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The Fear Returns

By Martha R. Bireda* – Wall Street International By 2050, minorities would make up more than 50 percent of the American population White Supremacy ideology is based upon the mythology that those designated and perceived as “white” in America are inherently superior to those…

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The Case for a Neutral Ukraine   

By Hall Gardner*  An Option to Achieve Peace after the Russian Invasion The Russian decision to invade Ukraine could have been prevented. The U.S. and the European Union ought to have thoroughly negotiated formal treaties with both the Russian Federation and Eastern…

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China Is Digging Its Own Grave (and Ours as Well)

McCoy* – TomDispatch Or How to Create a New World Order Amid a Climate Crisis Consider us at the edge of the sort of epochal change not seen for centuries, even millennia. By the middle of this century, we will be living under such radically altered circumstances that the…

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Why a swift economic victory against Russia looks unlikely

By Larry Elliott* – The Guardian  Country has positioned itself to blunt western sanctions and has a few retaliatory ones of its own Be ready for a long haul. That was the subtext of Boris Johnson’s message to MPs as he committed to toughening up sanctions…

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Decapitating Terrorist Organisations Won’t End Terror

By Mohammad Abu Rumman* AMMAN, Jordan, Feb 24 2022 (IPS) – Killing terrorist organization`s leaders is no effective way of fighting terrorism — as it’s political and economic crises on which terrorism feeds. At the start of February 2022, the US celebrated the killing of…

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Will Fresh US-EU Sanctions Hurt the EU More Than Russia?

 By Nick Corbishley – Naked Capitalism The sanctions could end up causing more pain to U.S. allies in Europe than Russia itself, which will probably use this opportunity to take another step closer to autarky.  Following Vladimir Putin’s recognition of the breakaway…

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Global: Older People at Heightened Risk in Conflict

Human Rights Watch – Report Governments, UN Should Do More to End Abuses, Ensure Protection, Provide Assistance New York,  February 23, 2022 – Older people are often at heightened risk of abuses during armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. All…

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Stop violence at European borders and protect refugees – UNHCR

UN NEWS The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warns of increasing violence and human rights violations at European borders. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged on Monday for greater protection for refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe.   He said in…

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Arms Industry–The Tail Wagging the Dog

By Jake Lynch* – TRANSCEND Media Service War would be in no-one’s interests. How often have we heard that, in the current Ukraine crisis?