It is 58 years ago today (04/04/2026) since Martin Luther King, Jr was killed. Instead of diminishing, his standing and symbolism are rising because the racism he fought against is still the... Read more
By Thant Myint-U This LinkedIn piece may not be the bombshell it is for the bit about how the Nobel establishment pulled the carpet from under then UN Sec-Gen – U Thant’s feet on the Nobel P... Read more
By International Crisis Group There is some careful balancing in this statement that makes it a more attractive intervention than that of those who are either parroting Israel’s invincibilit... Read more
The world is becoming more and more interesting even as it is becoming more and more dangerous, whether you are in the metropolis or in the hamlet. Just as in an earlier story in Interventio... Read more
By Aminu Habibu Jahun Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the United States as the dominant world power, competitive multi-party democracy triumphed as the ... Read more
By Branko Milanovic This writer recasts an age-old form of dependency into a fascinating new delivery. Read on: In “Orientalism”, Edward Said spoke of an orientalist as an interpreter... Read more
The cover picture that hits our eyes here is that of General Huang Ming, the new commander of the People’s Liberation Army, (PLA)’s Central Theatre Command. That’s the guy in cha... Read more
Counterpunch from where this piece was reproduced introduced the authors, first being Ramzy Baroud, as a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books.... Read more
The world is in the grip of fear of a war between the US and Iran after Iran shot down a US surveillance plane. Bringing a psycho-analysis lens to the escalation, Karim Sadjadpour deploys la... Read more
By Jennifer Gonnerman Wayne Barrett, the author of “Trump: The Deals and the Downfalls,” in 2007. Credit... Read more
