Opinions

The new era marks the end to “old politics”: the Red vs Blue; Right vs Left labels lose relevance. Even the need for transition – just to be clear – has only just begun to be recognised in the U.S. For the European leadership however, and for the beneficiaries of financialization who haughtily lament Trump’s “storm” unleashed on…
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The hatred of some in Israel for the people of Gaza – even for little children – is just astounding. If they have even a tiny bit of belief in God, they should pray for forgiveness. Unfortunately, NPR reported last Thursday (May 15) on “deadly airstrikes, killing more than 150 people in the past day, including dozens of children.”…
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While there are key differences in the methods and scale of operation, the mafia and democratic governments share many similarities in how power is structured, maintained, and protected. Both rely on loyalty, control, coercion, and a hierarchical system where a small elite preserves its dominance, often at the expense of the public. The…
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What the media is hiding from you: Iran has persuaded the Houthis to agree to a ceasefire with U.S. to build momentum for this weekend's nuclear talks in Oman (May 17-18). Two Iranian officials said Tehran encouraged the Houthis to stop their attacks on US facilities, arguing that it was in Iran's interest to reduce tensions to advance…
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One aspect few do enough of is the systematic examination of the public statements — especially when solidified in written form — of one’s enemies. Depending on whom you view as your enemy, therefore, a careful examination of such texts as The Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky (real name, Lev Bronstein), Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, plus…
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Elite universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Columbia or Yale, were created to train and perpetuate the plutocracy. They are not and never have been centers of cutting-edge intellectual thought. They cloak themselves in the veneer of moral probity and intellectualism but cravenly serve political and economic power. This is their nature.…
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Seeing the efforts of EU leaders to support the continuation of the war in Ukraine, against the interests of their own people and despite the warning from Russia that their actions can lead to World War III, makes one think about the lessons from the past. Not Our War When the UK previously offered its guarantees to Poland in…
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Over the years I have been one of those people encouraged by the many parallels between European populist-nationalists and the MAGA movement in the US. There is indeed something going on in many places in the world where shadowy deep states are under threat by nationalist movements of many types. Sometimes though, I have struck a…
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We all know the old joke: When a European referendum delivers the “wrong” outcome, the “the elites” make the country vote again until they get it “right”. The EU thought this would be the case after Brexit. But so far, no one’s laughing. If anything, the situation is worse now. Take Romania, which recently cancelled its…
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