Mali’s Break With France Is a Symptom of Cracks in the Transatlantic Alliance
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 21 November 2022, Mali’s interim prime minister, Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, issued a statement on social media announcing the government’s decision…
Ukraine and the Anti-Communications System
Remarks on Massachusetts Peace Action Webinar.
Peace Candidate, Ex-Marine Captain Matthew Hoh: War Is a Bipartisan Cancel Culture
How Democrats, their pro-war Republican cohorts and the media canceled the U.S. Senate campaign of ex-Marine and US foreign policy official Matthew Hoh.
Top Antitrust Expert: We Need a New Approach to Giant Tech Firms Like Google
Economist Cristina Caffarra, a leader in competition and antitrust, warns that ever-expanding tech giants raise concerns about the extent of their power.
Ukraine’s Nurses Face Brutal Winter as Health Austerity Collides With War
Key workers told openDemocracy they are being paid months late or not in full due to a controversial healthcare reform.
House, Senate Agree to Add $45 Billion to Biden’s 2023 Military Budget Request
Congress is still finalizing the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.
Cops Are Asking To Kill People With Robots. What Could Go Wrong?
By Jerry Iannelli / The Appeal The U.S. military has been killing people with robots for decades now, and the nation’s local police now seem eager to get in on…
Four British Ministries Refuse To Say if They’ve Discussed Assange With US
UK government statements raise suspicions about the degree of coordination with the US administration over the continued incarceration of the WikiLeaks founder.
More Evidence Elon Musk Is No Genius
As Twitter implodes under Musk’s rule, a lawsuit argues Tesla is vastly overpaying the world’s richest man.
What Comes After the Decline of American Democracy?
Democracy does indeed seem to be on the decline, but is this really a prelude to a new all-American version of authoritarianism, or worse?
Biden’s Student Debt Relief Program Is Now in the Hands of the Supreme Court
By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout More than 40 million lower-income people burdened with student loans are still waiting for clarity about how much they will owe and when their next…
Cryptome Founder Asks to be Indicted With Assange
John Young, the founder of the Cryptome website, has asked the U.S. Justice Department to also indict him as he published un-redacted State Dept. files before WikiLeaks did, reports Joe…
Israeli Forces Kill Four Palestinians in Occupied West Bank, Including Two Brothers
The three Palestinians killed overnight were identified as Jawad Rimawi, 22, Thafer Rimawi, 21, and Mufid Ikhlayel, 44. A fourth Palestinian was killed later on Tuesday morning after carrying out…
New York Times Fails To See Its Own Hypocritical Practices
In a long and detailed Twitter thread, Scott Hechinger dives into the malpractices of the New York Times when it comes to reporting on certain criminal justice elements.
Could China Help Brazil To Overcome Its Economic Crisis?
The economic partnership between Brazil and China, which has advanced greatly in the last two decades, may be one of the keys to reversing the crisis that Brazil faces. But…