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(Moscow Bureau) – Despite the complexities posed by Russia-Ukraine crisis, United States has been taking conscious steps to improve commercial relations with Russia. Unsurprisingly, Russia, on the other hand, is also moving to restore and normalise its diplomacy, negotiating for…

In our Donald-in-Wonderland world, the US is at war with Venezuela while still grasping for a public rationale. The horrific human toll is real – over a 100,000 fatalities from illegal sanctions and over a hundred from more recent “kinetic…

It’s recently stopped snowing; it’s the most beautiful time in the city when the blanket is still pristine and we pedestrians follow each other’s footsteps. Thus, wrapped in the icy whiteness, we cross the neighborhood park to reach the subway…

“Freeloader.”  A colleague called me that after discovering that my cousins in Los Angeles fed me for a year, free of charge.  But there is more.  This new immigrant also got to tag along with them to Las Vegas for…

The Damsel In Distress  It’s remarkable, the way all of the corporate, ie: “mainstream” news outlets are immediately lining up their narratives to push for/support this potential war with Venezuela – all leading off the other day with “The risky…

Late on December 9, 2025, a message from our campaign, Yves Engler for NDP leader ( NDP is the New Democratic Party in Canada) lands in my mailbox : “NDP blocks my candidacy”. There is also an article by Yves,…

Only when we truly understand what it means to be human will we resolve our conflicts and transform our relationship with ourselves, with one another, and with our so-called “natural” environment. To be human is to have the right to…

The Choice Between Two Systems of Governance Considering the unsteady quality of most corporate, ie: “mainstream” journalism these days, many people in the Collective West, in the US, Australia, Canada and much of Europe, aren’t aware of the immense changes…

Donald Trump campaigned on ending endless wars and now boasts that he has resolved eight wars. In reality, this claim is delusional, and his foreign policy is a disaster. The United States remains mired in ongoing wars in the Middle East and…

It hasn’t vanished — it has simply evolved, adapted, and embedded itself into every corner of modern life. When former U.S. President Trump—the Discriminator-in-Chief—goes into a frenzy about Somali immigrants and calls them “garbage,” many treat it as a personal…