Archives for OpEdNews Op Eds
May 2021
Monday, May 31:
America, the Blinded (2 comments)
Lee Camp: How to End the U.S. Prison State Quick and Easy (5 comments)
Chris Hedges: "Dying for an iPhone" (7 comments)
Malcolm Gladwell Claims Satan Won WWII But Jesus Does Drone Strikes
Joe Biden's a Big Spender, But Not Quite Big Enough for Republican "Defense" Scammers (7 comments)
Prime Minister of Pakistan rules out normalization of ties with India
A Memorial Day for the Indigenous-- Reframing the Colonizers (10 comments)
My Civil War Ancestors: Memorial Day Reflections (9 comments)
Sunday, May 30:
The awful American healthcare system. (2 comments)
Texas GOP Finalizes "Ruthless" Voter Suppression Bill, Sparking Calls for Congressional Action (1 comments)
The Screams Of A Dying Empire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix (4 comments)
America is going to descend very deep into fascism before a revolution happens here (1 comments)
Mourn Not Honor Americans Who Died in Dishonorable 'Mistaken' Wars for GOP DEMS & Wall St. Deep State (7 comments)
Saturday, May 29:
Memorial Day Remembering Our Founding Father
Making Vaccines More Accessible (2 comments)
West's Trojan Horse, UAE builds airbase on Perim island off Yemen
When Politicians Cry "Accountability," Ask "Accountability to Whom?"
UN Human Rights Council to probe Israel-Gaza conflict as potential 'war crimes'
The UAPs: Area 51 Revisited: A Desolation Row Production (10 comments)
Friday, May 28:
The imperialists project their own evils onto China amid fading U.S. hegemony
'Israeli attacks on Palestinians exposed its apartheid state identity': Martin Love interview
It's never enough - when you want what you can't get
Will Baku be able to contain the influence of the Armenian diaspora?
The Danger of Collective Amnesia (1 comments)
COVID-19, China, the CDC, and Trumpist Politics/Policies (7 comments)
Thursday, May 27:
Apartheid Does Not Have the Right To Defend Itself, Or To Exist (11 comments)
Turkish radicals drive a wedge between Ankara and Baku (1 comments)
Trump's Trade Wars Aren't Over Yet, and You're Still Losing
The Ugly Truth: Republicans Want More Poverty & Crime (5 comments)
Is the Biden-Putin Summit Doomed? (2 comments)
Wednesday, May 26:
The US Plan to Imprison Businesspeople in other Countries for "Violating" Illegal US Sanctions (1 comments)
Taliban warns against US military bases in region
Collapse of the U.S. military itself will occur after the American empire falls
Civilization Gets Writer's Block (3 comments)
As Anger Toward Belarus Mounts, Recall the 2013 Forced Landing of Bolivia's Plane to Find Snowden
An Online Course on War and The Environment: Spreading Knowledge Builds Power
Feeble Coexistence - Palestinians in Israel are Crying Out for Equality (1 comments)
Trump May Get a Florida Casino. Peaceful Protesters Get the Finger, or Worse (7 comments)
May 26 observed as 'Black Day' marking six months of Indian farmers' protest
Tuesday, May 25:
Can America Rise Above Racism & Embrace a Higher Vision of a Common Humanity? (10 comments)
Pakistan mission in London attacked by Afghan protesters as US troops withdraw
Workers matter and government works: eight lessons from the Covid pandemic (2 comments)
US Beyond Shameless in Decrying Belarus' Forcing Down of Passenger Plane to Nab Journalist Critic (1 comments)
School Board Member's Vote In Support Of Failed Charter School Repudiated
The US and EU vs. Belarus: Pot, Kettle, Black (3 comments)
The Emperor's New Rules (1 comments)
The Republican Party must be destroyed along with Trump (10 comments)
Monday, May 24:
Gaza Bombings -- Who Benefits?
Drivers Beware: The Deadly Perils of Blank-Check Traffic Stops (2 comments)
Bob Dylan at Eighty: A Masked Man in Search of Redemption?
"Less Is More" book review (6 comments)
Bipartisan Panopticon part 2 (1 comments)
Going From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism (6 comments)
Smaller, Smarter US Bombs For Cynical Militarists (3 comments)
Why so Many Hate Crimes Lately!?! (2 comments)
The Failed Bloody Fascist Coup of 2021 (1 comments)
What The New Acceptability of the Lab Leak Origin Tells Us About Media Outlets (1 comments)
Coexistence in Israel's 'mixed cities' was always an illusion (1 comments)
Sunday, May 23:
The First World War, Cecile Rhodes and Conspiracy Facts (44 comments)
The Secret Tax Loophole Making the Rich Even Richer (2 comments)
The imperialists are accelerating their own demise through their militarism & cold war escalations (5 comments)
Attack on Pro-Palestinian rally leaves seven Pakistanis dead (1 comments)
"Even as We Speak": The Killing Continues (3 comments)
Bipartisan Panopticon (2 comments)
Saturday, May 22:
The Virus that Plagues Us (1 comments)
Big Government and Big Inflation (2 comments)
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Duping a Whistleblower (2 comments)
Why Israel Blows Up Media Offices and Targets Journalists (7 comments)
Taliban overrun key district in central Afghanistan (1 comments)
America's next big swing towards fascism is much closer than we'd like to think (3 comments)
Friday, May 21:
Repositioning an Insurrection: How Republicans Could Transform January 6 into a Day of Triumph (14 comments)
Second-Stage Terror Wars (21 comments)
NATO "bombard" Belarus and Russia from Poland (1 comments)
Lorrie Lightfoot's ONE-DAY protest against covert racism in Chicago's media (3 comments)
DEFENDER-Europe 21 - defensive drills of offensive nature
Apartheid - a global phenomenon (2 comments)
Turkey and International Order
Freedom Rider: The Palestine Litmus Test (1 comments)
Republicans block investigation into January 6 attack
The Last Dixiecrat (3 comments)
No peace until Israel ends its apartheid rule over the Palestinian's (1 comments)
Why Strongmen are Losing the Fight Against COVID (12 comments)
Israel accepts Egypt brokered cease-fire with Hamas
Israel's model for genocide is at play wherever else Washington seeks to destroy nations (1 comments)
Why Middle-Class Left Liberals Should Dump the Democratic Party: Finding Common Ground with Socialists (4 comments)
Why are Americans So Angry? And What Can Be Done About it? (3 comments)
When Will America Get Back to Work? (1 comments)
Sonnet: Vake up, Shnell, Und Shmell Der Rosen
Chinese Army holds exercise areas near eastern Ladakh as standoff continues
When Israel's Regime Buys US Weapons, it Buys Them with Your Money (2 comments)
Thursday, May 20:
Book Review "What Your Doctor Won't Tell You" by Dr. David Sherer
US approves release of 73-year-old Pakistani prisoner at Guantanamo (1 comments)
Total Tyranny: We'll All Be Targeted Under the Government's New Precrime Program (1 comments)
The Democratic Party's Big Mistake ─ Support for Israel
GOP Is Raising the Next Racist Generation of Right Wing Crackpots (4 comments)
Will Biden Stay in Bibi's Pocket? (8 comments)
Israel Isn't Entitled to "Self-Defense" Against the People Under Its Occupation (10 comments)
Wednesday, May 19:
Private Sonnet Road Through Settlements and Tears (1 comments)
Armenia is a area of contact between the EU and the EAEU
Biden, Reversing Trump, Permits a Key Putin Goal: a New Russian Natural Gas Pipeline to Germany (1 comments)
Miles Taylor infiltrating a wayward Republican Party to return it to sanity
Rep. Katie Porter grills executive about the lying thievery of the pharmaceutical company. My Take!
We Can Defeat the Corporate Media's War to Snuff Out Independent Journalism (1 comments)
60 Thousand Pentagon Spies Tripping Over Their Fake Clown Shoes
EU fails to agree on joint statement on ceasefire in Israeli-Palestine conflict
Israel Repeatedly Provoked Current Hostilities, Now and for Decades (8 comments)
Tuesday, May 18:
Can You Hold These 12 Guns? Don't Shoot Any Palestinians. Wink. Wink. (1 comments)
Dr. Robert Bullard: "Let's Make 2021 the Year for Justice"
Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie (15 comments)
A Question for White Supremacists
"V" is for Virus (1 comments)
Why reduce speed limit to 30 km/h? "Answer is blowin' in the wind" (1 comments)
The brewing social tensions that will cause America to break apart within our generation (3 comments)
U.S. Blocked Joint U.N. Statement on Israeli-Palestinian fighting
Science Future Glorious; Religion - Why Bother?
Rumors of Cryptocurrency's Death Are Still Greatly Exaggerated
Monday, May 17:
Misuse of religion can lead to violence (16 comments)
"Vengeance is mine........... (2 comments)
How the United States Helps To Kill Palestinians (4 comments)
End Military Aid to Israel (5 comments)
Gaza Doctor Describes Deaths of Fellow Doctors and Entire Families Killed by Israeli Attacks on Gaza (2 comments)
Genocide by the apartheid Israeli regime (4 comments)
China's export of higher education
Charter School Presses On With Invasions
OIC rebuked for inaction on Palestinians' plight
CDC's IRRESPONSIBLE, UNSCIENTIFIC DIRECTIVE (40 comments)
Sunday, May 16:
The US Must Stop Being an Apologist for the Netanyahu Government (4 comments)
Life Will Dramatically Change Under Brutal American Oligarchy (2 comments)
Wow! Chuck Todd neuters Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw, 'There is nothing lazier than that excuse.'
Assimilate or die: the horrific settler-colonial annexation strategy Israel shares with the U.S. (5 comments)
Indian police arrest 21 in Kashmir over pro-Palestine protests
Colonial Pipeline and the Rolling Pearl Harbors Ahead (4 comments)
Summer Camp With Denmark's Princess Benedikte ll (2 comments)
Updating My Laws of Religion in Light of Recent Events (26 comments)
Saturday, May 15:
Charlie Hebdo cartoon mocks Hindu deities for COVID-19 crisis
Biden gives GOP a shock, tells them they have to actually make policy to stay in the game
Gaza and Israel's Kidnapper's Dilemma: Keeping a Million Children Brutalized in its dark Basement
Maskless in America: The CDC blinks as Biden declares 'A great day!' (3 comments)
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Reports from Bethlehem (3 comments)
Palestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state (1 comments)
India condemns rocket attacks from Gaza not Israeli airstrikes (1 comments)
Contempt for "the Science," Nancy Pelosi Edition (7 comments)
A Look at America's Defense Posture
Friday, May 14:
"Revealed" Religion is the Root Cause of the Ongoing Violence Between Israelis and Palestinians (1 comments)
Former Conservative Republican Bill Kristol: Biden must succeed. I haven't voted GOP since Trump. (4 comments)
Israeli Apartheid Confirmed (7 comments)
Washington State: Single-Payer Health Care Here We Come (9 comments)
Chile and Colombia to Move Money Out of Militaries
Will Trump Be Imprisoned in Florida? (12 comments)
For Okinawa, Rahm Would Be a Knee on the Neck
Thoughts on Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter (42 comments)
Lack Of Community Engagement Leaves School District Without A Plan
Anti-colonial revolution is our only route towards preventing a nightmarish dystopia
How a Democracy Can Be Undermined -- Some Lessons (1 comments)
On Michael Harrington (1 comments)
The Tragedy of the U.S. Deep State (4 comments)
Thursday, May 13:
The Age of Fear: A Graduation Message for Terrifying Times (1 comments)
R-a-a-S Claut! Robin Hood's Apologized to the King! UPDATED 05/15! (1 comments)
"Lynch Mobs": Palestinians Face Brutal Attacks Inside Israel as Assault on Gaza Escalates
Zionism is the modern version of the German land grab ideology (1 comments)
Will Infrastructure Cyberattacks Make Nuclear Weapons Obsolete? (12 comments)
What is Wrong with our Primaries? (3 comments)
Peace in Palestine? Not if American Politicians Can Help It (6 comments)
The Public Health Approach to the Drug Problem* (1 comments)
Wednesday, May 12:
The Dilemma of a Weak For the People Act on Stopping Billionaires from Buying Elections (4 comments)
It's History: America's "Negro Problem" and African American Resistance (3 comments)
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter censor posts on Israeli violence in Jerusalem
Did We Learn Anything from the Pandemic? (4 comments)
Democrats are Running Out of Time (1 comments)
McCarthy's role in Cheney ouster isn't winning him support: He "doesn't have the backbone to lead" (1 comments)
Strategist: GOP Civil War is over & Conservatives have lost. Two parties left, traitors & patriots (2 comments)
Watch Jen Psaki used reporter's question to throw shade on a Republican Party in complete disarray. (1 comments)
Chinas influence in Montenegro (1 comments)
Language of force in international politics
Colombia's massacres of dissenters will one day be replicated in the U.S.
Looking For Change in All the Wrong Places (29 comments)
Tuesday, May 11:
Russian intelligence services can't hold a candle to their Chinese counterparts
Fossil Fuels vs. Renewables: ALL Forms of Energy are "Intermittent" (29 comments)
The U.S. empire's attempts to retain control bring the next wave of socialist revolutions closer (3 comments)
India's official website declares 97% Muslim Kashmir as predominantly Hindu territory
School Board President Responds To Criticism
Do not miss the writing on the wall: Managing asthma well is key to living life normally
World reacts to Israeli forces raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque (1 comments)
The GOP has become a national threat to the United States. (16 comments)
The Democrats' "Killer App" Against Voter Suppression Unveiled
US Coast Guard fires warning shots at Iranian military ships off coast of Iran (3 comments)
We cannot afford to forget the death and damage Trump has caused (2 comments)
Monday, May 10:
Medicare and Drug Costs Can Drive Elections (1 comments)
Pramila Jayapal Misses Mark with "A" Grade for Biden
Antony Blinken Continues to Lecture the World on Values His Administration Aggressively Violates (4 comments)
What Kills democracy: Our Failure to Choose Justice, for ALL!!! (1 comments)
What Kills democracy: Our Failure to Choose Justice, for ALL!
Sunday, May 9:
Syria comes in from the cold: Saudi-Syria relationship warms up
Despite Voter-Suppression Drives in Texas, Fort Worth Can Make History June 5
American Muslim groups denounce night of terror at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Republicans tried to overturn the election. We can't just forget that (1 comments)
Laying Pipe in the American Mind -UPDATED! 05/10! (12 comments)
Anti-Democratic Florida GOP Rotten to the Core (6 comments)
Eternal war and austerity: the hell that imperialist propaganda demands us to accept (2 comments)
Walking with Fr. Daniel Berrigan, S.J., a Criminal for Peace (1 comments)
World Democracy and the Invisible Hand Opposing It (9 comments)
Saturday, May 8:
Voting Turnout Up in 2020 Due to Flexible Voting Options (1 comments)
United States withdraws from Afghanistan? Not really (3 comments)
New German law could ban headscarf for public employees (2 comments)
Friday, May 7:
"We Need to Mobilize People Who Don't Want to Pay Tucker Carlson's Salary" (12 comments)
Economy Adds Just 266,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Edges Up to 6.1 Percent
US-Made Border Crisis Persists Despite Biden's About-Face on Refugee Cap (7 comments)
The Hamptons: Where Wealth and Poverty Clash (5 comments)
Biden at 100 Days; A Perspective
Total war is going to be the eventual outcome of America's fascist trajectory (6 comments)
If You Don't Op-Ed, Will You Get Enough? (1 comments)
Taliban captures key Afghan dam as fighting rages
The Republo-Fascist Party: The Role of the U.S. Ruling Class (3 comments)
Thursday, May 6:
Why McConnell Is About to Destroy the GOP (4 comments)
How Do We Stop Corporations From Shoving Fascism Down Our Throats? (9 comments)
Climate Anxiety Makes Good Sense (1 comments)
About That "Rules-Based International Order" (2 comments)
Russia hype: New Phenomenon in World Politics
BOOK REVIEW: Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture by Dan Kovalik (19 comments)
The right doesn't actually care about freedom of speech" (19 comments)
Ladakh standoff: China reinforces military positions
Far-Right Extremism Echoes Across Europe
America finally has a president again (16 comments)
Wednesday, May 5:
Golden Rule Peace Boat Sets Sail from Hawai'i for California
Beef Scam Tease: The Best Positions in U.S. Politics Are Always the Fake Ones (1 comments)
Judge orders release of secret memo in which Barr laid out his decision not to prosecute Trump
Squad & Co: Unite as a Block to Downsize Biden's Military Budget (1 comments)
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Formula for Sentencing Derek Chauvin (4 comments)
US Marks World Press Freedom Day (1 comments)
Lithuanians are against the expansion of military training grounds
U.S. empire's decline accelerates as Washington loses more control over Eurasia (1 comments)
Advice from a People's Lobbyist--Taking Action Against 5G (1 comments)
Tuesday, May 4:
Jerusalem protests: The mob 'breaking faces' learned from Israel's establishment (1 comments)
Biden's First 100 Days and the GOP's First 100 Days Without Trump (1 comments)
PATRICK LAWRENCE: America the Innocent (1 comments)
Will Special Interests Allow America's 'Longest War' to Finally End? (11 comments)
'Science Guy' Bill Nye would like a word with anti-vaxxers (5 comments)
Will Charter Schools Fail If Forced To Follow The Same Rules As Public Schools? (1 comments)
Indian Prime Minister's party suffers humiliating defeat in West Bengal elections
The Biden Administration Wants to Partner with Criminals to Spy on You (1 comments)
Monday, May 3:
The U.S. Ruling Class Plans to Destabilize the Country, Then Profit From the Chaos (2 comments)
American Police are Too Ready to Shoot
Nominal resignation from the post of Prime Minister in Armenia as part of Pashinyan's campaign
Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt expresses gratitude to Turkey
Hedges: Don't Be Fooled By Joe Biden (8 comments)
On The Spectrum (1 comments)
Sunday, May 2:
"SCABJUNCTS!" Online Gig Workers Hired to Replace Striking Faculty at Oregon Tech (1 comments)
Between Us (6 comments)
Tim Cook, Apple, and Runaway Limitless Corporate Greed (1 comments)
Shooting Down Ranked Voting Systems (6 comments)
School District Tells Parents To Go Pound Sand
Saturday, May 1:
Pakistan denounces EU resolution on blasphemy
21st-century anti-communism is a desperate cry from a decaying capitalist-imperialist order (2 comments)
"The Prelude to Putin's Power Play" (15 comments)
US Army Corps Of Engineers Permit Big Oil To Dredge Mercury-Contaminated Matagorda Bay (1 comments)
Nancy Pelosi and These Centrists Want Biden to Go Left on Drug Costs and Medicare (2 comments)