Biden’s Tardy Apology to American Indigenous Peoples
The harm caused to indigenous communities in North America, in the United States, Alaska and Canada is incalculable.
The BRICS Summit in Kazan: A Manifesto for a Rational World Order
Let the West remain in denial about BRICS. While some dogs may bark, the caravan moves on.
The US List of Countries Allegedly Sponsors of Terrorism: Another Imperialistic Scam
By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch In the US State Department’s toolkit, unilateral coercive measures (UCMs) are used to blackmail, bully and intimidate States that do not readily accept US…
The Dynamics of War Insanity: NATO’s Ukraine Roulette
By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch Deliberate provocations of a nuclear rival, coups d’état, colour revolutions, broken promises, broken treaties, escalation of tensions, demonization, invective, double-standards — all this while…
Provocation Is Not an Innocent Act
By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch Provocation is not an innocent act. Under specific circumstances, provocation constitutes a tort or even a crime, especially when it deliberately generates a violent…
The Ukraine War in the Light of the UN Charter
By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch The war in Ukraine did not start on 24 February 2022, but already in February 2014. The civilian population of the Donbas has endured…
The Flaws in the “Assessment” Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on China
By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch On 31 August 2022, the last day of Michelle Bachelet’s 4-year tenure as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office released a 46-page…