Impunity for the killing of a journalist commonly reveals underlying political repression, corruption, abuse of power, propaganda and even international complicity. All are present here. by: Agnes Callamard Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi […]
All four of these popular revolts caused a sitting prime minister or president to step down. by: Juan Cole As 2019 began, Saad Hariri was prime minister of Lebanon. On 17 October small street protests […]
“It was a national and international coup d’etat… it’s a coup against lithium.” by: Jake Johnson, Bolivia’s ex-President Evo Morales speaks during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on December 24, 2019. (Photo: Ronaldo […]
“He’s talking about stealing it,” Bouthaina Shaaban said of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has kept troops in Syria to guard that country’s oil fields. by: Jake Johnson, U.S. military armored vehicles and soldiers on […]
by ANDREW LEVINE Photograph Source: General Artists Corporation-GAC-management – Public Domain There are places and seasons in which the old quip about how, if you don’t like the weather, just wait a few hours, is good […]
by: SUSAN BABBITT Photograph Source: Joost Evers / Anefo – CC0 The anniversary of John Lennon’s death (December 8) was marked in Cuba. Criticism followed on social media: Cuba repressed Beatles music forcing kids under the covers. […]
by JOSH WHITE There is a new day in British politics, or so we’re told. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has just got his Brexit deal through the House of Commons. He has revealed part of his […]
by JOSH WHITE There is a new day in British politics, or so we’re told. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has just got his Brexit deal through the House of Commons. He has revealed part of his […]
by: LAWRENCE DAVIDSON Photograph Source: Master Steve Rapport – CC BY 2.0 Trump and the Constitution It is a pretty sure thing that President Donald Trump is ignorant of what is in the U.S. Constitution and, […]
The US-made mess in Afghanistan has much to do with its failed policies and shoot-first-ask-questions-later attitude. by: Ahsan I Butt Such a cavalier approach to the use of deadly force permeates American behaviour among citizens, […]