By Jeffrey D. Sachs* – Common Dreams The very strong evidence of the U.S. role in toppling the government of Imran Khan in Pakistan raises the likelihood that something similar may have occurred in Bangladesh.
By Mahmoud Mushtaha – +972 Magazine Palestinians in Gaza are willing to pay a price for liberation, but many question the rationale and lack of forethought behind Hamas’ October 7 attack. For 10 long and grueling months, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been left alone to…
by Chris Fitzgerald*- Eurasia Review They cause their own problems by brutalizing women, harboring terrorists and picking fights with neighbors It has been three years since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan and the group is flying high, facing no legitimate challenge to its…
Responsible Statecraft Ten experts gauge the short and long term effects of Kyiv’s bold invasion on the war Beginning Aug. 6, the Ukrainian military launched a surprise, cross-border offensive against Russia in the eastern Kursk region, seemingly flipping the script on the war’s…
By Alon Ben-Meir*- IDN-InDepthNews Netanyahu feels that all stars are aligned together to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, but agreeing on a ceasefire with Hamas will deprive him of realizing this “historic opportunity” and jeopardize his political survival. His days of…
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens – Wall Street On Parade – August 5, 2024 ~ Japan’s Nikkei stock market index fell a stunning 4,451.28 points in overnight trading, marking the worst tumble in point terms in the entire history of the Nikkei. In percentage terms, that was a one-day…
by Bernie Sanders* – The Guardian – Mon 5 August 2024 Campaigning on an economic agenda that speaks to the needs of working families is a winning formula for Kamala Harris One of the most extraordinary aspects of our corporate-dominated American political system is the degree to…
The average per capita income in the bloc has not exceeded $8,000 for decades. by Laura Delle Femmine – El País – 02 Aug 2024* More than a hundred countries have been stagnating for years without their per capita income making the leap to the next step. These are the 108…
The financialization of the economy in the age of AI by Riccardo Petrella* Here’s a staggering piece of news that appeared yesterday on the website of Kotaku, a news/com company specialising in the games sector: “Nvidia has just grown by $329 billion in a single day “…
The release of journalists and dissidents is unequivocally good news—but the grubby reality is that the Russians have engaged in successful hostage-taking.By Tom Nichols* – The AtlanticRussia and its junior partner, Belarus, have agreed to a prisoner exchange with the United…
