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In the first part of this essay, I showed why Western leaders are generally so bad (https://chinarising.puntopress.com/2019/07/30/why-are-western-leaders-gawd-awful-bad-and-chinas-so-darn-competent-part-i-china-rising-radio-sinoland-190730/). The one sentence answer is they are almost always suborned to serve the interests of the 1% at the expense of the 99%.
Continue ReadingEvery time I come back to the West, this time in France, comparing Eurangloland and China just slaps me in the face. I’m getting to talk to many European citizens about life here and their impressions of Sinoland. I will first talk about Western governance and leadership. In Part II, I’ll compare it to China’s.
Continue ReadingI am truly honoured to have Douglas Valentine on the show today and would like to thank Dr. T.P. Wilkerson, whom I recently interviewed, for putting us in touch.
Continue ReadingGeopolitical, economic, energy, and military determinants have shaped U.S. Middle East policy since the Second World War. No less significant, however, is the powerful influence of Christian Zionism on the formation of America’s Israel-first policy. With over 40 million adherents, it has become a powerful force in shaping that policy, especially today.
Continue ReadingEditor’s note: It was a great honour to be able to publish some of Howard Zinn’s reflections in Tikkun and for me to have his enthusiastic endorsement of my book The Left Hand of God. You can see why I felt such a great loss when he died almost 9 years ago. May his memory be […]
Continue ReadingIsrael’s election on Tuesday came down to a battle between a prime minister who promised to annex part (or possibly all) of the West Bank and its several million Palestinians into Israel, but without giving them equal rights to Jews, and a former army general and chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who boasted […]
Continue ReadingWe at Tikkun and the Network of Spiritual Progressives are in deep mourning for the 49 Muslims killed and at least 20 seriously injured, in a hate-filled terror attack targeting two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. The murderer, a few hours before the assault, posted a long statement filled with hatred toward […]
Continue ReadingHuman rights and racial justice organisations across the UK and the rest of the world have been imploring their respective governments to get tough on the media and politicians. For too long people have got away with using dog-whistle politics, laced with racist and Islamophobic rhetoric to further their own populism.
Continue ReadingGWS co-ordinator Selma James says: “As part of the International Women’s Strike, we are taking a stand against the hostile environment, the destruction of life, the threat to our planet caused by corporate greed, wars, arms sales … We invite all women, children and non-binary people to join us, and bring their case in defence of our kids, […]
Continue ReadingUS sanctions on Venezuela are illegal and are crimes against humanity under international law. If only this genocide could become a topic of conversation throughout the world, especially in the plundered and militarily attacked or targeted nations of the so-called Third World, Americans would not be able to get away with it.
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