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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
“‘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…
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,…
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 has been exposed. A Politico report – Inside Morocco’s efforts to corrupt the European Parliament – said: If there had not been a World Cup…
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. …
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Oddly, few Western writers on the South Caucasus have ever grasped Christian Armenia’s significance as Russia’s only ally and military outpost among the region’s three countries. Simply put: Were Russia…
LEPAIO, the Labor Education Project on AFL-CIO International Operations (https://aflcio-int.education/), condemns the AFL-CIO’s leadership for bullying affiliates on international issues, and especially regarding the current Israel and Gaza war. LEPAIO,…
China-Australia relations are improving with plans to restart of annual meetings between the two sides, and to strengthen communication, deepen trust, expand practical cooperation. A Bloomberg report said: Australia’s Prime…
The four years from 2020 to 2023 have been very difficult and high risk years for humanity. In the first two years there was a pandemic and such severe disruption…
[Presented in the seminar on the “Significance of India China Relations in the Present National and Global Context” at the National conference of India China Friendship Association conducted on October…
U.S. and European officials have begun quietly talking to the Ukrainian government about what possible peace negotiations with Russia might entail to end the war, according to one current senior U.S.…
We have not heard much from Ukraine or on Ukraine lately, and this is understandable because the biggest need just now is for ceasefire and peace in Gaza, to be…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks as much a deep fake projection as a thin, superficial representation of reality. His robotic, risible awkwardness makes a previous occupant of his office,…
“Thirty years ago,” Damon Linker told The Guardian, “if I told you that a bunch of billionaires and intellectuals on the right are waiting in the wings to impose a dictatorship on…
Ukraine’s top general has warned there will be no quick “breakthrough” in the counteroffensive against Russia, comments that will create consternation for Joe Biden as he battles to ensure the U.S. maintains its funding…
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted its annual resolution calling on the U.S. to end its decades-long economic blockade of Cuba. The document, which has been adopted for the…
At the United Nations this week, the world community has overwhelmingly spoken out against the relentless U.S. embargo on Cuba. Yet President Biden remains unmoved, stubbornly clinging to the anachronic…
The world’s attention has turned to the slaughter in Gaza as the Israeli military-political system enacts its brand of ethnic cleansing and genocide on the Palestinian people. The U.S. pretends…
There is no denying that wars don’t happen in a vacuum but are waged between two or more countries. For centuries, wars have ravaged countries and brought misery to…
Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky is facing difficult time, as bitter facts are being told by his friends. Prominent U.S. magazine Time said: It is only getting harder. Zelensky can feel…
The global economy is showing signs of fragmentation, which could be “very costly” for all, World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has warned. In an interview with Nikkei on Sunday, the…
For years, John J. Mearsheimer, that seemingly ageless, if somewhat chilly presence at the University of Chicago, has been a thorn of irritation to certain establishment ideas. With his pugnacious…
Halloween is for kids and crazy pranksters. The little kids show off their costumes and get nice treats... except for the maniacs out there who like to put needles inside…
It is natural to think that the progress of science, technology, and the democratic practices of secular nation-states would put an end to primitive cultures characterized by fear, violence, feudalism,…
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