By Nadia Batok* – MEER Humanity accepting the inclusion of technology in our natural beings Experts wonder what will happen when we succeed in building computers that are smarter than us, how it will work and why it must be done in the right way to ensure that the human race…
Lorenzo Tondo (*) – The Guardian Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy draw on a vein of fascism in a country that – unlike Germany – has never had to confront its past A hundred years after the rise of Italian fascism was heralded by Mussolini’s 1922 march on Rome, the country is…
By Tom Theuns and Alvaro Oleart (*) -EUobserver Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech is just the most recent example of turning a blind eye to the EU’s own budding autocrats and the EU’s democratic deficit more broadly Unsurprisingly, the State of the Union speech by…
Amy Goodman, with Juan González – Democracy Now! (*) War in Ukraine & Crackdown on Dissent After Queen’s Death We look at how the Ukraine war is contributing to an energy crisis across Europe with Greek politician and economist Yanis Varoufakis. Last week Russia announced it…
By Priyamvada Gopal* – Al Jazeera, Qatar The late queen faithfully served the British imperial project Ever since Queen Elizabeth II passed away peacefully at a great age, the British public sphere has been engulfed by waves of cloying platitudes. On a seemingly interminable…
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 13 2022 (IPS) – After a quarter century of economic stagnation, African economic recovery early in the 21st century was under great pressure even before the pandemic, due to new trade arrangements…
By Cesar Chelala* – CounterPunch Brazil’s upcoming presidential elections in October signal a momentous event in the country, one that will have long-lasting consequences. Throughout the campaign, Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, has suggested that, like the U.S. former…
By Chris Hedges* – ScheerPost No institution helps obscure the crimes of empire and buttress class rule and white supremacy as effectively as the British monarchy. The fawning adulation of Queen Elizabeth in the United States, which fought a revolution to get rid of the…
By Aisha Maniar* – Truthout The so-called “war on terror,” initiated by the U.S. and its global allies in response to the 9/11 attacks in 2001, did not so much change the rules of warfare as throw them out of the window. In the aftermath of 9/11 and the ensuing wars in…
By James Connolly* , 1911 The British monarchy is a vestige of tyranny, a grand monument to hierarchy and plunder. As Irish socialist James Connolly wrote in 1911, the royals are for the other despots of society, the capitalists and landlords — not for the working class.
