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Martin Luther King (MLK) Now

Posted By: adminon: April 04, 2026In: FlashbackTags: African-American, Barack Obama, Ghettoisation, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Movement for Black Lives, NAACP, Rosa Parks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Washington, ‘Where Do We Go From Here’, ‘Why We Can’t Wait’No CommentsViews:

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

The mystery of U Thant and the 1965-67 Nobel Peace Prize

Posted By: adminon: August 31, 2025In: FlashbackTags: Cuban Missile Crisis, Nobel Peace Prize Committee, North Vietnam, Ralph Bunche, The Norwegian government, U.N Secretary-General U Thant, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:

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

The Israel-Iran Crisis: A Chance to Step Back from the Brink

Posted By: adminon: April 17, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Beijing, Deterrence, Hamas, Hizbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Operation True Promise, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:

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

Quite Literally, China Builds While America Bombs, And This Study Proves It

Posted By: adminon: February 02, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Beijing, CEPR, DOD, George Orwell, Manufacturing superpower, Paul Krugman, PEACE, WAR, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:

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

The Conservatism of Multi-Party Democracy in Developing Countries

Posted By: adminon: April 06, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Abuja, APC administration, Defensive Radicalism, New Delhi, Pretoria, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:

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

The Comprador Intelligentsia

Posted By: adminon: February 19, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Center, Comprador intelligentsia, Islam, London, Mainland China, the West, US, Washington1 CommentViews:

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

‘Reading’ One of PLA’s Newest Commanders in Town

Posted By: adminon: January 20, 2023In: SpectacleTags: Beijing, Delhi, DRC, International Security, Islamabad, Moscow, PLA, Stanley Macebuh, The New York Times, Ukraine, Washington1 CommentViews:

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

The Russians Are Coming: Are Beijing and Moscow at the Cusp of a Formal Alliance?

Posted By: adminon: February 06, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: NATO, Nord Stream 2, RCEP, Sino-Soviet split, Warsaw Treaty Organisation, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:

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 Iranian Hedgehog Versus the American Fox

Posted By: adminon: June 22, 2019In: World From AfricaTags: Archilochus, Glenn Greenwald, Karl Marx, Sean Hannity, Tehran, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:

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