Tag Archives: The West

من هو الغرب؟

بقلم منذر هنداوي الغرب Read more [...]

With criticism crushed in the West, Israel can enjoy its impunity

Israeli destruction of Palestinian Sur Baher houses Jonathan Cook argues that just as Israel, emboldened by Donald Trump, has unleashed new waves of brutality against the Palestinians, Western states have not only turned a blind eye to these outrages, but are actively assisting in silencing anyone who dares to speak out. Read more [...]

Why politics is dead

Why politics is dead Gilad Atzmon writes: In the good Read more [...]

Tripoli – Capital of militias: Armed groups capture the Libyan state

Tripoli, capital of militias

The study summerised below, researched and written by Wolfram Lacher and Alaa al-Idrissi of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, shows how the Libyan capital Tripoli, nominally under the control of the United Nations-backed “Government of National Accord”, is in fact run by well-armed mafia-type militias, and how Western states and the UN have contributed to this state of affairs. It is highly recommended reading for anyone interested in the mayhem that is Libya. Read more [...]

West’s failure to act will be cause of the next Gaza massacre

Massacre in Gaza 2018

Jonathan Cook says the West’s failure to punish Israel for its massacre in Gaza – “in fact, the reverse: visible rewards with a relocated US embassy and the chance to host the Eurovision Song Contest” – will lead to future massacres. Read more [...]

Seeking happiness beyond neoliberal consumerism

True happiness

Graham Peebles examines the roots of unhappiness inherent in our neoliberal, consumption-and-competition-based world, and argues that true happiness is experienced when we cease searching and when we stop desiring. Read more [...]

Harvey Weinstein and the politics of Hollywood

Jonathan Cook spells out the political conclusions which Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's victims are not drawing: the need to get organised and expose their abusers, and save the next generation of actresses from abuse. Read more [...]

What does it take to move from pseudo-democracy to real participation?

Democratic illusion

Graham Peebles considers the illusion of democracy in countries that consider themselves democratic, and argues that only with mass participation, and an electorate well informed by a truthful media, can there be real democracy. Read more [...]

Climate change: The potential impacts of collective inaction

NASA map of climate change

Graham Peebles explains the likely alarming outcome for life on earth even if the targets of the Paris climate change conference, which aimed to limit the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C, were to be met. Read more [...]

Rapacious consumerism and climate change

Consumerism word cloud

Graham Peebles highlights the destructiveness of neo-liberalism – the infinite desire for consumer goods and environmental degradation – and argues for a paradigm shift away from individualism and towards the community. Read more [...]