Geopolitics
Maung Zarni – Interview after return from Israel and Palestine
8 September 2024 Burmese genocide scholar Dr. Maung Zarni
Month: September 2024
Geopolitics
Mark Sleboda, Rachel Blevins – Update on War in Ukraine
12 September 2024 Both Biden and Blinken have now indicated that the White House is getting ready to lift restrictions on the long-range missiles the U.S. sends Kiev, and grant Zelensky’s wish to use the […]
Geopolitics
Mark Curtis – ‘Let’s just fight’: How Britain prefers war over peace in Ukraine
“Boris Johnson avoided promoting a compromise peace in Ukraine after Russia invaded. Now, Labour continues to help prolong the conflict to secure British interests.” In ‘Declassified UK’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Jeffrey Sachs – A New International Order under the UN Charter
With the decline of Western hegemony, visions of a new multilateral system appear more realistic. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – How Israel’s genocide in Gaza is creating enemies on all sides
The shooting of Israeli security guards at the Jordanian-West Bank crossing is a sign of things to come if Israel’s colonial onslaught on Palestine is not reined in. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of […]
Geopolitics
Richard D. Wolff – The Decline of the U.S. Empire: Where Is It Taking Us All?
Could American decline lead to the end of empires? Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of […]
EU politics
Juliette Gache – Barred From Government, France’s Left Seeks a Way Forward
‘Saturday saw protests across France after Emmanuel Macron named conservative Michel Barnier as prime minister. The decision fueled claims that Macron had ignored July’s election result — but has also put the victorious left-wing alliance […]
Austerity
Le Monde – German Recession: Bridge partially collapses in Germany’s Dresden
This is a further result of German obsession with austerity and the recession it is causing. Read HERE
Geopolitics
Kyiv Independent: State predation threatens to derail Ukraine’s war effort
State predation is not new in Ukraine. Investigations targeting legitimate businesses – aimed at either extorting money or taking over companies at a fraction of their value – have been a feature of Ukrainian business […]
Media
Norman Solomon – How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza
Some highly influential US news outlets “disproportionately emphasized Israeli deaths in the conflict” and “used emotive language to describe the killings of Israelis, but not Palestinians.” Norman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, activist, […]