North America

Peering Outside the Disney Media Bubble Over the course of the last three years I’ve been doing a kind of study. Since January of 2022, I’ve been looking not only at Western news from the left, right and center, I’ve…

The sweeping wildfires in Los Angeles are just another horrific manifestation of the rapidly increasing and deadly effects of climate change. Those who deny that there is such a thing as climate change are misguided and can cause further incalculable…

The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards will this year honor individuals from Brazil, Germany, India, Navajo country, the United States and Zimbabwe for their achievements in working for a nuclear-free world. The Award laureates are chosen by an international jury of…

Yesterday, the Biden administration removed Cuba from the U.S. the U.S. list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, marking a major victory for not only the Cuban people, but also for all people of the world who stand for sovereignty, dignity,…

The Mexican government of Claudia Sheinbaum has launched the National Voluntary Disarmament Plan ‘Yes to disarmament, Yes to peace’, a program that aims to get the population to surrender their firearms in exchange for financial compensation. The President, accompanied by…

Retreat From Climate Pledges Deemed ‘a Lily-Livered Effort to Avoid Criticism’ Six of the largest banks in the United States have bowed out of the global Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), with the inauguration of Donald Trump predicted to bring political backlash concerning climate action, reported The…

The six fires raging across Los Angeles have now claimed more than 12,000 homes and other structures, and at least 11 lives. An estimated 180,000 people remain under evacuation orders and another 166,800 face evacuation warnings as firefighters continue to…

Two of this year’s “Freedom Medals” went to Hillary Clinton and Liz Cheney. The question that immediately came to my mind when I heard the news was: What sort of freedom and for whom? Because if they’re basing these awards…

During the bilateral meeting at Palazzo Chigi last night (9/1/2025) between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a few pacifists in Rome hoisted, next to the Colosseum, a gigantic banner bearing Julian Assange’s famous quote, “If wars can…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday mocked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America,” referring to the United States. Sheinbaum gave her daily press conference in front of a…