Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city’s well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world’s leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus stop flashed the images of poor looking African children needing help. Over the […]
The elevated political discourse emanating from African leaders and intellectuals gives one hope that the supposedly 'poor' continent is plotting an escape from the grip of western domination.
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Predictions of imminent collapse of Russian army are fanciful The Western media have widely celebrated the retreat of Russian forces from the city of Kherson, presenting the Ukrainians as liberators of the city and the Russian retreat as an example of the weakness of the Russian army and its impending collapse. However, the same media […]
America is widely understood to be a key instigator behind conflict in Ukraine that has pitted brother against brother Smeared, stigmatized, and lied about in Western media propaganda, the mostly Russian-speaking people of the Donbass region were being slaughtered by the thousands in a brutal war of “ethnic cleansing” launched against them by the neo-Nazi […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On November 13, a blast ripped through Istiklal street, a busy pedestrian area in the Beyoglu neighborhood of Istanbul. The explosion killed six people and wounded 81 at about 4:30 pm local time. Among the dead were Arzu Ozsoy and her 15-year-old daughter Yagmur Ucar, a nine-year-old girl and […]
Eric Zuesse It now has exactly 900 foreign military bases. This is in addition to 749 bases (which can be examined here) that are within the United States, for a grand total of 1,649 U.S. military bases. Whom is this ‘defending’ anyone from? Is it defending Americans? From what, where? Who would be so stupid […]
The tale of a Vegas gambler, failed politician, and professional Nazi groupie The war in Ukraine has been a bonanza for grifters. From mercenaries and gun runners to OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) and journalists, a bottomless well of western financing combined with a firehose stream of information both true and false has created a perfect […]
With its inherent cyclicity, history returns Europe to the dark ages. In the literal sense, in the coming winter, Europeans are likely to face rolling blackouts to ration their consumption, and have to watch their cities plunge into darkness. In a figurative sense, the whole world will be able to observe the terrible consequences for […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator In France, it is banned in schools, and in Iran it is mandatory. The French fashion police are interfering with women’s freedom while criticizing their counterparts in Iran. A piece of cloth used by women to cover their hair has become a point of contention. The Orthodox Jewish women […]
