In 1958 the novelist Leon Uris wrote a stunning novel entitled “Exodus”, about the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine after World War II. In 1960, the legendary director Otto Preminger made the film, which starred Hollywood icon, Paul Newman. I saw Exodus when I was six years old, and the impact of the […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated and, in fact, accelerated the sharp inequalities that exist in every society individually, and the world at large.
It’s all the same old stuff: Bellingcat, unnamed intelligence sources, evidence we can't show you, changing facts, amazing coincidences.
This year the world celebrated the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, seeking through its work and existence to epitomize a commitment to multilateralism in international affairs. As José Antonio Ocampo, former Colombian Minister of Finance and UN Under-Secretary-General, rightly noted, “The UN was built on three pillars: First of them – peace. Its primary […]
Why is President-elect of Moldova Maia Sandu at the center of large public protests when she is poised to soon take office anyway?
In an aristocracy, everything is just a racket. Even a covid-19 relief bill is, Eric Zuesse writes.
Not too long ago, this author wrote about how on September 25, 2020, pro-South Korean activists from Korean Verband put up another monument to comfort women in downtown Berlin and near the Japanese embassy. Under the guise of a sculpture symbolizing the protection of the rights of women victims of wars in Berlin’s Mitte district, […]
Flawed humans are often too eager to over inflate information that suits them to build the exciting revolutionary narrative of their fantasies.
The biggest problem the US has is that it has run out of enemies. There’s no Soviet Union, far fewer dictatorships of any shade, the Chinese have been encouraged to buy up everything they can in Western countries and Trump has sat down with Kim Jong-Un and treated him as a legitimate fellow member of […]
Instead of the UN sustaining refugees, refugees are sustaining UN politics, albeit unwittingly, Ramona Wadi writes.
