March 21, 2019 | Astute News

Hindutva and Fascist White Nationalism: A Match Made in Hell

March 21, 2019

In 2011, the fascist Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb in central Oslo before travelling to Utøya island where he opened fire on children on a camping holiday. Overall, Breiv…

Christchurch Revisited

March 21, 2019

Opinion

You don’t have to be a white nationalist to commit a mass murder in the house of worship like the one in Christchurch, though if you only read mainstream media you’ll probably think of their unique de…

The US Is Pushing Lebanon Into the Arms of Iran and Russia

March 21, 2019

Opinion

Lebanon is expecting the visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week at a time when the Lebanese economic-political map is being redrawn and while Lebanon is suffering its most serious econom…

Kazakhstan: Why Nazarbayev’s Legacy will Remain Intact

March 21, 2019

Opinion

At first, it sounded like a geopolitical bombshell: Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev, 78, in power since 1991, dramatically announced his resignation. In a “special” address, significantly de…

Kazakh President Nazarbayev’s Resignation Is No Cause for Alarm (Just Yet)

March 21, 2019

Opinion

The timing of elderly Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s resignation took many observers by surprise even if the event itself shouldn’t have been unexpected, but there aren’t any credible grounds…

AIPAC Is Coming to Town – Again! And the Israelis Are Having an Election

March 21, 2019

Opinion

The Trump Administration has delivered yet another concession to Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of parliamentary elections: the Israeli military occupation of much of …

Sucking Liberals into a New Cold War

March 21, 2019

Opinion

Cold War Number One: 70 years of daily national stupidity. Cold War Number Two: Still in its youth, but just as stupid. “He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what they a…

Should Venezuela Transfer its F-16s to Russia?

March 21, 2019

Military

Amid escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas, a number of the United States’ actions have been deemed highly illegal by the Venezuelan government and its allies - from harsh economic sancti…