ICAN France
12 days ago
For an alternative perspective on President Macron's nuclear speech, read my article "France Expand Nuclear Deterrence While Ignoring Its Legacy of Nuclear Tests in Algeria?" published by
@inkstickmedia.com
#nuclearjustice
#NPT
inkstickmedia.com/france-legac...
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Can France Expand Nuclear Deterrence While Ignoring Its Legacy of Nuclear Tests in Algeria?
How can a state that claims to protect European populations ignore the damage inflicted on other territories?
https://inkstickmedia.com/france-legacy-of-nuclear-tests-in-algeria/
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A decade after what Europe calls the 'refugee crisis,' Greece is increasingly prosecuting both migration and solidarity.
inkstickmedia.com/how-greece-p...
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How Greece Put Both Migration and Solidarity on Trial
As Greece put humanitarians on trial as part of a crackdown on solidarity, it also ramped up prosecutions of asylum seekers.
https://inkstickmedia.com/how-greece-put-both-migration-and-solidarity-on-trial/
12 days ago
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"At present, of course, our society is one in which President Donald J. Trump is the quintessential seeker of power, a man who needs power the way most of us need food. And as it happens, he has at his beck and call not just the entire military establishment, but ICE (and so much more)."
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Trump's Lethal Expressions of Power — and the Power of Resisting | Inkstick
In the United States today, President Donald J. Trump is the quintessential seeker of power.
https://inkstickmedia.com/trumps-lethal-expressions-of-power-and-the-power-of-resisting/
12 days ago
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"History may not repeat itself, but the US intervention in Iran might indeed be America’s version of the Suez Crisis."
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How the Iran War Gave Trump His Very Own Suez Crisis | Inkstick
History may not repeat itself, but the US intervention in Iran might indeed be America’s version of the Suez Crisis.
https://inkstickmedia.com/how-the-iran-war-gave-trump-his-very-own-suez-crisis/
12 days ago
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Amnesty International warns that the World Cup could become a platform for authoritarianism and the staging ground for ICE arrests.
inkstickmedia.com/deep-dive-th...
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Deep Dive: The Dangers of Attending World Cup Matches in the US
The global rights watchdog Amnesty International's new report warns of the risks and dangers of attending the World Cup in the US.
https://inkstickmedia.com/deep-dive-the-dangers-of-attending-world-cup-matches-in-the-us/
13 days ago
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"As part of Washington’s campaign to isolate the island nation and topple its communist government, the US is now targeting Cuban medical brigades."
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Why the US is Ramping Up Attacks on Cuba’s Medical Brigades | Inkstick
For decades, Cuban healthcare workers have helped provide care to people across the world. Washington wants that to end.
https://inkstickmedia.com/why-the-us-is-ramping-up-attacks-on-cubas-medical-brigades/
13 days ago
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"For nearly eight decades, Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation have paid the price of American “help.” Since 1948, the US has sent an estimated $300 billion (when adjusted for inflation) in foreign aid to Israel, much of it in the form of weaponry to the Israeli military."
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If Donald Trump Offers Help, It Just Might Get You Killed | Inkstick
Trump promised Iranians 'help.' Instead, they got American and Israeli bombs.
https://inkstickmedia.com/if-donald-trump-offers-help-it-just-might-get-you-killed/
13 days ago
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"France, as a recognized nuclear-weapon state, cannot build the future of its nuclear deterrence in Europe without confronting its own past. Strategic credibility cannot exist without nuclear justice."
inkstickmedia.com/france-legac...
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Can France Expand Nuclear Deterrence While Ignoring Its Legacy of Nuclear Tests in Algeria?
How can a state that claims to protect European populations ignore the damage inflicted on other territories?
https://inkstickmedia.com/france-legacy-of-nuclear-tests-in-algeria/
14 days ago
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"Samiha is among the 1.2 million people who have been displaced by Israel’s bombs since that night. Thousands of them now simply live on the street in Beirut, in tents, with nowhere else to go. Israel killed seven of them earlier in February, on Beirut’s public beach."
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Letter from Beirut: Searching for Solace Between Israeli Airstrikes | Inkstick
As Israel escalates its war on Lebanon, much of the country's displaced search for ways to get by in Beirut.
https://inkstickmedia.com/letter-from-beirut-searching-for-solace-between-israeli-airstrikes/
14 days ago
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"Mongabay and CNN tracked eight Chinese research vessels that have undertaken deep-sea mining exploratory missions over the past five years ... the ships spent just around 6% of their total open water time in or near areas reserved by Chinese companies for deep-sea mining exploration."
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Are China's Deep-Sea Mining Vessels Surveilling US Submarines? | Inkstick
An investigation by Mongabay and CNN asks whether China’s deep-sea missions are only about mining, or something more.
https://inkstickmedia.com/are-chinas-deep-sea-mining-vessels-surveilling-us-submarines/
14 days ago
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"Though such violence rose and dipped over the years, an invigorated, alarming level of Islamophobic bigotry has remained a constant feature of American life for at least a quarter century."
inkstickmedia.com/from-the-us-...
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From the US to Iran, Trump World is Waging Holy War
For decades, the Islamophobia industry has pumped out 'Holy War' conspiracy theories and provided justification for US wars.
https://inkstickmedia.com/from-the-us-to-iran-the-trump-world-is-waging-holy-war/
14 days ago
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As Israel escalates its war on Lebanon, much of the country's displaced search for ways to get by in Beirut.
inkstickmedia.com/letter-from-...
15 days ago
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"The idea that such mass slaughter can be justified as a way of scaring the bad guys and reducing violence is intellectually unsupportable and morally obscene."
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How Nihilism Fuels the New American Military Industrial Complex | Inkstick
The new wave of techno-militarists are guided by an impoverished vision of the future.
https://inkstickmedia.com/how-nihilism-fuels-the-new-american-military-industrial-complex/
15 days ago
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The Latest at Inkstick: DOJ Crackdown, Strait of Hormuz, Fukushima at 15, and More
inkstick.substack.com/p/doj-crackd...
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DOJ Crackdown, Strait of Hormuz, Fukushima at 15, and More
The latest at Inkstick Media.
https://inkstick.substack.com/p/doj-crackdown-strait-of-hormuz-fukushima
15 days ago
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"As the United States and Israel continue to deepen their joint war on Iran, showering the country with deadly airstrikes, President Donald Trump’s administration is meanwhile ratcheting up threats against Cuba."
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Why the US is Ramping Up Attacks on Cuba’s Medical Brigades | Inkstick
For decades, Cuban healthcare workers have helped provide care to people across the world. Washington wants that to end.
https://inkstickmedia.com/why-the-us-is-ramping-up-attacks-on-cubas-medical-brigades/
15 days ago
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An investigation by
@mongabay.com
and CNN asks whether China’s deep-sea missions are only about mining, or something more.
inkstickmedia.com/are-chinas-d...
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Are China's Deep-Sea Mining Vessels Surveilling US Submarines?
A new investigation explores whether Chinese deep-sea mining vessels are surveilling American submarines in the waters.
https://inkstickmedia.com/are-chinas-deep-sea-mining-vessels-surveilling-us-submarines/
16 days ago
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War isn't the only risk that could lead to nuclear catastrophe.
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Fukushima 15 Years On — and the Nuclear Disasters to Come | Inkstick
War isn't the only risk of nuclear catastrophe.
https://inkstickmedia.com/fukushima-15-years-on-and-the-nuclear-disasters-to-come/
16 days ago
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"In a new book and conversation with Inkstick, reporter Neil Shea reflects on two decades of reporting across the far north — where climate change, Indigenous knowledge, and geopolitics collide."
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The Arctic Is Changing Faster Than We Understand | Inkstick
In a new book and conversation with Inkstick, reporter Neil Shea reflects on two decades of reporting across the far north — where climate change, Indigenou ...
https://inkstickmedia.com/the-arctic-is-changing-faster-than-we-understand/
16 days ago
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"A growing number of influential Republican leaders have spearheaded a nationwide drive to revive the anti-Muslim hysteria of the years following 9/11."
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From the US to Iran, Trump World is Waging Holy War | Inkstick
Amid deepening war in Iran, Republicans are turning to anti-Muslim incitement and prophetic rhetoric.
https://inkstickmedia.com/from-the-us-to-iran-the-trump-world-is-waging-holy-war/
17 days ago
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"The FBI’s Los Angeles division, working hand in glove with federal prosecutors, has been busy building cases against community response networks and cobbling together felony charges for people showing up to ICE protests."
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How Trump's DOJ is Targeting Anti-ICE Protesters and Leftists | Inkstick
Since Los Angeles's protests last summer, the Department of Justice has intensified its efforts to target demonstrators and leftists.
https://inkstickmedia.com/how-trumps-doj-is-targeting-anti-ice-protesters-and-leftists/
17 days ago
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