Send In the Clowns…
They’re already here! Being a baby boomer this writer has consistently looked at those who lead us as mostly ‘ Clowns’. This goes in spades for those who run our…
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Europe started two world wars, it must prevent the third one
Europe started the first two world wars and played a key role in them, even though the extensive distress caused by them spilled over, directly and indirectly, to the greater…
Plan and Pray for a Significant Peace Initiative around Christmas and New Year
Can a year which experienced such terrible although entirely avoidable violence and conflict still end on a note of peace and hope? Yes, it can if the remaining few days…
Today’s Most Dangerous Drug – Loneliness, Donald Trump, and You
by Mattea Kramer and Sean Fogler Consider two phenomena that might seem unrelated. This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data showing a marked increase in…
Guyana-Venezuela dispute: understanding the background and opposing war
If there were any misgivings about the actions undertaken by the government of Venezuela around the territorial dispute with Guyana, the joint military exercises between Guyana Defence Forces (GDF) and the US…
Letter from India — Stop World Health Organization’s ‘Pandemic Preparedness’ Treaty
The global pandemic preparedness accord (‘pandemic treaty’) currently being put in place by the World Health Organization (WHO) will pave the way for “a fascist approach to societal management.” The…
Flirting With Nuclear Energy Down Under
It was a policy that was bound to send a shiver through the policymaking community. The issue of nuclear energy in Australia has always been a contentious one. Currently, the…
Germany’s Reichs-Nazis
by Thomas Klikauer and Danny Antonelli Among the various Neo-Nazi groups in Germany, one of the more peculiar, eerie, and weird – but also very brutal (also known for killing…
A Flawed and Dangerous Presence: US Troops in Syria
Despite a focus on boxing China in the Indo-Pacific, US involvement in the Middle East continues to be widespread and problematic. While Israel is given its regular steroid diet of…
Ret. Col. Ann Wright Unmasks the Truth in Arms Transfer Debate
In a heated session at the United Nations Security Council, diplomats engaged in a vigorous debate over the provision of arms to Ukraine amid the protracted war with Russia. The…
Trump, the Second Time Around?
Recently, on a commuter train, I ran into an acquaintance who works for a government agency here in Washington, D.C. Soon after we started chatting, he indicated a desire to…
Accidents of Eccentricity: Israel’s Pacific Hold
Cunning, subtle, understated. Israeli policy in the Pacific has seen United Nations votes cast in its favour, the foreign policies of certain countries adjusted, and favours switched. While China may…
“Merchants of Death” Shutdown Action at Lockheed Martin
In solidarity with the international “Shut It Down for Palestine” day of action, human rights activists from Code Pink demonstrated at the downtown San Francisco headquarters of Lockheed Martin—the world’s…
The problem of American biolaboratories in Africa
In the early 21st century, new concerns about bioweapons being used to generate terror and also with a series of newly emerging or newly understood disease-causing microbes have resulted in…
Myanmar’s Instability Deepens as the World Watches Silently
Militant groups are increasingly threatening Myanmar’s military government. But other non-state actors, as well as China, are playing powerful roles in the divided country. Myanmar’s stability has eroded significantly since…
UK Special Forces Secretly Operated In Ukraine, Says Polish Journalist
Special forces operators of UK were embedded with Ukrainian troops in the early days of the conflict, Declassified UK reported on Wednesday, citing the newly published book by Polish journalist Zbigniew Parafianowicz.…
Make America Fascist Again (MAFA!)-The Future If Donald Trump Returns to the Oval Office
On February 19, 1942, two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. It initiated a Department of Defense program that resulted in the…
From Hitler’s Lips… Resonating Well Now!
Politics has always been, as Mark Twain put it : " The last refuge of scoundrels." It seems that, in super rich controlled American politics, it's simply selling the public…
U.S. Firms Continued To Dominate World Arms Market, Says SIPRI Report
Sales of weapons and military services by the world’s top 100 arms makers totaled $597 billion last year, according to a report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute…
Refreshing the Camelot School: Kennedy Hagiography at Sixty
Camelot, the sweetly sentimental shorthand for a shortened US presidency, has generated a mythopoetry so rich it turns the stomach, clogs the intestines, and soils the historical record. With its…
ExxonMobil Wants to Start a War in South America
On December 3, 2023, a large number of registered voters in Venezuela voted in a referendum over the Essequibo region that is disputed with neighboring Guyana. Nearly all those who…
Billions Are Spent To Support The Rich In The UK, Says Study
UK spends more than any other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country on financing structural inequality in favor of the rich, the latest research by UK charity Equality…
Banished from Pakistan: Islamabad Moves on Afghan Refugees
Across the globe, refugees, always treated as the pox of public policy, continue to feature in news reports describing anguish, despair and persistent persecution. If they are not facing barbed…
10 similarities between 10/7 and 9/11 which may be worth noting
The 9/11 attack and 10/7 attack are of course very different historical events separated by 22 years and a vast distance. Nevertheless there are some important similarities which may be…
Truth of Recent Events of Historical Importance Should be Well-Established
Historians go to great lengths-as they should-to find out the truth of what took place hundreds of years ago, even thousands of years ago. So isn’t it ironic-and deeply troubling-that…
Infamous War Criminal Henry Kissinger Dead
Infamous war criminal, former U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger passed away at age 100 on Wednesday. The renowned diplomat, and infamous to many people…
Henry Kissinger: Snake Oil Salesman of Gangster Realism
“‘He’ll have ye smilin’,” an old Irish saying goes, “while he takes the gold out of your teeth’.” Charles Glass, London Review of Books, Oct 20, 2022 The obituaries of…
Walt Disney and Salvador Allende Are Still Fighting for Our Souls
This year marks the anniversaries of two drastically different events that loomed all too large in my life. The first occurred a century ago in Hollywood: on October 16, 1923,…
Only One Product in the World about which it is said—the more it kills, the better it is
There are so many products which are promoted on the basis of their utility—food products may be promoted for their nutrition or taste, garments may be promoted for their beauty…
Corruption Of European Parliament Members
Corruption of European Parliament members has been exposed. A Politico report – Inside Morocco’s efforts to corrupt the European Parliament – said: If there had not been a World Cup…
Sovereignty Surrendered: Subordinating Australia’s Defence Industry
One could earn a tidy sum the number of times the word “sovereignty” has been uttered or mentioned in public statements and briefings by the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. …
Trilateral Missile Defense System a Step Towards Asian NATO
by Jeffrey Wagner and Dae-Han Song The United States, Japan, and South Korea will fully operationalize a missile warning system “by the end of December.” While justified as a means…
Is It Time (Once Again) for Nonviolent Rebellion?
When I was in my early twenties, I seriously considered murdering someone. He had given my best friend genital herpes, which many health practitioners then believed was the agent responsible…
Are There Any Paranoids in the Stadium Tonight? Two Nights in Santiago With Roger Waters
No one does a stadium show like Roger Waters. The music, of course, is resplendent, but so too are the soundscape, the images, the giant sheep and pig, the lasers,…
War With Hamas Is Damaging Israel’s Economy, Says Moody’s
The war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas is costing Israel at least $269 million a day and is expected to hit the country’s economy harder than previous conflicts, ratings…
200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine Is 200 Too Many
When those of us of a certain age were in school, we learned that the Monroe Doctrine committed the United States to protect the independence of Latin American nations, which…
Argentina goes loco: Javier Milei elected president
Latin America and the world were stunned to learn that on November 19 2023, Argentina’s most extreme right-wing politician, Javier Milei, had been elected president with a hefty 56 per…
The New Structure of Zapatista Autonomy
Brothers and sisters and compañer@s: I am going to try to explain to you how we reorganize autonomy, that is, the new structure of Zapatista autonomy. I will explain more…
More U.S. Voters Own Guns Than Ever Before, Finds Poll
Gun ownership has reached a record high among American voters, according to an NBC poll published Tuesday. More than half of respondents (52%) reported that they or someone in their…
Fight Capitalism, Fight Imperialism by Any Means Necessary
The struggle of the people of the global South has gone through many phases in response to the changing nature of the enemy they faces. The people’s enemy has put…
How the Concept of Humanity’s Progress is Increasingly Surrounded by Too Many Troubling Questions
In narrow terms of the development of technology and the means of material comfort and luxury, recent decades have witnessed the pinnacle of human achievement. This is often taken to…
Provocations by the U.S. State Department Can Chill Press Freedom in Latin America
The headline is provocative: “The Kremlin’s Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America.” This was a statement on the U.S. State Department website, posted on November 7, 2023. The…
Fast Fashion Is Antithetical to Workers’ Rights
Don’t believe the fashion industry’s stated commitment to support a living wage for Bangladesh’s garment workers. ’Tis the season for holiday shopping, and as American consumers ready their spending dollars,…
Ukraine War May Continue For 5 More Years, Says Economist
More and more Western leaders have reportedly conceded that the Russia-Ukraine conflict may drag on for another five years in a “stalemate” that neither side is capable of shattering. Neither Russia nor…
The Delusions of the American Right
Among the many enduring right-wing fibs, myths, and falsehoods, right-wing’s hatred of feminism takes a special place. Modern day anti-feminism is a reminiscence – perhaps: a continuation – of hundreds…
Sunak’s Dad’s Army Option: David Cameron Returns
Openly ignored by his incendiary, now ex-Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was left with few options. Retaining her would continue a process of blighting his already…
A Short History of the Century 1924-2023
Around the year 1924 some of the world’s biggest powers were busy recovering from the disastrous impacts of the First World War. The situation was the most difficult for Germany…
The Militarised University: Where Secrecy Goes to Thrive
For anyone wishing to bury secrets, especially of the unsavoury sort, there is one forum that stands out. Call it a higher education institution. Call it a university. Even better,…
U.S. Debt Interest Bill Tops $1 Trillion A Year
A Bloomberg report said this week: U.S. interest payments on its national debt are estimated to have surged above $1 trillion on an annualized basis as of the end of…
BRICS Overtaking G7 In Economic Might
The rapid rise of the BRICS is transforming the global economy, with the group’s share of world gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) set to…
We are Spartacus
Dissenting Journalists Have Been Defenestrated From the “Mainstream” Spartacus was a 1960 Hollywood film based on a book written secretly by the blacklisted novelist Howard Fast, and adapted by the screenplay…
Unintended Ironies: Condemning the Armistice Day Marches
Armistice Day is one of those disturbing occasions of the year when humanity’s folly is laid bare. It should be an occasion to remind said humanity about the stupid waste…
Human Rights and new Tensions in European Society
The hybrid format international conference, held on November 08th under the auspices of an independent expert platform Our Days News (ODN), brought together experts from Italy, Estonia, France, Finland and…
Foolish Exclusions: China and the Bletchley Declaration on AI
At the conclusion of the Second World War, debates raged on how best to regulate the destructive power of the atom. Splitting it had been used most savagely against the…
The Moral Bankruptcy of the ‘Amen Corner’
The third Republican presidential debate once again showed the ugly side of the Republican candidates. When the rest of the world, including millions of Americans here in the US, are…
An Epistle to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Dear Bobby, As you know, I have supported your bid for the presidency even before you declared last spring. I have admired and believed in you for years, and when…
Czech President Pavel Hints At ‘Negotiations’ As Ukraine ‘Cannot Achieve Advantage’ In War
Citing Czech publication Novinky, a report by The New Voice of Ukraine said on November 9, 2023: Czech President Petr Pavel believes that the current situation on the battlefield in…
How the War on Gaza Has Stalled the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)
On September 9, 2023, during the G20 meeting in New Delhi, the governments of seven countries and the European Union signed a memorandum of understanding to create an India-Middle East-Europe…
Biden’s Border
On September 23rd, at about 2:30 a.m., a Border Patrol surveillance camera captured two people crossing the international boundary between Mexico and the United States on the outskirts of Nogales, Arizona. A…
From the History of the Middle East on the Crossroads of Cultures: The Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East (up to Islam)
From the very historical perspective, the Middle East has been marked by diversity being a crossroads of civilizations. Nevertheless, at the time of Antique, the region was referred to as…
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