Sanctions, Security and the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, construction of which is intended to transport 55 billion cubic metres of Russian gas to Germany per year under the Baltic Sea, is a ragbag of options and promises. The...
View ArticleDonald Trump Will Easily Be Reelected: There Has Been No Repudiation of What...
I predicted well before the last election that Donald Trump would be elected, having felt that way once he rode down that golden escalator with his rapist invective. Ever since he was elected, I’ve...
View ArticleFast Food Nations and Global Nutrition
Daniel Maingi works with small farmers in Kenya and belongs to the organisation Growth Partners for Africa. He remembers a time when his family would grow and eat a diversity of crops, such as mung...
View ArticleThe Military and Climate Change/Justice
The world situation is much worse than generally acknowledged. This last December, the coinciding meetings of NATO and of the climate change Congress of Parties (COP25) were barely reported, much less...
View ArticleGreedy Old Plutocrats
In his book Totem and Taboo, Sigmund Freud indulged in a speculative scenario for the origins of society. Everyone, young and old alike, once lived together in a “primal horde”– ruled by an aging,...
View ArticleWashington Legislature Report a Strong First Step in Ending Domestic Terrorism
Last week, the Republican Party of Washington unveiled a detailed investigation finding that state legislator Matt Shea (R-Spokane) “participated in an act of domestic terrorism against the United...
View ArticleThe MEK in Albania
The following is an interview I conducted via email with Osli Jazexhi, an Albanian-based, Canadian-Albanian historian who specializes in the history of Islam, nationalism and religious reformation in...
View ArticleThe Right to a Good NIght’s Sleep
I barely slept during the full two years I was homeless. One night, at around 3 a.m., after hours of searching for a spot, I curled up on a portion of soft, thick grass. An hour later, automatic...
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Across the Balkans: Srebrenica
An account of a journey from Croatia to Kosovo, by way of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Serbia, and with a detour into Montenegro. This is part VI of a series. Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery for...
View ArticleLos Angeles Roars for “Azadi!” Reflections on an Indian Solidarity Action in...
For two full hours yesterday afternoon, Los Angeles’ Grand Park reverberated with the simultaneously furious and joyous roars of “Azadi!” (“Freedom!”) and “Inquilab Zindabad!” (“Love Live the...
View ArticleSpace Warriors: Democrats Give Trump His Space Force for Xmas
President Trump last week signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2020 that establishes a U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces—despite the Outer Space Treaty...
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The Looming U.S. Water Crisis
Dalles Dam. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. According to the World Economic Forum, the global water crisis is the fourth major threat of our civilization. In fact, studies warn that two-thirds of the global...
View ArticleThe People of India Are Taking It to the Streets to Challenge Modi’s Bigoted...
Every day and in every part of India, hundreds of thousands of people—mainly young people—gather on the streets to express their anger at the government. Their protests, like those of the protests in...
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What’s Wrong With Malthus
In the recently published “Limits: Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care,” Giorgos Kallis tackles weighty and expansive topics in merely 156 pages. One cannot help but wonder if...
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Big City, Small Farmers, and a Dying River
Photo: Aikantik Bag. “Insaan ab na jhagde se marega na ragade se marega tho bhook aur pyas se.” “Humankind will now die not of conflict or stress But of hunger and thirst.” So, it’s not just science...
View ArticleThe UK Election: a Postmortem
The various statistical analyses of the UK general election result have been coming in, and they allow some interesting and perhaps important observations to be made. The perception that it was Leave...
View ArticleBoris Johnson, the Moral Runaway
In CounterPunch in July 2016 I noted that the then British foreign minister, Boris Johnson, “is a twofaced, devious, posturing piece of slime who can’t be trusted to tell the time of day” who began his...
View ArticleThe Fascinating History and Political Lives of Jews in Iran
On December 14, 2019, a white male entered the Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills, vandalizing the sanctuary. He unrolled Torah scrolls, strewed them across the floor, and tore prayer books. Four days...
View ArticleOn Those Questionable US Wage Stats…Again
In recent months, various independent business and research sources have been raising questions about the accuracy of US official job and wage statistics. Several more sources have joined the...
View ArticleCOP25: Never Have so Many Governments Done So Little for So Many
It’s said that it is better to laugh than cry. But what do we do when a situation has become so beyond parody that laughter is impossible? As Australia burns, the world is about to finish its second...
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