Empire Decline and Costly Delusions
When Napoleon engaged Russia in a European land war, the Russians mounted a determined defense, and the French lost. When Hitler tried the same, the Soviet Union responded similarly, and…
Western Imperialism
Imperialism is Inherently Incompatible with Peace, Environment Protection and Happiness
Do most people in the USA desire world peace? Like all normal human beings they certainly do, preferring a world of peace and stability to a world of wars and…
How the Western Leaders Destroyed the Muslim World: We, the People and Revival of Colonization
The Arab word’s a veritable mess. The cosmic leadership deficit, the absence of legitimate institutions, the lack of transparency, disrespect for human rights, abysmal regard for gender equality, and too…
Obdurate
A word can have strong meanings associated with it, and depending on its use, can be interpreted from different perspectives. Recently I heard a citation from Michael Ignatieff, Canada’s contribution…
Imperialism is Alive and Kicking, Resistance Needs More Unity
When Bhagat Singh and his colleague gave the slogan of ‘ Death to Imperialism’ , they were of course more immediately concerned with British rule in India, but in addition, …
What Planet Is NATO Living On?
Written by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies The February meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since President Biden took power, revealed an antiquated,…
The ‘humanitarian’ left still ignores the lessons of Iraq, Libya and Syria to cheer on more war
The instinct among parts of the left to cheerlead the right’s war crimes, so long as they are dressed up as liberal “humanitarianism”, is alive and kicking, as Owen Jones…
Now West Should Sit On Its Backside, Shut Up, And Listen To “The Others”!
We were always told what to think; what is correct and what is wrong. By the white dudes living in or coming from Europe and North America. They knew everything.…
Exploiting Terrorism For Economic Gains
In order to understand the hype surrounding the phenomena of Islamic radicalism and terrorism, we need to understand the prevailing global economic order and its prognosis. What the pragmatic economists…
Unreliability, Spinelessness Of The Western ‘Left’
It is tough to fight any real war. And it takes true guts, discipline and determination to win it. For years and decades, the so-called ‘left’ in the West has…
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