Politics

Even before the attack on the homeland of the weather balloons, the Havana Syndrome tested America’s mettle. The Havana Syndrome was first reported in Cuba in 2016. The mysterious malady initially afflicted US embassy staff in Havana, especially those attached…

Dear President Biden, My name is Olivia DiNucci and I am the anti-war activist who interrupted your dinner in DC the other night. You, the most powerful man in the world, were sitting right in front of me. Normal people…

For many centuries, the powerful have helped control their working poor by elevating some of the oppressed to wield the whip. The Romans had the Vigiles, poor men and often ex-slaves who patrolled the streets and fought fires; the Nazis…

Ten years after his death Hugo Chávez, the locomotive that drove the daily construction of the Patria Grande, that of the peoples, left an orphaned nation ten years ago. He symbolised (and symbolises) the emergence of emancipatory regional thought for…

Supporters of the ruling party are finding themselves deplatformed as the social media giant defends the opposition Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has blocked a slew of accounts and groups as part of its “Adversarial Threat”  program. The social media…

In its latest annual report, the global body dedicated to promoting peace through parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue, also said that women’s participation has never been as diverse as it is in many countries today. The findings are based on data from the 47 countries that…

On this show, we speak with Harley Schlanger about the present situation in Germany and Europe in front of the Ukraine / Russia conflict. We also discussed the enormous, economic, energetic, and military pressure on Europe by the United States…

What are the purposes behind the Minsk Agreements? What war is it about and when did it start in Ukraine? What is the 26 September attack on the Nord Stream pipeline evidence of? By Rafael Poch/ctxt Minsk agreements, the peace…

When a cartoonist was recently denounced and canceled for racist remarks, Jon Schwarz pointed out that his resentment at black people for not being grateful for what white people do for them echoed similar resentment over the years for the ingratitude of…

In a rare show of bipartisanship, Republican and Democratic House members put on a united front as they probed how to respond to the perceived growing threat of China. The inaugural hearing of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the…