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Whimsicality of the European Council’s European Court for Human Rights

Eric Zuesse Craig Murray is a progressive Scottish blogger who had been reporting daily from the London Court on the UK Government’s case against Alex Salmond, the leader of Scotland’s independence movement, whom the UK Government had framed on charges of “sexual harassment” that were based on witnesses the UK Government had induced to accuse […]

The Popular Uprising in Sri Lanka – What Next?

Guest post by MAYA JOHN A powerful Sri Lankan people’s movement, Janatha Aragalaya, has shattered the legitimacy of the ruling establishment of the country and has come to pose a serious challenge to the imperialist powers that have been backing the corrupt regime. Functioning from the Colombo’s Galle Face and numerous other centres which have … Continue reading The Popular Uprising in Sri Lanka – What Next? →

What is the “Russkiy Mir?” We begin to elucidate. [Video]

The term “Civilization State” has recently come into use. I first heard it on Dr. Steve Turley’s videos around the time of Russia’s beginning its “special military operation” to demilitarize and de-nazify Ukraine. The term is simple to understand: The rise of a state – a nation or small group of nations, which share in […]

The Spoils of Empire

In the wake of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, we take a look at some of the recent resistance waged by two nations rendered stateless by British cartographers. First we visit Palestine where tensions have flared into several violent confrontations between Israeli settlers and the Palestinian intifada. Then we go to Kurdistan where neighboring Turkey […]
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The Frontman of Empire: How Bono’s “Activism” Serves the Powerful

Bono presents himself as a radical activist ruffling feathers and standing up for the world’s oppressed. In reality, he has not done or said anything in decades that discomforts the political and economical rulers of the world, which is precisely why he is constantly invited into the halls of power.
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And Then There Was No More Empire All of a Sudden

Bisa Butler (USA), I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 2019. Empire denies its own existence. It does not exist as an empire but only as benevolence, with its mission to spread human rights and sustainable development across the world. However, that perspective means nothing in Havana nor in Caracas, where ‘human rights’ has come […]
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