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An Occupying Power Cannot Be a Beacon of Democracy
As Israel celebrates its 75th anniversary, every Israeli should remember that the occupation stains the country’s independence day and that Israel is not and will not be a true democracy as long as it remains an occupying power I couldn’t applaud and admire enough the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who protested for 17 consecutive […]
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Preparing for War: The Growing Global Military Budget
US$2.24 trillion is a mighty amount. It’s also a sickening figure when considering the object of this exercise. The flickering tease of war, the promise of bloodshed and an increasingly large butcher’s bill, are inevitable suggestions from such a figure. The scenes are also clear: well-paid suits dazed by theories of the next war; policy […]
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Loyal Customer Confronts Rude Laundry Owner
For more than eight years, I did my wash in the same laundromat. Called “Sparkle Plenty,” it was a relic. It first opened in 1973 and appeared as if the decor had never been altered (and rarely cleaned). It’s changed hands a few times over the years but when I first encountered it in 2006, […]
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Foiled Escape: UC Global, the CIA, and Julian Assange
A billboard van calling for an end to extradition proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waits at traffic lights in Parliament Square in London, England, on September 14, 2020. (Photo by David Cliff/NurPhoto) However described, the shabby treatment of Julian Assange never ceases to startle. While he continues to suffer in Belmarsh prison awaiting the […]
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How the War on Crypto Triggered a Banking Crisis
According to an article in American Banker titled “SEC’s Gensler Directly Links Crypto and Bank Failures,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler has asked for more financial resources to police the crypto market. Gensler testified at an April 18 House Financial Services Committee hearing: [Crypto companies] have chosen to be noncompliant and not provide investors with confidence and protections, […]
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China to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
This week’s News on China in 2 minutes. • China to regulate Artificial Intelligence • CATL’s new condensed matter Battery • China increases exports to the Global South • Journey to the West, low-budget science fiction
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Is the Left Getting Increasingly Ignored in India?
The Indian Left holds the record of running an Indian state for long 34 years without a break. The Left Front formed the government in West Bengal, an eastern state of the Indian Union, in 1977 and ruled the state for 34 years at a stretch, winning all the Assembly elections in the process, before […]
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Australia: Outsourced to the US Military Establishment
It’s a very funny thing. In the US, the provision of services in such industries as security and intelligence is outsourced in a sprawling complex of contractors and subcontractors. In Australia, the entire military and security establishment is outsourced to Washington’s former mandarins, many of them earning a pile in consultancy fees. This, perhaps, is […]
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72% of the UN Security Council (by Population) Backed Russia’s Call for a UN Investigation of the Nord Stream Bombing
72 percent of the UN Security Council (by population) Backed Russia’s call for a UN investigation of the Nord Stream bombing (libya360.wordpress.com) International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one. — Ambrose Bierce, The shadow on the dial, and other essays, (ed. 1909); p. 302 in the […]
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