By George Newth* – CounterPunch website The rise of far-right politician Giorgia Meloni has left many outside Italy asking how her brand of what many argue is fascism can achieve such prominence in a country that has experienced life under the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini…
Yasmine Mohammed*- Opinion in Newsweek Iam grateful that Mahsa Amini’s name is making headlines. Mahsa is the 22 year old Kurdish girl from Iran who was beaten to death by the morality police—a morality police devoid of any morality—for not covering her hair to their…
Scott Ritter* – Special to Consortium News Putin’s order to begin partial mobilization of Russian military forces continues a confrontation between Russia and a U.S.-led coalition of Western nations that began at the end of the Cold War. War is never a solution; there are always…
By Eszter Zalan – EUobserver Italy’s election on Sunday is more likely to usher in a right-wing coalition authorities made up of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, Matteo Salvini’s League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia with a landslide victory. One of many key…
By Katrina vanden Heuvel* – Globetrotter The Biden administration will soon release its National Security Strategy, which is being revised in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The document will no doubt trigger a renewed debate about how the United States should gear up…
By UN NEWS Since the Myanmar military launched its “disastrous” coup last year, UN-appointed independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said on Wednesday that conditions have worsened, “by any measure”. “With each report I have warned that unless UN Member States change course…
By Gerardo Femina* -Pressenza, international news agency In an interview broadcast on CNN on Sunday 18 September, former President Clinton defended himself against frequent accusations that the Ukrainian crisis was the responsibility of NATO’s expansion into Eastern…
By Martin Chulov* – The Guardian Signs of groundswell taking shape against state that routinely commits extreme acts of violence against men and women Mahsa Amini’s death in custody is fast becoming another moment of reckoning for the Iranian regime that fears a popular revolt…
By Sam Pizzigati* – CounterPunch website By November 1948, the postwar “Baby Boom” in the United States had been roaring along for nearly three years. But America’s media spotlight didn’t go whole-hog on babies until that November, the month that saw the young Queen Elizabeth…
By Ilan Berman* – Newsweek These days, to say China isn’t popular in Washington is something of an understatement. The past several years have seen our dominant view of that country change dramatically.
