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Order: sanctions against Russia, weapons to Ukraine

By Nadia Batok — MEER

By Nadia Batok* – MEER A different perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war With all due respect and grief for the Ukrainian victims and refugees of the ongoing brutal war, this war and all other wars in the world must end immediately. The West must stop arming Ukraine and start…

18 Jul 2022 · 12 min read
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The West Is Experiencing a Contraction of Its Power, Not Necessarily Its Decline

By Boaventura de Sousa Santos — Globetrotter,  Independent Media Institute

By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* – Globetrotter,  Independent Media Institute What Westerners call the West or Western civilization is a geopolitical space that emerged in the 16th century and expanded continuously until the 20th century. On the eve of World War I, about 90…

16 Jul 2022 · 7 min read
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Europe’s energy crisis: facing down Putin will not come cheap

Editorial — The Guardian

Editorial – The Guardian Governments will need to spend big to protect vulnerable people this winter Europe is sweltering during a prolonged summer heatwave. But the attention of political leaders is increasingly focused on the coming winter.

15 Jul 2022 · 3 min read
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For Shireen Abu Akleh

by Jennifer Zacharia* – Boston Review Condemning U.S. deference to Israel, a cousin remembers the life and legacy of the slain Palestinian American journalist During the summer of 1998, my cousin Shireen’s alarm would wake us both at 6 a.m. every morning. She shared her room…

15 Jul 2022 · 18 min read
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Why is Orban ‘nationalising’ three Budapest public squares?

By Tamas Ibolya — EUobserver

By Tamas Ibolya* – EUobserver The Hungarian parliament is about to adopt a new law that will transfer the ownership of three central public squares in Budapest from the municipality — to the state. In return, the state is handing over asset-management rights to the respective…

14 Jul 2022 · 6 min read
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$2 Trillion for War Versus $100 Billion to Save the Planet

By Murad Qureshi — Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute

By Murad Qureshi* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute  The West seems more fixated on spending social wealth on the military rather than addressing the climate catastrophe. During late April and early May, South Asia experienced the terrible impacts of global…

14 Jul 2022 · 5 min read
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Why No One Believes American Rhetoric About Democracy

By Ben Rhodes — The Atlantic

By Ben Rhodes* – The Atlantic A presidential visit to Saudi Arabia feels sadly inevitable About the author: Ben Rhodes is the author of After the Fall: Being American in the World We Made. He is a former speechwriter and deputy national security adviser to Barack Obama.

13 Jul 2022 · 10 min read