Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Here are the statistics that document this truth from an economic standpont, and which document that already America is a smaller economic power than is China — and is becoming relatively smaller and smaller each year in relation to China: —— GDP PPP = Gross Domestic Product at Purchasing Power […]
The stories I never wanted to write This is the life we lead. We die together as loved ones are wiped out, leaving behind little more than a memory. All we can do is write their stories as we wait for our turn. https://archive.ph/LCPvo Posted by Eric Zuesse This is the life we lead. We […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On November 1st, Christopher Black, who is one of the world’s leading international lawyers, headlined “The Collapse of International Law” and made his case that (and how) it was destroyed by the increasing hypocrisy that exists throughout The West and that is actually being applied by The West (though pervasively […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Instead of there being the U.S.-Government-promised ‘peace dividend’ after the Soviet Union ended in 1991, there has been soaring militarism by the U.S., and also soaring profits for the American producers of war-weapons. Both the profits on this, and the escalation in America’s aggressiveness following after 1991, have been stunning. […]
“Hamas terrorists”, “hostages”, “anti-Semitism”, Israeli “right of self-defense”, standing with Israel, upholding the “laws of war”, peace thru “negotiations”, “2-state solution”, end game? What are the relevant facts? How should recent events be evaluated? Double standard Western imperial states (US, Britain, France, Germany, et cetera) and their mainstream media report the conflict with a pro-Israel […]
Malak Mattar (Palestine), Last Painting Before the 2021 War, 2021. This week, from 14–18 October, the Dilemmas of Humanity conference brought together political leaders, activists, and organic intellectuals from around the world to discuss the central problems facing humanity today and strengthen proposals to address them. Gathered in Johannesburg (South Africa), participants watched in horror […]
The US “socialist” left currently playing the bothsides-ism game with Israeli genocide of Palestinians in the name of some bullshit notion of ‘nuance,’ must remember the words of Howard Zinn: “You can’t be neutral on a moving train.” Nothing is accomplished with an abstract support of Palestine when it’s convenient. It is when the empire’s […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Joe Biden organized Senate Democrats to vote to support George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003, which did nothing for the defense of America, because Iraq never threatened America. The excuses that George W. Bush had given for America’s ‘need’ to attack Iraq were lies, which, even […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The $31.4 trillion U.S. Government debt ceiling was surpassed ten months ago in January. U.S. national debt surged by more than $500 billion in just the past 20 days to reach $33.5 trillion now, according to data provided by the Treasury Department last week. On September 18th, the Treasury reported […]
Resulting from the current violence in historical Palestine, numerous articles have been appeared. However, while a few include some historical background, there is some relevant historical background which none of them include.
