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- Slavoj Zizek: Biden’s just Trump with a human face, and the two of them share the same enemy
The threat of violence erupting over the US election result next week is exposing the limits of liberal democracy, and both candidates’ rejection of left-wing ‘extremists’ is liberal opportunism at its worst. - After 4 years of chaos, many Euro leaders want rid of Trump… but President Biden could make life very difficult for someHaving dumped treaties, insulted leaders and formed unlikely alliances, Donald Trump has upset many in Europe as US president. But a Joe Biden election win could present its own issues, in particular for Britain’s Boris Johnson.
- My ‘fake news’ odyssey: How I learned the media prefer narratives over facts and never tell the whole storyWith just days left to go before a US election everyone deservingly regards as pivotal, a battle is raging over ‘fake news’ and even the meaning of words. It’s a battle I’ve already watched being fought, in another war long ago.
- Modi playing a high-risk game as he stands firm with US and takes aim at ChinaHaving signed a new military agreement with the US, Indian PM Narendra Modi is moving ever closer to the west and further away from Beijing. But his bid to position India as a rival superpower to China will be hard to pull off.
- Flu away: Scientists baffled at disappearance of influenza... but is it really gone, or just masked by Covid-19?There has been a 98% plummet in flu infections this year, dispelling fears of a Covid and flu ‘twin-demic’ about which many had warned. Experts say we can thank masks and social distancing. But does this really add up?
- Putin’s long game strategy on nuclear missiles in Europe may well pay off because Cold War treaties completely ignored ChinaIn announcing a new variation of his long-held proposal for a moratorium on intermediate-range nuclear forces in Europe, Russia’s president seeks to repeat history, turning an anticipated US/NATO “no” into an eventual “yes.”
- Muslim boycott threats and politics play out in attacks on ‘mentally ill’ Macron as he ups the rhetoric against IslamistsThe French President’s politically-loaded remarks over a teacher’s beheading have drawn insults from Muslim leaders across the world, but the ongoing battle between Islam and secular France remains very much a domestic concern.
- I lost multiple friends to opioids, and the deaths won’t stop while the system creates crises to sell ‘solutions’Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, is pleading guilty to charges related to its role in the opioid epidemic that has killed over 400,000 Americans. But a single cause celebre won’t reverse the spiral of despair that causes it.
- China’s new sanctions against American defence companies have the potential to cause major damage to the US militaryBeijing has fired a warning to the US over its arms sales to Taiwan with a new round of sanctions. The move is symbolic for now, but if China wants to get tough it really could hammer the supply chains of the impacted companies.
- ‘What Killed Michael Brown?’ is the new must-see documentary that eviscerates the mainstream narrative on race in AmericaA new film streaming on Amazon uses the tragedy of Michael Brown’s death in 2014 to insightfully reveal the manipulations and machinations that distort modern-day race relations in the US.
- Chile’s referendum rejecting the Pinochet-era constitution shows that the world is entering a new, anti-neoliberal ageThe result, 78 percent in favor of a new constitution, is a damning indictment on the neoliberal system adopted under the right-wing junta in 1973 that was used as a launch pad for similar programs around the world.
- Wayne Dupree: Is Joe Biden’s lackluster campaigning because of his physical or mental frailty, or won’t his handlers let him out?Trump’s busy final week dwarfs Biden’s, who has chosen to keep it light, allegedly because of Covid-19 fears. If he can’t take the pace of an election campaign, how would he cope with the strain of being in the White House?
- Hysteria over Amy Coney Barrett reflects the complete lack of respect for Christian beliefs that is now so commonWild claims surrounding the new US Supreme Court judge are based on nothing other than the fact she is a Catholic. It demonstrates how many political progressives have no time for those who follow the word of the Bible.
- Biden fantasizes about Russia ‘tearing up US alliances’ as NATO members clash and bicker amid Trump bullyingDemocrat presidential candidate Joe Biden has blamed Russia for “tearing up our alliances”. By “alliances”, he means euphemistically the US empire lording it over vassals among the NATO military bloc.
- After 4 years of chaos, many Euro leaders want rid of Trump… but President Biden could make life very difficult for someHaving dumped treaties, insulted leaders and formed unlikely alliances, Donald Trump has upset many in Europe as US president. But a Joe Biden election win could present its own issues, in particular for Britain’s Boris Johnson.
- Slavoj Zizek: Biden’s just Trump with a human face, and the two of them share the same enemyThe threat of violence erupting over the US election result next week is exposing the limits of liberal democracy, and both candidates’ rejection of left-wing ‘extremists’ is liberal opportunism at its worst.
- My ‘fake news’ odyssey: How I learned the media prefer narratives over facts and never tell the whole storyWith just days left to go before a US election everyone deservingly regards as pivotal, a battle is raging over ‘fake news’ and even the meaning of words. It’s a battle I’ve already watched being fought, in another war long ago.
- Modi playing a high-risk game as he stands firm with US and takes aim at ChinaHaving signed a new military agreement with the US, Indian PM Narendra Modi is moving ever closer to the west and further away from Beijing. But his bid to position India as a rival superpower to China will be hard to pull off.
- Muslim boycott threats and politics play out in attacks on ‘mentally ill’ Macron as he ups the rhetoric against IslamistsThe French President’s politically-loaded remarks over a teacher’s beheading have drawn insults from Muslim leaders across the world, but the ongoing battle between Islam and secular France remains very much a domestic concern.
- Putin’s long game strategy on nuclear missiles in Europe may well pay off because Cold War treaties completely ignored ChinaIn announcing a new variation of his long-held proposal for a moratorium on intermediate-range nuclear forces in Europe, Russia’s president seeks to repeat history, turning an anticipated US/NATO “no” into an eventual “yes.”
- Flu away: Scientists baffled at disappearance of influenza... but is it really gone, or just masked by Covid-19?There has been a 98% plummet in flu infections this year, dispelling fears of a Covid and flu ‘twin-demic’ about which many had warned. Experts say we can thank masks and social distancing. But does this really add up?
- Denying kids meals will be BoJo’s legacy, but the solution for feeding the poor is community based – and that means proper fundingBoris Johnson’s government has refused to extend a free school meal scheme to England’s half-term holiday. It’s time local communities took charge of providing meals for school kids, but they need to be adequately funded.
- ‘What Killed Michael Brown?’ is the new must-see documentary that eviscerates the mainstream narrative on race in AmericaA new film streaming on Amazon uses the tragedy of Michael Brown’s death in 2014 to insightfully reveal the manipulations and machinations that distort modern-day race relations in the US.
- China’s new sanctions against American defence companies have the potential to cause major damage to the US militaryBeijing has fired a warning to the US over its arms sales to Taiwan with a new round of sanctions. The move is symbolic for now, but if China wants to get tough it really could hammer the supply chains of the impacted companies.
- I lost multiple friends to opioids, and the deaths won’t stop while the system creates crises to sell ‘solutions’Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, is pleading guilty to charges related to its role in the opioid epidemic that has killed over 400,000 Americans. But a single cause celebre won’t reverse the spiral of despair that causes it.
- Caitlin Johnstone: America has no allies, only hostagesThe US-centralized empire functions like a giant blob that absorbs nations and turns them into imperial client states. Once absorbed, it is rare for a country to escape and rejoin other genuinely sovereign nations.
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