HistoryHuman RightsMisinformationNeo-liberalismPoliticsPopulismRadical extremismViolence 14 min readWhite Supremacy in Action 7 January 20210By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Police Stand Down as Trump Mob Storms Capitol to Disrupt Election Vote The U.S.... Read More
BrexitEconomy / FinanceHistoryInternational Cooperationmilitarization 4 min readBritain Returns to Its Past 5 January 20210By George Friedman * – Geopolitical Futures As of Jan. 1, Britain has completed the process of leaving the European... Read More
Armed conflictsClimate ChangeDisarmamentEconomy / FinanceHealthHistoryHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesInternational CooperationPoliticsPopulismRadical extremismViolence 9 min readThe Second Cold War is coming 30 December 20200By Roberto Savio* It will be quite different from the one with the Soviet Union While the Coronavirus has rightly... Read More
Armed conflictsHistoryHuman RightsmilitarizationPopulismRadical extremismViolence 4 min readTrump's flurry of dodgy deals will not bring the Middle East any peace 21 December 20200By Simon Tisdall* – The Guardian The outgoing US president has his eyes on a Saudi Arabia-Israel accord – no... Read More
authoritarianismDemocracyHistoryHuman RightsPopulation 25 min readThe mask of democracy 21 December 20200By Kristian Laubjerg* Democracy provides cover for continued exploitation by a handful of oligarchs Our own (USA) government, in alliance... Read More
Armed conflictsHistoryHuman RightsIntelligencemilitarizationMisinformationRadical extremismViolence 14 min readAll-War-All-the-Time? 18 December 20200TomDispatch* Hmmm… let me see if I’ve gotten this straight. In his last days in office, Donald Trump is “ending”... Read More
Armed conflictsHistoryHuman RightsmilitarizationPopulismRadical extremismViolence 4 min readDonald Trump’s Final Act: Snuffing out the Promise of Democracy in the Middle East 18 December 20200By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter , Independent Media Institute Ten years ago, a hawker in Tunisia set himself on fire, which spurred on... Read More
Economy / FinanceHistoryPolitics 5 min readThis Brexit disaster has been brewing in the Conservative party for 30 years 14 December 20200By John Harris* – The Guardian Margaret Thatcher helped turn the Tory right into a force for instability – and... Read More
Armed conflictsHistoryHuman RightsRadical extremismViolence 12 min readHanan Ashrawi: Trump’s Morocco-Israel Deal Legitimizes Land Theft & Occupation 14 December 20200By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Guests : Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian diplomat and scholar. In a deal brokered by the... Read More
HistoryNeo-liberalismPopulismRacismRadical extremismxenofobia 18 min readHow Did the GOP Become the Party of Ideas? 9 December 20200By Lawrence B. Glickman* – Boston Review If Trump was the end of the “party of ideas,” the rise of... Read More