The Trump Regime Is Being Defeated Before It Takes Office. Dr. Paul C. Roberts
By , January 14, 2025
The Trump remaking of America is another example of Giuseppe di Lampedusa’s theme in his historical novel, The Leopard, that “things have to change so that they can remain the same.”
Canadian Foreign Policy Is Utterly Barbaric
By , January 15, 2025
Presumably, if we had better leadership in Canada, our government and its agencies would also have had “the guts” to firmly say No to Washington and its allies when they solicited our help to destroy Syria, which has also been a completely destructive and destabilizing war.
Making Sense of South Korea’s Senseless Martial Law Declaration
By , January 15, 2025
This article argues that competing visions of the history of South Korea’s military dictatorship era, in which the Korean right views the left as pro-North Korea and the left views the right as Japanese collaborators and an obstacle to democratization, contributed to an atmosphere in which cooperation among the two major political parties is near impossible.
Unbecoming American: Insomnia or Somnambulism
By , January 14, 2025
After Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and now the destruction of the Syrian Republic, full spectrum punditry, i.e. from Establishment to anti-Establishment chatterboxes, have begun again the ritual handwringing with which the product of hedge fund imperialism is decried.
Zuckerberg Declares War on Censorship Following Elon Musk’s Success with X
By , January 14, 2025
The announcement of curbing censorship on Facebook and Instagram shows Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg’s desire to get politically closer to Donald Trump and battle with woke liberal culture in a similar way to what Elon Musk did at X, formerly Twitter.
From Auschwitz to Gaza, With a Stopover in The Hague
By , January 14, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu will not travel to Poland next month for the main ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, over concern that he could be arrested on the basis of the warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Non-violent Revolution in Serbia Gains Traction and Raises Questions
By , January 14, 2025
The latest round of social unrest in Serbia began on 1 November when in the northern city of Novi Sad a recently “reconstructed” roof overhang weighing over 20 tonnes collapsed, squashing 17 passers-by, of whom 14 died on the spot, one succumbed later on, and two are still fighting for their life.
