By Shaun Walker* – The Guardian Benjamin Netanyahu’s actions remind many of first steps taken by ‘illiberal’ governments in Budapest and Warsaw At the height of the protests in Israel over Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned judicial changes early last month, a Polish…
Whitney Jr.* – CounterPunch website The United States proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine 200 years ago and ever since has arranged Latin American and Caribbean affairs to its advantage. Nevertheless, struggles for national and regional independence did continue and the poor and…
DePetris* – Newsweek Yemen, the beautiful country that has been trapped in a multi-sided, multi-dimensional civil war since 2014, is finally receiving some positive news. Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, two of the war’s biggest protagonists, are reportedly weeks away from signing…
By Jonathan Ng* – Truthout Arms makers are stoking conflicts and then pitching weapons as a path to peace This spring, Lockheed Martin is expanding operations to meet Ukraine’s demand for arms. In recent months, its Camden, Arkansas, plant won nearly a half-billion dollars…
Simone Varriale* – The Conversation Everyone knows Italy, as soon as you come here they’ll be like, “Oh Italian, cool! I’ve been there,” so it’s a way of chatting, breaking ice […] but I don‘t know if it’s the same for other foreigners.
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK On April 4, 2023, Finland officially became the 31st member of the NATO military alliance.
Greenberg * – TomDispatch From Forever War to Eternal War In 2002, TomDispatch was launched as a no-name email list for one reason and one alone: the unnerving decision of President George W. Bush to respond to the disastrous terror attacks on the World Trade Center…
By Natali Milenkovic* – Global Research More than 15 Tons of Uranium Bombs Dropped on Yugoslavia in 1999 Over 4,000 Citizens of Serbia including Kosovo and Metohija, are Suing NATO. Their Cancer Diagnoses Are a Direct Consequence of the NATO Bombings of Yugoslavia in 1999 In…
By Claudia Ciobanu and Edit Inotai – BalkanInsight The collapse in the hitherto close Polish-Hungarian relations has been collateral damage of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Warsaw expects serious gestures from Budapest to repair ties, but Orban hopes the estrangement is just a…
By Mohammed Nosseir* – Asia Times Arab rulers won’t organically evolve toward democracy The news that China has reconciled the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia is a clear gesture that China will be playing a leading role in shaping the future of the Middle East, a role…
