‘Davos in the Desert’: Rights advocates decry attendance of Kushner and Mnuchin
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 transparent investigation into the murder and the slain journalist’s body has not […]
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 the iconic leftist president’s tenure for a fourth term. Read More.
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, has not been the best for the state and has been flippant with its customers far too many times. […]
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 for the planet’s climate. Legitimate as the passion […]
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 string of reports, and published literally hundreds of essays on Russia’s “kleptocracy” and the scourge […]
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 measures that President Moreno had imposed about two weeks ago, following the IMF’s prescriptions. The […]
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 labeled) by East German workers in the birthing period of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the building of the Berlin […]
“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 rejecting the federal holiday of Columbus Day and celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead to honor […]
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 “radical evil,” saw that it was worse than merely treating others as objects. […]
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 Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, was seemingly steeped in the ultra-right’s internal online debates, blaming Jews and Muslims […]