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Bodies that do not collaborate: The tenth Insurrection of The Royal Ballet & Opera against the genocide in Gaza

The image is moving and sublime. A ballerina in full grand jeté, suspended in the air with a Chilean flag waving above her head, while behind her a water cannon truck and an ammunition carrier loom: a symbol of criminal…

It’s Not About Criticizing Boric: Legally, an State’s Crimes Against Humanity Make All of Us Its Victims

This column responds to the debate sparked by my previous editorial critiquing President Boric’s cautious stance amid the genocide in Gaza. It is not a personal critique nor a polemical gesture, but a demand for coherence grounded in international law.…

Bombed Clinic and Conquest Decision: Netanyahu Hastens Gaza’s Final Collapse

The image is brutal. The explosion—like a torn throat—shatters the silence of the night and lights up the ruins of Gaza surrounding the UN clinic, which blew into a thousand pieces, leaving behind yet another toll of dead and injured…

The Scapegoat and the Mirror: Donald Trump as Lightning Rod for Liberal Guilt

Liberals have turned Donald Trump into a moral scapegoat—fixating on his every word as a way to avoid confronting their own complicity in systemic failures, and distracting themselves from the harder task of articulating a compelling political alternative. In the…

The dialogue that did not happen

The CSCE, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe held in Helsinki in July-August 1975, was a successful dialogue between states. At the celebratory conference organised by the Finnish Foreign Ministry at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki on July 31,…

Diversity and Consciousness: A New Connection

I’ve been working on what we commonly call “diversity” in cultural terms for decades. I co-founded the Diversity Center of Queens and published DiverCity newspaper and magazine in Jackson Heights—widely recognized as one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the United States.…

World Youth Conference for Peace, call for unity, cooperation, and dialogue

Over 3,000 young leaders and students from around the world gathered in Beijing on Tuesday July 29 for the World Youth Conference for Peace, a global call for unity, cooperation, and dialogue amid rising global tensions. Held under the theme…

The War Economy at the Border

While Venezuela Reunites Families, the U.S. Builds a $131 Billion Border War Machine By Michelle Ellner In July 2025, the U.S. Congress passed a budget that commits $131 billion to expanding detention, deportation, and border militarization. It is the largest…

Europe is going down like the Titanic because it has learned nothing from its past

Europe is repeating all its bad things from the past because it learned nothing from that past. It learned nothing from its colonial past, it learned nothing from its warmongering past on european soil. We will not talk here about…

Essequibo: oil, shipping, and sovereignty in dispute

The Esequibo Territory: Disputed Sovereignty and Global Stakes The Esequibo territory, with over 159,000 km² of jungle, rivers, and resources, was historically part of the Viceroyalty of Peru and later of the Captaincy General of Venezuela during colonial times. When…

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