The Middle East Eye Advocates seeking justice for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi say that Saudi Arabia has still not faced accountability for the crime. Riyadh has yet to deal with any serious repercussions over the killing, the kingdom has not carried out a...
Month: November 2019
Bolivian Ballot Boxes Are Burning
The Nation Ever since Bolivia’s presidential elections were held last Sunday, the country has been on a razor’s edge. After an unusually protracted vote-counting process, Bolivian election authorities deemed Evo Morales the victor on Thursday, extending...
From privatized electricity to climate change
As California moves to outlaw private prisons, there are still services that could benefit with de-privatization, in this case, electricity. The Nation reports that PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric), the electricity provider for two million Californians,...
To Adapt to the Escalating Climate Crisis, Mere Reform Will Not Be Enough
The Ghion Journal As I’ve watched young people around the world take part in the climate actions of the last month, I’ve gotten the sense that I’m watching a spectacle which has been orchestrated to create the illusion that we’re still in an earlier, more stable time...
DC’s Atlantic Council raked in funding from Hunter Biden’s corruption-stained employer while courting his VP father
The Grayzone With its relentless focus on corruption in Russia and Ukraine, the Atlantic Council has distinguished itself from other top-flight think tanks in Washington. Over the past several years, it has held innumerable conferences and panel discussions, issued a...
Ecuadorian Government Withdraws IMF Decree After 11 Days of Protests and State Repression
The Real News Network After 11 days of massive protests, brutal repression and a general upheaval in Ecuador, the government of President Moreno and the most important indigenous organizations agreed to engage in negotiations to discuss the cancellation of austerity...
The Berlin Wall, Thirty Years Later
CounterPunch Remembrance Days are rewarding for journalists, especially since Google made research digging so easy. And how the German media love such days! Their favorite dates recall four events: June 17, 1953, the “Uprising” (or whatever it’s...
“We’re Still Here”: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration Reflects Ongoing Resistance to Colonization
Democracy Now! Christopher Columbus arrived in the Bahamas 527 years ago this week, unleashing a brutal genocide that killed tens of millions of Native people across the hemisphere. Cities and states across the country are acknowledging this devastating history by...
The Age of Radical Evil
Truthdig Immanuel Kant coined the term “radical evil.” It was the privileging of one’s own interest over that of others, effectively reducing those around you to objects to be manipulated and used for your own ends. But Hannah Arendt, who also used the term...
The False Balance Between Fascists and Antifascists
FAIR Right-wing terror is a feature of daily life in present-day America. Ostensibly spontaneous violence incubates in the same ideological ecosystem as organized reactionary political associations. Robert Bowers, the man arrested for a rampage that killed seven at...