Thrilled to be in Bogotá for the historic Hague Group summit, where 32 states are uniting to uphold international law and confront Israel’s crimes. Encouraged to see so many countries resisting the West’s new norm of lawlessness and impunity for genocide
“The carnage we see in Palestine today is testament to Israel's grand exceptionalism from accountability to international law & norms. All states have the obligation to act on these directives. We do not have the luxury of time. This is happening now.” Zane Dangor, South Africa

Now that Israeli & US officials have pivoted from sheer retaliation to their old “human shields” excuse, I debunk that argument in 5 points [published during last Gaza onslaught].

Point 1: Israel provides no evidence Point 2: Israel has a history of lying about use of “human shields”

I just got back from Cuba & am blown away by the graciousness and resilience of the Cuban people fighting to survive under the boot of the world’s biggest empire. I was in Cuba in 2015 and it was a very different time. Cubans & Americans were optimistic about normalizing relations between neighbors & moving past the irrational Cold War era of hostility and punishment.

YouTube just banned almost 600 episodes of my old show Breaking The Set. Years-long censorship campaign culminated in tech giants purging thousands of my critical interviews and reports about US empire. Gutted In 2017 US Director of National Intelligence said Breaking The Set “promoted radical discontent” for covering things like socialism & third parties. The government campaign to censor forbidden viewpoints started then & won’t stop until we’re all gone

The shuttering of RT America is devastating news. It was one of the only alternatives to US centric corporate domination of our airwaves & it gave unmatched platforms to consistent anti-war voices like Lee Camp, Chris Hedges & myself. I had a show on RT America for three years. I had the editorial freedom to criticize Russia many times & was never told what to do or say. The cartoonish depiction of the network is false & it’s grotesque to cheer on censorship of voices that need exposure

After I was scheduled to give keynote speech at an upcoming @GeorgiaSouthern conference, organizers said I must comply w/ Georgia’s anti-BDS law & sign a contractual pledge to not boycott Israel. I refused & my talk was canceled. The event fell apart after colleagues supported me @GeorgiaSouthern The organizers were afraid my pro-Palestine activism & film Gaza Fights For Freedom would violate Georgia’s anti-BDS law. Georgia is one of 27 states that passed legislation to criminalize BDS efforts. Ironically, the conference was centered around the notion of “media literacy.”

With polls showing notable drop in support for Israel among Democratic voters, the political pressure on 2020 candidates has increased. But in response to this shift, most have made their positions on Israel & Palestine more ambiguous—so let's dig deeper into their views! Thread: To start, nearly every candidate uses similar rhetoric saying they support a “two-state solution” & unequivocally agree on “Israel’s right to security” while they claim to oppose the “right-wing” in Israel. But these statements are mostly platitudes that obscure or avoid reality.

Cold War 2.0 has reached such mindless heights that left activists are now "useful idiots" for Russia. We have zero agency as human beings DNI report proving "Russian interference" was just a baseless attack on my show for promoting "radical discontent" aka critique of US empire