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==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts French writers on war and peace ==== Clément RicherFrom Son of Ti-CoyoTranslated by Gerard Hopkins Famous generals by the dozens were turning in their graves because they had not yet been able to clamber onto metal horses – preferably of bronze – in the middle of […]
When Joe Biden was declared the winner in the US elections last November, expectations in Ramallah were high. A Biden Administration, compared to the brazenly pro-Israel Trump Administration, would surely be much fairer to Palestinians, was the conventional wisdom at the time.
Twenty-one Israel-based civil society groups on Sunday joined Palestine defenders around the world in condemning the Israeli government’s labeling of six Palestinian advocacy groups as terrorist organizations, calling the move “an act of cowardice.” Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s “designation of prominent Palestinian civil society organizations, among them our colleagues in the Palestinian human rights … Continue reading "‘An Act of Cowa
At least 15 people were killed.
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Mises Institute, October 27, 2021 Protectionism Is Immoral, Unjust, and Corrupt by James Bovard Protectionism is reviving in Washington on both sides of the political aisle. Democrats are cheering proposals to restrict trade to benefit labor unions and save the environment while some Republicans are reviving Smoot-Hawley style salvation schemes. Protectionist advocates routinely seize the […]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war G. J. Whyte-Melville: A soldier who fattens a battlefield, encumbers a trench, has his name misspelled in a gazette ==== G. J. Whyte-MelvilleFrom The Interpreter: A Tale of the War Boom! – there it is again! Every eye lightens at […]
The US is not obliged to defend Taiwan, and because of that China hawks have been agitating for at least the last year to make an explicit security guarantee to protect Taiwan against attack. Last week, President Biden made another unforced error when he affirmed that the US has a "commitment" to defend Taiwan when … Continue reading "Biden’s Unforced Taiwan Error"
Nearly two centuries ago President James Monroe ordered the world’s powers to stay out of the Western Hemisphere. The still young American republic, which lacked a serious navy or army, thereby compounded the hubris of its earlier claim to be creating a novus ordo seclorum, or new order for the ages. Although among the states … Continue reading "China and the Monroe Doctrine: What’s Good for the Goose Is Good for the Gander?"
It certainly looked that way last Friday as Israel’s defense minister – who has been presented as a force for moderation in an Israeli government led by the settler right – declared six leading Palestinian human rights groups to be “terrorist organizations”.
