Brett Wilkins
Brett Wilkins is a San Francisco-based journalist and author who contributes regularly to Common Dreams and Counterpunch. He is also a member of Collective 20, a new anti-war collective with Noam Chomsky, Medea Benjamin and others.
Brett's recent articles
23 May 2025
Outrage after Israeli occupation forces shoot live rounds at foreign diplomats in West Bank
Among those shot at were representatives of three nations that threatened concrete actions if Israel doesn't end its assault and siege on Gaza and others that support a genocide case against the country.
16 May 2025
As costs rise, poll shows most Americans blame Trump
Working families are seeing their grocery bills and other prices skyrocketing thanks to President Trump's erratic trade policies, and they know full well who is to blame, said one critic.
10 May 2025
'Escalation risks catastrophe': Restraint urged as Pakistan hits back after Indian strikes
An armed conflict between India and Pakistan would be catastrophic for the world and must be avoided at all costs, US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has warned.
7 May 2025
UN chief 'alarmed' by Israel's Gaza conquest plan – but minister says no concerns from Trump
I don't feel that there is pressure on us from Trump and his administration, said Ze'ev Eklin. They understand exactly what is happening here.
5 February 2025
Trump floats US takeover of Gaza – after ethnically cleansing Palestinians
Standing beside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said that the US will take over the Gaza Strip, which would be emptied of Palestinians.
2 January 2025
UN expert urges medical world to cut ties with Israel amid attacks on Gaza hospitals
As Israeli forces stand accused of war crimes during attacks on multiple Gaza hospitals in recent days, Francesca Albanese — the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories — on Monday implored the global medical community to respond by cutting ties with Israel.
11 October 2024
Historic ICC war crimes complaint names 1,000 Israeli soldiers
This complaint is not only the largest ever submitted to the ICC, but it is also a milestone in documenting Israeli war crimes for future generations.
5 October 2024
Chagossians 'deplore' deal allowing US-UK to keep Diego Garcia Air Base
We remain powerless and voiceless in determining our own future and the future of our homeland, one diaspora Chagossian said in response to the agreement.
22 August 2024
'Insane torture': Israeli soldiers confirm horrific abuse of Palestinians at Sde Teiman
Teeth were broken, bones were broken, said one soldier. You notice how easy it is to lose your humanity, said another.
13 June 2024
'Glimmer of Hope' as UN Security Council approves Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution
We voted for this text to give diplomacy a chance, said Algeria's U.N. ambassador. It is time to halt the killing.
13 April 2024
'Worst I have seen': 75% of Great Barrier Reef suffers coral bleaching
We are really running out of time. We need to reduce our emissions immediately, one expert warned. We cannot expect to save the Great Barrier Reef and be opening new fossil fuel developments.
11 March 2024
NOAA warns world's coral on verge of 'Worst bleaching event in history of the planet'
It's looking like the entirety of the Southern Hemisphere is probably going to bleach this year, one scientist said.
1 March 2024
Children die of starvation, dehydration: UN warns life is "draining out of Gaza at terrifying speed"
The international community is facing a moral and humanitarian test to stop the genocide in Gaza, said a Gaza Health Ministry official.
12 February 2024
'Head-spinning upset' as Imran Khan's PTI wins most seats in Pakistani election
Independent candidates affiliated with the jailed former prime minister's party staged a shock upset despite allegations of widespread electoral fraud led by Pakistan's military.
3 February 2024
30 bound and 'executed' Palestinians found at Gaza School after IDF Exit
This is precisely why Israel was taken to the International Court of Justice with the accusation that it is committing genocide, said one legal expert.
12 January 2024
South Africa's genocide presentation against Israel called 'overwhelming and devastating'
Whatever the outcome, we are witnessing an amazing moment of rule of international law history, said Amnesty International secretary general Agns Callamard.
12 January 2024
Fears of wider war as US, UK reportedly plot 'imminent' attack on Yemen's Houthis
One prominent critic warned that renewed U.S. strikes on Yemen mean that not only will the Houthi attacks not be stopped, but the broader war that Biden seeks to prevent will likely become a reality.
14 December 2023
Witnesses say IDF troops 'executed' women and children in Gaza school
The Biden administration must respond to the reported execution-style massacre of women, children, and babies, said the spokesperson of a U.S. Muslim advocacy group.
29 November 2023
Imagine the outrage if Al Jazeera agreed Hamas could vet its footage?
US corporate media outlets allow IDF to vet 'all materials' from embedded reporters in Gaza. Israel is killing the journalists that expose their crimes, then bribing the journalists that cover for them, said one critic.
30 July 2023
Study warns climate-driven collapse of critical ocean current system 'much closer than we thought'
It is very plausible that we've fallen off a cliff already and don't know it, said one researcher.
28 July 2023
UN Chief Proclaims 'Era of Global Boiling' as July set to be hottest month ever recorded
We can still stop the worst, U.N. Secretary-General Antnio Guterres insisted. But to do so we must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition.
12 December 2022
War Industry in US 'celebrating Christmas early' as House passes $858 billion for Defence
There is no justification to throw...$858 billion at the Pentagon when we're told we can't afford child tax credit expansion, universal paid leave, or other basic human necessities, said the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.
11 August 2020
Why America shouldnt have nuked Japan (Asia Times 6 August, 2020)
US belief that atomic bombings were necessary to obviate even deadlier invasion of Japan is as false 75 years later as it was at the time....The idea of a Soviet occupation of Japan was their worst nightmare.