Highlights from the Joint Declaration of the 17th BRICS Summit On July 6, BRICS member states signed the Joint Declaration of the 17th BRICS Summit, “Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance”, in Rio de Janeiro. Similar to the game-changing Kazan Declaration, this year’s BRICS declaration serves as a manifesto for the Multipolar World […]
Oh, the delicious irony. For many years I’ve been writing about the southern US border and the many ways in which Mexico has used it as a “steam valve” to get rid of people in perpetual poverty, as well as malcontents, violent criminals and political revolutionaries. Who could have foreseen a time when the conundrum […]
In what can only be perceived as a desperate attempt, the Israeli government is weaponisng the history of Spain, from the Inquisition to the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, criticising the Spanish government and its public opinion at any given opportunity, in an effort to undermine the country’s pro-Palestinian stance, which distances itself not […]
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said that the current NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) chief is “on magic mushrooms.” Medvedev has been mocking Mark Rutte after the NATO leader claimed China could ask Russia to attack European territory. Rutte said that if China wanted to attack Taiwan, it could first attack NATO territory in Europe […]
Another 1,088 were wounded as Israel’s relentless strikes continued throughout the weekend Israeli forces in Gaza killed 288 Palestinians and wounded 1,088 over the past three days, according to daily death toll updates from Gaza’s Health Ministry, as relentless US-backed Israeli strikes continued to pound the Strip and aid seekers continued to be killed while […]
Sure, Zohran Mamdani, surprise winner of the Dem primary for New York City mayor, is an ultra-left-wing wackadoo. But it occurs to us that this veritable assault on sanity— via the election of a 33 year-old nincompoop who wants rent controls, free day care, communist grocery stores, and confiscatory taxes on the wealthy who already […]
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”President Dwight D. Eisenhower (April 16, 1953) Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, […]
Operations “The Rising Lion” and “Midnight Hammer” were massive demonstrations of force. They lasted no more than 12 days in total. Their results are unknown, but much has been learned about those who planned them. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which relied on AI software rather than the observations of its inspectors, is now demonetized. […]
The prime minister of Israel is taking his third trip to the White House in the five months since Trump has been back in office. I have immediate blood family members who I love with all my heart and visit less often than this. Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): […]
The likely temporary Israel-Iran ceasefire notwithstanding, if you need proof of how despicable Donald Trump is, consider this: When asked last week if he would ask Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to stop bombing Iran, which had already said it would stop retaliating for Israeli attacks, Trump said, “I think it’s very hard to make that request right […]