Former Hugo Chávez adviser explains how Donald Trump replaced Nicolás Maduro, why installing Venezuela’s opposition leader might have caused a “civil war,” and what’s next.
We are cursed by what the historian Barbara Tuchman calls the “bellicose frivolity of senile empires.”
Posted by Joshua Scheer In a stark warning about the collapse of organized dissent, Chris Hedges argues that the U.S. has entered an age of authoritarian consolidation, where meaningful resistance must be rebuilt from the ground up. In this vital speech journalist and author Chris Hedges examines why mass movements in the United States have […]
Israeli American Liat Beinin Atzili was taken captive during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Over the next two months, her family members, including film director Brandon Kramer, tirelessly advocated for her release, an endeavor now documented in Kramer’s new film, Holding Liat. We speak to Atzili and Kramer about their family’s ordeal and Atzili’s captivity in Gaza, where she was held in isolation alongside another Israeli woman by members of Hamas until November 2023. “They kept telling us that they had no idea what was going on with other hostages, and that it was their job to keep us safe and to keep us healthy until we were released in a hostage deal. And that’s what they did,” she says. Since her release, Atzili has become a fierce advocate for peace and reconciliation. “There aren’t any conflicts that are unsolvable. It’s just a matter of people wanting to speak to each other and wanting to listen and to understand each other’s stories,” she says. “If we don’t do that, we’re just allowing violence to take over.” Holding Liat premieres Friday, January 9, at Film Forum in New York, where Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman will moderate a Q&A with Liat Atzili and director Brandon Kramer.
While the tour is traditional for Chinese foreign ministers, it would be naive to pretend that recent shocks did not shape which capitals made the itinerary.
Peace talks in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have failed, with attention increasingly focused on the international actors fueling the war.
The new rules will require some Africans to post deposits of up to $15,000 to gain visa entry to the US.