Articles by Melvin A. Goodman

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The Years 1968 and 2024: Will History Repeat Itself?
Melvin A. Goodman | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service, 29 Apr 2024

26 Apr 2024 – In 1968, the Vietnam War was the decisive moral issue of the time.  In 2024, Israel’s genocidal warfare in Gaza is the decisive moral issue.  The likelihood of an ugly Israeli military campaign in southern Gaza will lead to additional Palestinian deaths and to increased fury at home and abroad.

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US War Crimes in the War on Terror
Melvin A. Goodman | CounterPunch - TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 May 2023

The mainstream media are increasing their attention to war crimes and the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, but there has been no attempt to link the issues.  The war itself could be labeled a war crime or a “crime against the peace,” which was the charge against Germany introduced at the Nuremberg Trials in 1945 and 1946. 

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