By Karlos Zurutuza ROME, Feb 2023 (IPS) – Geology explains the terrible earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria on February 6 with academic coldness: the Arabian, Eurasian and African plates pressure the Anatolian plate. On the surface, geopolitics resorts to concepts like…
By Jeet Heer*- The Nation You can buy an American president—just as long as your country is a putative ally Since Donald Trump’s noisy exit from the presidency in January 2021, the former commander in chief and his family have made billions of dollars in business deals with…
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies(*) – CODEPINK In a recent column, military analyst William Astore wrote, “[Congressman] George Santos is a symptom of a much larger disease: a lack of honor, a lack of shame, in America. Honor, truth, integrity, simply don’t seem to…
By Chris Hedges* – The Chris Hedges Report / Consortium News Chris Hedges talks to Matt Taibbi, who revealed that the source of many claims of Trump-era Russian disinformation was itself a disinformation operation concocted by former U.S. intelligence officials. Shortly after…
By Simon Tisdall* – The Guardian Europe was made whole in 1989. Now concern about migrant ‘invaders’ is turning the continent, and other global regions, into fortresses To drive into the heart of West Berlin on a dark, snowy night in December 1988 was to descend on to the…
By Stephen Bryen* – Asia Times Washington is in a state of confusion about balloons and other unidentified flying objects, four of which have already been shot down. What is their purpose? Will there be more to deal with?
By Jake Johnson- Common Dreams / Truthout The 180-day sanctions relief came after U.S. officials denied that the restrictions would impact humanitarian aid. In the face of mounting pressure from rights groups and relief organizations on the ground, the Biden administration on…
By Balázs Tárnok* – Newsweek As Ukraine faces ongoing conflict and strives for EU and NATO accession, the government in Kyiv has drawn criticism from international organizations for its restrictions on the rights of ethnic minorities, including those who have made the ultimate…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* – MEER The war between Russia and Ukraine is a much wider war A new-old ghost is hovering over Europe – war. The most violent continent in the world in terms of deaths in warfare for the last hundred years (not to go back any further and include…
By Seymour Hersh* The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now The U.S. Navy’s Diving and Salvage Center can be found in a location as obscure as its name—down what was once a country lane in rural…
