Terrible Torturous Trump!
Some of my biggest gripes with Trump include his terrible values and guiding principles. In addition, one can add to those traits, his automatic and impulsive fawning over himself, unbridled greed…
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Donald Trump’s Border World in the Age of Climate Change
Believe it or not, I had a transcendent experience at this year’s Border Security Expo, the annual event that brings Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Without Far Reaching Reforms, the World Moving from Crisis to Crisis Remains Vulnerable to Catastrophic Ruin
In recent times our deeply troubled world is best described as moving from one crisis situation to another without the top leadership having any clue to transcending to a safer…
US and El Salvador Fascists Collude
Are you among the millions horrified by the treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia? Do you of a certain age recall how inspired thousands were by the struggle of the Faribundo…
Minorities in a Democratic Setup
With the rise of populism and nationalism worldwide, the protection of minorities in a democratic setting is an ongoing discussion among opinion-makers and social engineers. Some believe minorities are losing…
Yemen: Attack on women protesters in Aden reflects systematic repression, demands urgent investigation and accountability
Beirut – The violent crackdown by security forces affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC) on a peaceful protest by women in Aden, Yemen, is deeply concerning. The use of force to disperse demonstrators calling for improved basic services is…
Science Decommissioned!
“But truth’s a menace. Science is a public danger.” (Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, 1932). Huxley’s “World State” promotes stability and social harmony over scientific progress. According to the dystopian…
Trump’s Hawk Lands in Mexico: Ronald Johnson’s Appointment Sparks Outcry Over U.S. Interference
A storm is brewing in U.S.–Mexico relations, and its epicenter is the newly appointed U.S. ambassador: Ronald Johnson, a former Green Beret and CIA operative with deep ties to U.S.…
Why Doesn’t Trump Want Netanyahu to Strike Iran?
United States president Donald Trump seems to be a very happy man these days. He says he is about to reach a deal with Iran on its nuclear file very…
Africa Is Taking the Lead on Global Finance Reform
ADDIS ABABA – This year’s spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank have made it clear that the global financial system, strained by repeated crises, is no…
Is Trump’s Axis of the Plutocrats Marginalizing Israel? And What Does the Future Hold in the Middle East?
Colorful career criminal Willie Sutton once may (or may not) have been asked why he robbed banks. “Because that is where the money is,” he supposedly replied. A similar principle may explain…
Sudan Conflict Worsening despite UN Warnings on this being “the most extreme hunger crisis globally”
On April 14, 2025 United Nations experts warned that Sudan is experiencing “the most extreme hunger crisis globally”. This statement added that “without immediate humanitarian intervention, hundreds of thousands could…
World No Tobacco Day 2025: A Call to Break Free from Tobacco’s Grip
Just take a walk through any residential locality or commercial area, and you’ll quickly notice the large number of paan thelas (betel nut stalls) and kiosks. Step closer, and you’ll…
Roads to War: The EU’s Security Action for Europe Fund
As the world was readying for the Second World War, the insightful humane Austrian author Stefan Zweig made the following glum observation: “Openly and flagrantly, certain countries express their will…
Prof Glenn Diesen’s Deep Anguish Should be A Wake-Up Call for Fast Declining European Democracy
Glenn Diesen is Professor of Political Science at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) and known widely for his numerous scholarly books, papers, articles and podcasts. He is also a…
From Dhaka to the World: Bangladesh’s Glorious Role in UN Peacekeeping
Armed conflict can never bring lasting benefits; peace is always achieved by avoiding warfare. In response to global conflicts and the need for sustained peace, the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission…
Old Foes, New Frontlines and Rekindling the Flame of Student Revolt
Students have always been at the forefront of struggles—from resisting feudalism to opposing colonialism, apartheid, Zionism, capitalism, and imperialism. From anti-war protests to movements against gender, racial, and sexual discrimination,…
Fighting for the Planet means Sovereignty for the Sahel
At the core of most demands for the US empire, we’re asking for kindergarten ethics– is that a stretch? It’s what the climate movement teaches about our relationship with the…
Donald Trump Has Ripped Off the Human Rights Veneer That Once Graced U.S. Foreign Policy
The Trump administration seems intent on undermining America’s ability to make human rights a significant element of its foreign policy. As evidence of that, consider its plan to dramatically reduce policy directives…
Why Trump, the “Peacemaker,” Can’t Secure Peace
In recent years, Donald Trump has frequently billed himself as a bringer of peace. During 2023 and 2024, as he campaigned for re-election, he declared at least 53 times that…
From Hiroshima to Hypocrisy: Nuclear Weapons Continuing Threat in the 21st Century
When the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the world crossed a moral and technological threshold from which it has…
The Self-Liquidation of U.S Global Leadership – Why the World’s Richest Nation Is Killing the World’s Poorest Children
With the Oval Office looking more like a middle school classroom every day, let’s recall the way, once upon a time, we responded to childhood taunts from a playground bully.…
Repressive Governments Never Let an Assassination Go to Waste
On November 7, 1938, Polish Jew Herschel Feibel Grynszpan shot diplomat Ernst vom Rath in the German embassy in Paris. Grynszpan’s family had been made stateless by German and Polish…
Fired Federal Workers Sit-In on the Capitol Steps
Fired Federal Workers from the Fork Off Coalition participated in a sit-in at the Capitol on May 20 to make their illegal terminations more visible and in calling to be…
Donald Trump: Going All Out To Ruin Life For Many Americans!
It’s easy to note that Donald Trump is going all out to slash goods and services for the extremely poor; the blue collar, struggling working class and the dwindling middle…
Memorial Day: It’s Not About the Dead Soldiers but About Glorifying War
Although Memorial Day in the United Sates is ostensibly a day for honoring soldiers killed in wars, it is, rather, a day for promoting war. If it were to honor…
Farewell, America
STOCKHOLM – Are we heading into an era when the United States simply matters less? This question may sound odd, considering that America remains the world’s leading military and technological…
Cyril Ramaphosa schools Trump’s adulterated views on racism in South Africa -Lessons for the Global South
When it was announced that South African President Cyric Ramaphosa was to visit the White House, there was speculation over whether Ramaphosa would have to cope with the kind of…
The West vs. Eritrea, The Cuba of Africa
The western hegemonists hate Cuba just as they hate what I first described as “The Cuba of Africa” fifteen years ago. The similarities between these two small, independent, revolutionary socialist…
War No More – Veterans Reflect on the Meaning of Memorial Day
This Memorial Day weekend, Veterans For Peace is calling on its members and friends to reflect on the gravity of the day, whose official purpose is to “honor all those…
Currency Reforms Must Take Place in Peaceful Conditions
An issue that has been becoming increasingly controversial is that of the domination of the US dollar as the international reserve currency. There are five aspects of this controversy that…
Nuclear Politics: US-Iran and The ‘Illusive Deal’
Despite the seeming sidedness and intransigence between Iran and the US, their fifth round of nuclear talks with Oman as mediator, is expected to be held in Rome on Friday.…
The Quiet Revolution: Women, Power, and the Transformation of Our Time
The mainstream media seems to be waiting for a clash between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump. Both figures embody starkly different visions of the present moment.…
Donald Trump’s War on Black People
On May 5th, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute held its annual fundraising gala. The event showcases the extraordinary imaginations of people who design exorbitant clothes and the gutsiness of…
Women’s Role in War Must Extend to Peace
PRETORIA – Despite all the progress that has been made toward gender equality globally, many are still tempted to view armed conflict as primarily the domain of men. In fact,…
Strategic Hypocrisy: The West’s Selective War on Terror
Since 2001, the United States has projected itself as the global vanguard in the “War on Terror.” It has invaded countries, sanctioned regimes, pushed allies to toe its line, and…
Under Trump, NED to continue weaponizing “democracy” in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba
The National Endowment for Democracy gets its project funding reinstated by the Trump administration The brief freeze and rapid partial reinstatement of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funding in early…
Celluloid Exploitation: Immigrants and Reality Television
Shocking it might be, yet still part of an old pattern. The US Department of Homeland Security is floating the idea of using a reality television program to select immigrants…
Arab Leaders Seek Protection from New Imperialism
The Authoritarian Arab Leaders and Betrayal of the Masses History repeats itself and a favorite perversion is at work. Opportunist European imperialists fighting their nationalistic Two World Wars used colonized…
Detention Practices in a Trumpy Post-9/11 Age
I don’t know about you, but the news continues to stress me out. Trump administration officials are using any excuse they can think of to detain and deport people whose…
Scapegoating Multiculturalism and Blaming Migrants: How Capitalist Failures Are Obscured?
Migrants work as doctors and nurses, sustaining vital health services. They serve as teachers and lecturers in schools, colleges, and universities, helping to develop and disseminate knowledge. Migrants also work…
South Africa’s American Refugees
While US President Donald Trump has given Afrikaners refugee status in the United States on the false premise that they are victims of human rights abuses at the hands of…
Trump’s Qatari Plane Deal Is Naked Corruption
The gift is just the most visible part of a new ethos of self-dealing, with lines between public purpose and private enrichment not just blurred but erased. Eight years ago,…
Gold for Genocide: Trump’s Gulf Tour and the Cowardice of Kings
Donald Trump didn’t glide into the Gulf as a diplomat brokering peace. He arrived like a swaggering auctioneer at a royal fire sale—offering nothing but flattery and appetite, and leaving…
Rehabilitation and Confidence Tricks: Al-Sharaa, Trump and Sanctions
Contrary to the propaganda of moral upstarts, terrorism pays. It proves rewarding. It establishes states and reconstitutes others. It encourages change, for ill or otherwise. The stance taken, righteously pitiful,…
Remembrance, forgetfulness and repetition – from 1945 to 2025
It is ironical that the global powers are celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, while unleashing new wars in Gaza, Ukraine and the Indo-Pak…
Trump, Planes and the Arabian Gulf Tour
They seemed made for each other. A former reality television star, with dubious real estate credentials, a freakish alienation from the truth, and the various leaders of the Gulf States,…
The Desert Applause: Trump, Tyrants, and the Theatre of Power
There’s a peculiar kind of irony that history seems to favor—where former reality TV stars turned presidents, banished by democratic verdicts and haunted by indictments, find redemption not in courts…
The Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting in the Age of Trump
In these first 100-plus days of the nation’s 47th presidency, President Donald Trump and his sidekick Elon Musk have cast a frightful spell over the country. As if brandishing wands…
Undeniably The Instigator Of Many Bad Moves and Choices—Donald Trump
All pretty much that Trump centrally cares about is can my boys have a cheap and immediate thrill from hunting it, and who can make money off of it and be…
“Fork Off Coalition” Calls for Federal Workers Rehiring
For the tenth consecutive week the “Fork Off Coalition” of united fired federal workers held their “Job Fair” by visiting Senators’ offices on May 13 calling on representatives to do…
Genocidally Racist Trump’s Cabinet Is Disproportionately White, Jewish, Protestant And Catholic
The core ethos of Humanity in Kindness and Truth but racism, bigotry and lying are as American as apple pie. War is the penultimate in racism and genocide the ultimate.…
Is a US-China Trade Agreement Really Possible?
LONDON – The White House announced on Sunday that the United States and China will temporarily suspend or lift the import tariffs they imposed on each other in April, pending further negotiations on a…
Why an American Pope?
PRINCETON/PROVIDENCE – For centuries, papal elections were also diplomatic wrangles, with the great city-states of Italy (Milan, Florence, and Naples) and then the great powers of Europe (Spain, France, and…
USA future is best guided by MAPA, not MAGA
The slogan of MAGA (Make America Great Again) has played a very important role in the political discourse of the USA during the last decade or so. Although it has…
On Some Capital Issues About the Warfare – War and Capabilities
The destiny of warfare depends very much on actors’ relative capabilities. By definition, different capabilities are the means of the actor in international relations (IR) to achieve certain goals. Some…
Commemorating Mummy: Reflections on Mother’s Day
Commercial gimmicks are sometimes impossible to beat off. Their stench and pull follows, even as you look the other way. One occasion is most prominent in this regard. Nostrils get…
Who is Captain Ibrahim Traoré? In the footsteps of Thomas Sankara
From Samori Touré to Thomas Sankara [left], our ancestors chose resistance. Now, we must choose: either we fight for sovereignty, or we remain slaves to neo-colonialism. — captain Ibrahim Traoré…
White Smoke and Speculation: The Election of Pope Leo XIV
The occasion of electing another Pope was a spectacle in time and, in many ways, outside it. It was the one rare occasion in the twenty-first century where ancient ceremony,…
Australian Elections: Australian Voters Deceived By US- And Zionist-perverted Mainstream Media & Politicians
We love Western-style parliamentary democracy for its personal rights and freedoms and peaceful change of government. Western democracy ideally means one-person-one-vote and a properly informed electorate. However children, who are…
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