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Belén Fernández

Belén Fernández

Belén Fernández is the author of  "Exile: Rejecting America and Finding the World" and "The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work." She is a member of the Jacobin Magazine editorial board, and her articles have appeared in the London Review of Books blog, Al Akhbar English and many other publications.

Articles by this author

 
Israeli police use tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse Palestinians who were on guard Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent raids by extremist Jews, in East Jerusalem on May 10, 2021. (Photo: Eyad Tawil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Western Media Continues to Report Israel's Blatant Brutality as 'Clashes' and 'Scuffles'

Were the media concerned with speaking truth to power, the case of Sheikh Jarrah perfectly exposes the magnitude of Israeli hypocrisy and deceit.

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A Haitian migrant climbs the Mexico-US border fence near the El Paso border crossing, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on April 15, 2021. (Photo: HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

The Case Against Biden's Plan to Further Militarize Borders

The U.S. government’s solution to the migrant crisis is militarization…again.

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Jared Kushner speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

The Case Against Jared Kushner's Nobel Nomination

Former US presidential son-in-law is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize over his role in Arab-Israeli normalisation.

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Outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented this final hallucination in a speech on Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC: "Al-Qaeda has a new home base. It is the Islamic Republic of Iran." (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)

Here We Go Again, But Now the Target Is Iran

Two decades after invading Iraq for alleged links to al-Qaeda, the US now says Iran is the armed group's 'new home.'

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It’s not only military punishment that excites our warrior-columnist; he also gets off on economic brutality.(Photo: Thomas Friedman/keso s/flickr/cc)

Friedman at 50 Friedman Units: What Did We Do to Deserve This?

Thanks to his relentless service as a mouthpiece for US empire and capital, he’s permitted to continue churning out his pseudo-thoughts week after week.

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A Syrian refugee hugs her children following their arrival on an overcrowded dinghy in rough sea on the Greek island of Lesbos, October 2, 2015 (Photo: Dimitris Michalakis/Reuters)

Child Suicide Is a Symptom of Our Traumatised World

The prevalence of psychological trauma among refugee youth should be an issue of utmost urgency for us all.

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While the US arms industry is presumably feeling pretty secure right about now, it is safe to say many people in "safe third countries" are not. (Photo: Edgard Garrido/Reuters)

How the US Made the So-Called 'Safe Third Countries' Unsafe

Despite Donald Trump's claims, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are everything but safe.

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Iranians walk in Valiasr Street in northern Tehran on 8 May. (Photo: AFP/Getty)

Has the New York Times Declared War on Iran?

In its quest to paint Iran as a violent aggressor, the US media does not care to provide relevant history

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