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American Voters: Ignorant, Insouciant, or Both?
In the US presidential election on 5 November 2024, American voters provided people in the United States and elsewhere a stupendous gift: the ouster of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration. Simultaneously, the voters bequeathed fellow Americans and people of the world the nightmare of four more years of Donald Trump. Prior to the election, I […]
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Trump Heads for War Against Some Nations, Alienation Against Others
U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump is heading America towards very hot wars against China, Russia, and Iran, and for rather cold wars against Mexico, Canada, Europe, and Japan. The difference from Biden-Harris is unclear with regard to the hot wars — Trump has picked a team who overall are as neoconservative as the existing team — […]
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Gallic Stubbornness: France, Netanyahu and the ICC Arrest Warrants
The comity of nations, at least when it comes to international humanitarian law, took a rather curious turn with the announcement by France that it would regard Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s immunity as unimpeachable even before an arrest warrant approved by the International Criminal Court. This view was expressed despite France claiming to be […]
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Canadian Police Treating Nazi Monument as War Memorial – Media
View of the Ukrainian memorial to Nazi military unit, the 1st Galician Division, at St. Michael’s Cemetery in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. © Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Police and prosecutors in the Canadian province of Alberta have classed a monument to Ukrainian veterans who fought for Nazi Germany as a protected “war memorial,” for the purpose […]
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FIFA is Whitewashing and Sportswashing Israeli Genocide and Sporticide
Israel ‘Defense’ Forces, with unconditional support of the United States, have been waging a genocidal war on Gaza since October 2023, resulting in an unparalleled humanitarian catastrophe. They dropped over 85,000 tons of bombs, exceeding the amount of explosives used in World War II. More than 44,000 Palestinian have been killed, including over 16,000 children, 190 journalists, 1,000 health […]
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The Public Life of Noam Chomsky
A man of stupendous brilliance.” — Norman Finkelstein “A gargantuan influence.” — Chris Hedges “ … brilliant … unswerving … relentless … heroic.” — Arundhati Roy “Preposterously thorough.” — Edward Said “[A] fierce talent.” — Eduardo Galeano “An intellectual cannon.” — Israel Shamir “A lighthouse over a sea of hogwash.” — Kathleen Cleaver He had […]
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Media Finally Reports that Many Canadians Oppose NATO
A large raucous protest put criticism of Canada’s most damaging international accord back on the public radar. In response to the opening of North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 70th anniversary Parliamentary Assembly in Montreal 1,500 protested Friday to “Block NATO”. The main banner at the front of the night march stated: “Block NATO: Reject Militarism, Imperialism […]
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Bringing Reality to the Palestinian Struggle
The world ponders at the destruction that Israel has inflicted upon the Middle East and North Africa and questions why the United States serves as a surrogate force that assists Israel in accomplishing its purposes. How did a relatively few Zionists deceive an unknowing world to trust its cause and actions were legitimate, convince the […]
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The Bonhoeffer Movie and Immigrant Rights
The church is the church only when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in need. The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell people of every calling what it means to […]
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