Two decades ago, I sabotaged my career at The New York Times. It was a conscious choice. I had spent seven years in the Middle East, four of them as the … Läs mer “23/3 – Chris Hedges: The lords of Chaos”
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2/3 – Lula Moves Forward with His Ukraine Peace Proposal
February 24 marked one year since the war between Russia and Ukraine began. During all that time, few proposals for ending the conflict have advanced. However, this not-desired anniversary comes with … Läs mer “2/3 – Lula Moves Forward with His Ukraine Peace Proposal”
23/2 – Medea Benjamin and Nocolas J S Davies: Who´s Winning and Losing the Economic War Over Ukraine?
With the Ukraine war now reaching its one-year mark on February 24, the Russians have not achieved a military victory but neither has the West achieved its goals on the economic … Läs mer “23/2 – Medea Benjamin and Nocolas J S Davies: Who´s Winning and Losing the Economic War Over Ukraine?”
12/2 – Jeffrey Sachs: NEGOTIATING A BETTER WORLD
USA-ekonomen Jeffrey Sachs var under 90-talet engagerad som ekonomisk rådgivare till regeringarna i Ryssland och Ukraina.
Han är idag mycket oroad på grund av det militaristiska lättsinne som världens makthavare uppvisar.… Läs mer “12/2 – Jeffrey Sachs: NEGOTIATING A BETTER WORLD”
9/2 – Terine Hine: Poverty crisis in the UK
The relentless rise in the cost of living is unsustainable for most, and resistance is the only realistic answer, argues Terina Hine.
Millions of people are suffering severe hardship this … Läs mer “9/2 – Terine Hine: Poverty crisis in the UK”
8/2 – Arbejderen: 50.000 på gaden i protest mod tyveri af store bededag
Fra hele landet strømmede utilfredse danskere i dag til Christiansborg Slotsplads for at vise deres vrede over regeringens plan om at afskaffe store bededag. Omkring 50.000 fyldte pladsen. Modstanden går på … Läs mer “8/2 – Arbejderen: 50.000 på gaden i protest mod tyveri af store bededag”
7/2 – Yanis Varoufakis’ speech in Cuba on a new Non-Aligned Movement: Because we must!
Why build a New Non-Aligned Movement to struggle for a socialist, democratic and liberating New International Economic Order? Because we must!
This was the title of Yanis Varoufakis’ speech given in … Läs mer “7/2 – Yanis Varoufakis’ speech in Cuba on a new Non-Aligned Movement: Because we must!”
20/1 – Pawel Wargan: NATO and the Long War on the Third World
In 1965, the Guinean revolutionary Amílcar Cabral described how the aggregate brutality of the West flowed into Africa through NATO, supporting the Salazar regime’s wars against Portugal’s colonies in Angola, Mozambique, … Läs mer “20/1 – Pawel Wargan: NATO and the Long War on the Third World”
17/1 – Dave Lindorff: Nato is Not a Defensiv Alliance
NATO is typically described as a defensive treaty organization of countries that have a mutual assistance pact to come to each other’s aid with military force if any member is attacked.… Läs mer “17/1 – Dave Lindorff: Nato is Not a Defensiv Alliance”
12/1 – Ted Galen Carpenter: Sweden and Finland May Be Making a Fatal Blunder
US and other Western leaders are beaming at the impending addition of Sweden and Finland to NATO, although there still is an outside chance that Turkey might block their admission to … Läs mer “12/1 – Ted Galen Carpenter: Sweden and Finland May Be Making a Fatal Blunder”
9/1 – John V Walsh: The First US Onslaught to “Weaken” Post-Cold War Russia.
Even Before NATO Expansion, the West Sought to Strangle Russia Economically.
The first post-cold war assault on Russia by the West began in the early 1990s well before the expansion of … Läs mer “9/1 – John V Walsh: The First US Onslaught to “Weaken” Post-Cold War Russia.”
3/1 – Eve Ottenberg: Wars and More Wars: The Sorry U.S. History in the Middle East
The American republic morphed well over a century ago into an empire of many endless wars. With U.S. troops still in Syria, Iraq, Somalia and numerous African countries, with over 800 … Läs mer “3/1 – Eve Ottenberg: Wars and More Wars: The Sorry U.S. History in the Middle East”
30/12 – Patrick Cockburn: Israel’s New “Government of Darkness”: the Most Underreported Story in the Middle East
If a prize was to be awarded for the most important yet least reported story in the media in 2022, it might well go to the news outlets that failed to … Läs mer “30/12 – Patrick Cockburn: Israel’s New “Government of Darkness”: the Most Underreported Story in the Middle East”
27/12 – Ben Norton: British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years
A scholarly study found that British colonialism caused approximately 165 million deaths in India from 1880 to 1920, while stealing trillions of dollars of wealth. The global capitalist system was founded … Läs mer “27/12 – Ben Norton: British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years”
19/12 – Jeffrey St. Clair och Alexander Cockburn: Neoliberalism and Its Discontents
All through the 1980s and 1990s, professorial mountebanks like James Q. Wilson and Charles Murray grew plump from best sellers about the criminal, probably innate, propensities of the “underclass,” about the … Läs mer “19/12 – Jeffrey St. Clair och Alexander Cockburn: Neoliberalism and Its Discontents”
16/12 – Patrick Cockburn: Modern Britain has return to the “Old Corruption” the Victorians Tried to End.
Britain has entered an era of legalised larceny by the politically well-connected some 150 years after the Victorians ended what they execrated as the “Old Corruption”. By this they meant the … Läs mer “16/12 – Patrick Cockburn: Modern Britain has return to the “Old Corruption” the Victorians Tried to End.”
5/12 – Melvin Goodman: Fascism: Israel Style
Israelis dismiss charges of “apartheid against Palestinians” as anti-Semitic propaganda, but Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government will confirm the apartheid nature of the regime, and will provide hints of fascism, Israeli-style. Netanyahu … Läs mer “5/12 – Melvin Goodman: Fascism: Israel Style”
2/12 –The Ax Always Falls on the Most Vulnerable: Pakistan Demands Debt Cancellation and Climate Justice
More than 1,700 people have been killed in floods that continue to submerge parts of Pakistan. Amid this crisis, activists are demanding debt cancellation and climate reparations.
By Tanupriya Singh
24/11 – Cuba Says Goodbye to One of its Greatest Musicians
By Marcos A Maranges on November 22, 2022 from Havana
Today in the early morning hours, one of the most important singer-songwriters in the history of Cuba, the troubadour Pablo Milanes, … Läs mer “24/11 – Cuba Says Goodbye to One of its Greatest Musicians”
22/11 – Across Africa, Water Conflict Threatens Security, Health, and the Environment
By Robin Scher
Author Bio: Robin Scher is a writer based in South Africa. He is a graduate of the Cultural Reporting and Criticism program at New York University. Find him … Läs mer “22/11 – Across Africa, Water Conflict Threatens Security, Health, and the Environment”
10/11 – Ramzy Baroud: “Nothing Works”, Europe Must stop Blaming Others for Its Own Crises
The European Union’s Foreign Chief Josep Borrell is not particularly perceived by the EU’s political elite or mainstream media as a rightwing ideologue or warmonger. But seen through a different, non-western … Läs mer “10/11 – Ramzy Baroud: “Nothing Works”, Europe Must stop Blaming Others for Its Own Crises”
7/11- John Laforge: Horryfying “Smal” Talk about Nuclear Weapons
Gideon Rachman reported October 31 in a Financial Times column that, “… senior U.S. officials point out that the smallest tactical nuclear weapons might kill hundreds of people, rather than thousands … Läs mer “7/11- John Laforge: Horryfying “Smal” Talk about Nuclear Weapons”
1/11 – Jacob G Hornberger: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Ukraine
As many people are beginning to realize but would rather not think about, the United States and Russia are moving perilously close to nuclear war. Russian President Putin has now openly … Läs mer “1/11 – Jacob G Hornberger: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Ukraine”
29/10 Medea Benjamin och Nicolas J S Davies: The Groving Chorus for Peace in Ukraine
Ukraine has been wracked by shocking destruction and deadly violence since Russia invaded the country in February. Estimates of the death toll range from a confirmed minimum of 27,577 people, including … Läs mer “29/10 Medea Benjamin och Nicolas J S Davies: The Groving Chorus for Peace in Ukraine”
22/10 – Priti Gulati Cox – Stan Cox: Are Green Resource Wars Looming?
The Burden of Massive EV Batteries Will Be Borne by People and Ecosystems
Much of the excitement over the Inflation Reduction Act, which became law this summer, focused on the boost … Läs mer “22/10 – Priti Gulati Cox – Stan Cox: Are Green Resource Wars Looming?”
17/10 – Medea Benjamin – Marcy Winograd: Nuclear Extortion? Abolish Nuclear Weapons
In a moment of candor, President Biden told Democratic Party contributors the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is the highest since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the Soviet Union installed nuclear … Läs mer “17/10 – Medea Benjamin – Marcy Winograd: Nuclear Extortion? Abolish Nuclear Weapons”
13/10 – John Ross: The Global Inflationary Tsunam Is Made in the U.S., Not Ukraine
An inflationary tsunami is passing through the world economy, creating economic disorder—in some cases acute political crisis—in every country it touches. This is gathering momentum as the U.S., which is leading … Läs mer “13/10 – John Ross: The Global Inflationary Tsunam Is Made in the U.S., Not Ukraine”
26/9 – Russia and NATO Tried to Wage War on the Cheap in Ukraine, But Could Now be Heading for Total War
By Patrick Cockburn
President Vladimir Putin has been trying to wage war on the cheap in Ukraine for seven months, with disastrous results for Russia. He is now ordering a partial … Läs mer “26/9 – Russia and NATO Tried to Wage War on the Cheap in Ukraine, But Could Now be Heading for Total War”
23/9 – UK: Fragmentation and Decline Under Conservative Rule
After 12 bleak years of various Conservative governments, led by inadequate Prime Ministers, the UK is on its knees. Democracy is under attack like never before; the disaster of Brexit, which … Läs mer “23/9 – UK: Fragmentation and Decline Under Conservative Rule”
21/9 – Queen Elizabeth’s Boycott of Israel
Absent from all the reporting on the late queen and the new king are their views on Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, and especially the Queen’s unofficial boycott (she’d crisscrossed the globe … Läs mer “21/9 – Queen Elizabeth’s Boycott of Israel”