I don't usually sign online petitions, but this one, which is both international and based on #UnitedNations principles, is a good way of affirming a very basic notion: #sexnotgender! @WomenReadWomen @FemlnistCurrent @LMdiplo womensdeclaration.com/

Tout finit par arriver : les médias israeliens se rendent compte de l'existence des territoires occupés. Gideon Levy. haaretz.com/opinion/2026-06-…

The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, has apparently closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States, for the seventh time, won the war that wasn’t a war, so now the United States has to open the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the not-war began. The not-war began because Iran had uranium that was totally, completely, beautifully obliterated, so they can’t build the nuclear bomb they weren’t building, which is why the United States had to start the not-war it definitely didn’t start. Now the United States, which has nuclear weapons, is threatening to use nuclear weapons to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, because nuclear weapons are far too dangerous for countries with nuclear weapons to allow other countries to have. If the United States saw the United States doing what the United States does in other countries, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.

This is disturbing. And it accords with my own experience, where Western pundits will pronounce very strong opinions about China's political system, with great certainty, but when you ask them even basic questions like "how do NPC elections work", "how do CPC elections work", or "what is the CPPCC", they have nothing to say, they literally don't know.

Les enfants dits "trans" auraient toujours existé, selon les promoteurs de l'idéologie du genre. Il suffit de relire les grands spécialistes du développement des enfants (dont Piaget) pour constater que c'est totalement faux. #sexnotgender

Albert Einstein and Hannah Arendt's 1948 letter to the New York Times: They saw the creation of a Jewish ethnostate in Palestine at the expense of its indigenous Muslim and Christian population as a profound injustice and moral catastrophe. Einstein and the other signatories explicitly compared Begin’s Herut (Freedom Party), born from the Irgun, to Nazis and Fascists, warning that their ideology of racial superiority and violent ethnic nationalism posed a grave danger to the moral and political future of the new state. - - - Full text of Einstein and Hannah Arendt's letter to the New York Times: TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES December 2, 1948 Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our time is the emergence in the newly created State of Israel of the “Freedom Party” (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy, and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties. It was formed out of the membership and following of the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing, chauvinist organization in Palestine. The current visit of Menachem Begin, leader of this party, to the United States is obviously calculated to give the impression of American support for his party in the coming Israeli elections and to cement political ties with Zionist elements in the United States. Several Americans of national repute have lent their names to welcome his visit. It is inconceivable that those who oppose fascism throughout the world could condone, even by silence, the appearance of such a party in Israel. Within the Jewish community they have preached an admixture of ultra-nationalism, religious mysticism, and racial superiority. Like other fascist parties, they have been used to break strikes, and they have encouraged demoralization among labor. In their actions they have been marked by cruelty and contempt for human life. During the recent past, they have systematically terrorized the Arab population, attacked Jewish settlements, and sabotaged the rescue of displaced Jews from Europe. A shocking example was their behavior in the Arab village of Deir Yassin. This village, off the main roads and surrounded by Jewish lands, had taken no part in the war and had even fought off Arab bands that wanted to use it as their base. On April 9 (1948), terrorist bands attacked this peaceful village, which was not a military objective in the fighting, killed most of its inhabitants — 240 men, women, and children — and kept a few of them alive to parade through the streets of Jerusalem. Most of the Jewish community was horrified at the deed, and the Jewish Agency sent an apology to King Abdullah of Transjordan. But the terrorists, far from being ashamed of their act, were proud of it, widely publicized it, and invited foreign correspondents to view the corpses and the ravaged village. The Deir Yassin incident exemplifies the character and actions of the Freedom Party. Within the Jewish community they have attempted to institute a reign of terror, have beaten up Jews who opposed them, and have, by gangster methods, terrorized the population. It is inconceivable that those who oppose fascism throughout the world could condone, even by silence, the appearance of such a party in Israel. The undersigned therefore take this means of publicly presenting a warning to the American people concerning a danger to be found in the Freedom Party in Israel, a danger to which the leadership of Menachem Begin gives the greatest emphasis. (Signed): Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Sidney Hook, Rabbi Jessurun Cardozo, Irma Lindheim, and 22 other Jewish scholars, writers, and public figures. (Published December 4, 1948, in The New York Times.)

"Nobody quite recovers from being a child: the asymmetry of power between parents and children always leaves a trace." "Personne ne se remet tout à fait de son enfance : l'assymétrie entre le pouvoir des parents et celui des enfants laisse toujours une trace." A fascinating essay by the psychoanalyst Tom Wooldridge aeon.co/essays/the-power-imb… via @aeonmag

@JamesSurowiecki's book is indispensable and should be required reading for anyone who wants to promote democracy. World events since it was published in 2005 have made it even more, rather than less, relevant. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…

La littérature : quelle utilité ? Excellent essai The role of literature as the key to personal freedom – aeon.co/essays/the-role-of-l… via @aeonmag

I get asked this all the time, so I am reposting my famous thread of all the top strategic thinkers - from Kissinger to Chomsky - who warned for years that war was coming if we pursued NATO expansion, yet had their advice ignored (which begs the question: why?).

"Comment les Etats-Unis est devenu un fauteur de guerre" : Très bon article de Richard Falk counterpunch.org/author/rich…

This is, alas, very convincing. The best analysis of the current world situation that I've seen to date. Une analyse très convaincante de la situation mondiale actuelle. Les USA comme état pirate. @arretsurimages @RnaudBertrand @GreenstepsRS

From Nuremberg to Article 2 of the UN Charter. “All Members shall refrain... from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state..." We live in an age of genocide and unprovoked military aggression. counterpunch.org/2026/03/23/…

Bombing Iran in the middle of negotiations, while starving Cuba, while genociding Palestinians, while threatening to invade Greenland… the US and Israel are the single greatest threat to humanity and it’s not even close. We are all forced to live in the nightmare they create.

“Neo le robot, made in Palo Alto” Very good article, in #French, on one of the latest (too latest?) attempts by wannabe billionaires to "Fake it till you make it." These bright sparks claim to have invented the perfect household #robot, and are counting on their clients to train it for them. #Fake_tech @politicoboyTX Un très bon papier. faketech.fr/p/neo-le-robot-m…

Un très bon article. Une version plus longue, en anglais, est disponible sur le Substack to Thomas Fazi : thomasfazi.com/p/the-politic…

No more room for doubt: #fascism is back, with a vengeance. This article sums up the situation well. Il n'y a plus aucun doute : le #fascisme est de retour. Cet article résume bien la situation, aux #USA notamment. CounterPunch.org counterpunch.org/2025/08/29/…

French journalists and trade-unionists protest outside the HQ of Agence France-Presse #AFP, the national news agency, accusing it of failing to support colleagues killed by #Israel in #Palestine.