Wasn’t this also one of those wars where we were going to help humanity and bring enlightenment into darkness? All it seems to have accomplished is a lot of deaths. Odd that the European political […]
This is how many of developed nations are plundering the poorer countries Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) Cross-posted from Counterpunch Photograph Source: DFID – UK Department for International […]
Maybe we shall look back on globalisation as we do the League of Nations, but it was nation states, albeit in alliance, that stopped the Germans and Japanese. Globalisation (and remember when the internet was […]
There is a rise of authoritarianism as several political parties, many state institutions, and a large portion of the public feel no loyalty to the their democracy, or believe in its legitimacy, or are prepared […]
As Cockburn, like most Brits and Americans, does not take the EU and its member states seriously, he has kindly not mentioned it. This is really about the political class of the G7 nations plus […]
This is what happens when a political class becomes cut off from reality, thriving in an environment of institutional corporate corruption Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) Cross-posted from […]
It is amusing to see how most people see their nation as the most corrupt, as if there are tables. With the exception of Scandinavia and Poland, all European governments are endemically corrupt. Laws and […]
While the USA is more preoccupied with maintaining its world dominance, military and financial, there is little motivation to confront climate change Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) Cross-posted […]
There are some lessons to be learnt from recent US foreign policy. But how are the US “allies” to explain to their citizens that they are not partners, but vassals – and poorly treated ones […]
The ideological blindness of the United States and its racist disregard for Afghan lives led to a logical conclusion. Why is there even a debate about NATO’s lost war? Patrick Cockburn is the author of War […]
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