By Marc Raboy* June 17, 1976, was a brisk winter’s day in Mendoza, the capital of Argentina’s wine country. A weather-beaten Renault carrying an ordinary-looking couple and their infant daughter meandered through the city streets as though on its way to a mundane…
Aisha Jumaan & Donald A. Smith (*) – Truthout News outlets in the United States give prime coverage to the war in Ukraine but mostly ignore the devastating war that the U.S. has supported since March 2015 between a Saudi-led coalition that includes the United Arab Emirates…
By: Antonia Colibasanu* – GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES The West needs an understanding of the continent’s views on the conflict to gain support in its fight against Russia. On a recent trip to Prague, where I was working as a visiting professor at Charles University, some of the most…
John Kirk* – Al Jazeera The upcoming gathering in Los Angeles is shaping up to be not a genuine ‘Summit of the Americas’, but a ‘Summit of regional US allies’. From June 6 to 10 Los Angeles will host the “Summit of the Americas,” with the basic goal of strengthening hemispheric…
By Mike Ludwig* – Truthout Last March, Texas Democrats demanded that Rep. Chip Roy resign after the Texas Republican made blatantly hateful statements during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes against Asian Americans.
by Yves Smith*- Naked Capitalism Normally, yours truly tries to write sober posts about serious matters, like nations seemingly hell-bent on harming their citizens and creating political instability. Sometimes when we see things along those lines, like Brexit.
Coleman * – Newsweek Americans are losing faith that our society can heal from past racial wounds. A recent poll from Gallup found that Americans believe race relations are getting worse, not better.
Michael von der Schulenburg Dear friends, dialog partners and former colleagues, I would like to share with you my most recent article in which I argue that Europe, for its own interest, must push for a negotiated peace settlement to end the war in Ukraine. History will…
By Michael von der Schulenburg* The mood in Germany continues to be one of war, sanctions, arms deliveries, accusations of Russian war crimes and reports of Ukrainian victories. There seems to be no room for peace.
By Patrick Cockburn* – CounterPunch In 1993 I was living in a house in Kenyon Street in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood of Washington DC when a gunman started shooting pedestrians from his car nearby. Over an eight-week period, he killed four people and seriously wounded…
