$6.5 billion Increase on Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2021 by Nuclear States

By Hilal Khashan*- Geopolitical Futures Modern nation-states have failed to develop as tribalism and poor governance have prevailed The rise of the modern nation-state and established universal values has led to a reduction in political violence in many places across the globe…

By Tiara Sahar Ataii (*) – Jacobin Under the pretense of stopping smugglers, governments across the EU are criminalizing refugees attempting to settle in a safe country. These laws violate basic human rights and set a dangerous precedent for the treatment of asylum seekers One…

By José María Irujo – El Pais Proving that US intelligence services learned about the WikiLeaks founder’s defense strategy by spying on his lawyers could annul the extradition request, say legal sources Julian Assange was secretly recorded while living at the Ecuadorean embassy…

By Derek Davison*- Jacobin Here’s some great news: the horrific war in Yemen is showing signs of de-escalating as a new cease-fire takes effect. The best thing the US can do now is refuse to side with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over the Yemeni people.

By Jonathan Alan King* – Truthout If United States taxpayers knew that half the income tax dollars they sent to the Internal Revenue Service every year was being spent on weapons, war and war preparation, political support for such programs might significantly decline…

By Claudia Webbe* – Globetrotter,  Independent Media Institute War and racism have always been violently, tragically inseparable. For centuries, the most devastating and brutal conflicts in the world have been driven by destructive notions of racial superiority and…