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Settler Colonialism: ‘It Ends With Us’ in Palestine and Israel

February 13, 2025 By Richard Wolff

My birth emerged from European capitalism’s fascistic catastrophe in the 1920s–1940s. That catastrophe also produced Israel’s experiment with settler colonialism in Palestine. This article refers to both these incidents to analyze the current Palestine-Israel catastrophe. My reasons or qualifications to write such an article start with the fact that my maternal grandmother and grandfather were […]

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Africa, Africa/Kenya, economy, europe, Europe/United Kingdom, History, Human Rights, Middle East, Middle East/Israel, Middle East/Palestine, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, Time-Sensitive, Trump, War

What Is Driving State-Sponsored Attacks on Citizens Abroad?

December 22, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

What Is Driving State-Sponsored Attacks on Citizens Abroad?

Kidnappings and killings of citizens by their own governments abroad are becoming increasingly common. The normalization of this trend will erode the sovereignty of all nations, as well as the safety of their citizens

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Asia/China, Asia/India, Asia/Uzbekistan, economy, Europe/Russia, Human Rights, Middle East, Middle East/Iran, Middle East/Saudi Arabia, Middle East/Turkey, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Time-Sensitive

The Growth of Malignant and Exclusionary Social Movements

September 14, 2024 By Egberto Willies

The U.S. and many other societies are cycling into situations of toxic polarization today; discussion, let alone consensus, often appears impossible and the advantage goes to exclusionary social movements built on malignant rather than goodwill impulses.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Asia, Asia/China, Asia/India, Asia/Vietnam, Climate Change, economy, Europe/France, Europe/Germany, Europe/Greece, Europe/Hungary, Europe/Italy, Europe/Russia, Europe/United Kingdom, GOP/Right Wing, History, identity politics, immigration, Labor, Middle East, Middle East/Iraq, Middle East/Turkey, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, Trump, War, Women’s Rights

What Does Arming Israel Cost Us?

August 3, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

To end U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, cold, hard calculations about war spending versus domestic programs could have greater resonance in an election year.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, biden, economy, education, Media, Middle East, Middle East/Afghanistan, Middle East/Iraq, Middle East/Israel, Middle East/Palestine, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Presidential Elections, Social Benefits, Time-Sensitive, Trump, War

Is the Food Industry Concealing Possible Destruction of the Tropics From the Public?

July 20, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Millions of tons of palm oil are ‘missing’ from Big Food’s deforestation-free claims.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Africa/South Africa, Asia/Indonesia, Asia/Japan, Asia/Malaysia, Climate Change, environment, europe, Europe/Denmark, Europe/Sweden, Human Rights, Indigenous Resistance, Middle East, North America, North America/Canada, North America/United States, Oceania/Australia, Oceania/New Zealand, Opinion, social justice, South America

How Powerful Are the Remaining Royals?

July 20, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Most royal families continue to face a decline in relevance, yet their ongoing efforts to adapt means they cannot be discounted entirely.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Africa, Asia, europe, Europe/United Kingdom, Middle East, news, Politics

How Corporations Are Fueling Geopolitical Tensions and Global Conflicts in the 21st Century

June 22, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Multinational corporations with global reach are increasingly getting entangled in conflicts and geopolitical rivalries by supporting multiple sides. As the U.S.-led global order faces challenges, their influence as transnational actors will only increase.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Africa/Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa/Nigeria, Asia/China, Asia/Myanmar, Asia/Philippines, Europe/Russia, Europe/Ukraine, food, Middle East, South America/Colombia, Trade, War

WOW! Fmr VP Mike Pence slammed Trump & MAGA as contributing to the instability in the Middle East.

October 8, 2023 By Egberto Willies

WOW! Fmr VP Mike Pence slammed Trump & MAGA as contributing to the instability in the Middle East.

Former Vice President Mike Pence likely realizes that his timidity will not work to raise his poll numbers. He slammed Trump and other MAGA candidates on their foreign policy stance.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Dana Bash, Donald Trump, MAGA, Middle East, Mike Pence

Bill Maher exposes the biggest fraud on the American taxpayer and soldier (VIDEO)

August 15, 2015 By Egberto Willies

Bill Maher

If we had a real news media the military industrial complex and the warmongers would be unable to lie Americans into a state of perpetual war.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Bill Maher, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Middle East, military industrial complex

Rand Paul comes out swinging on GOP Middle East failures in Chuck Todd interview (VIDEO)

May 17, 2015 By Egberto Willies

Rand Paul making more sense than most Republicans

Rand Paul appeared on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd. He gave a solid interview that puts the entire GOP field and Hillary Clinton on the ropes.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Chuck Todd, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Rand Paul, War

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