U.S. Lectures World on Human Rights as Cops Kill Blacks With Impunity
“Being black in America should not be a death sentence” – so said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey following the shocking, gruesome killing of George Floyd by a police officer on…
Cuba Is Punished for not Emulating the U.S.
In April 2015, the Obama Administration removed Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism – a move in line with the diplomacy pursued following the release of…
The Unbearable Lightness of China
Kishore Mahbubani’s new book argues that China’s rejuvenation is not driven by missionary impulse, a fact a flagging US refuses to see Pepe ESCOBAR As a living embodiment of how…
Maybe Karl Marx Was Right After All
Before Marx socialism was a sort of voluntary wish thing, no doubt growing out of Protestant fantasies of life in early Christianity when everything was supposedly shared. There were a…
The Hunt for Patient Zero
https://www.unz.com/article/the-hunt-for-patient-zero/ Another American Index Case? In our last episode, Last Man Standing, we wondered if the Covid-19 outbreak might prove advantageous to China. Here we speculate about how–thanks to a…
Anti-China Hysteria Is Ultimately Not About Covid-19, Racism Or Communism, But Power
Caitlin JOHNSTONE In a recent article falsely titled “The U.S.-China propaganda war is on hold, but not for long”, The Washington Post’s Josh Rogin made a very interesting admission. “The…
How the pandemic exposes irrationalities in our social system
by Emrys Westacott The current Covid 19 pandemic is undoubtedly a disaster for millions of people: for those who die, who grieve for the dead, who suffer through a traumatic…
Can We Benefit from Bipolarity?
http://www.nus.edu.sg/alumnet/thealumnus/issue-121/perspectives/panorama/can-we-benefit-from-bipolarity Caught between the superpowers that are China and the United States, Southeast Asian countries may feel the pressure to choose sides. What then, is a prudent course to take?…
Putin Says ‘The Rich Must Pay’ for the Corona-Virus
https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/putin-says-the-rich-must-pay-for-the-corona-virus/ Vladimir Putin has decided how Russia is going to pay for the corona-virus. He’s going to tax the rich. It’s a remedy that most Americans would support if they…
Italy Must Never Forget…Or Forgive
https://www.unz.com/estriker/italy-must-never-forget-or-forgive/ Another 832 people died from coronavirus in Italy today. The country’s fatalities have passed 10,000. Some believe this number is a massive undercount and the number of deaths could…