August 14, 2019 | Astute News

Pakistan’s Incomplete Independence Day

August 14, 2019

The profound Choudhry Rahmat Ali was not only the inventor of Pakistan’s name but in great part he was the inventor of Pakistan’s purpose. His seminal 1933 work Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish …

Hard Kaur Threatens to KO Modi, Gets Suspended from Twitter But Still Goes Viral

August 14, 2019

Opinion

Indian-born but UK-based rapper Hard Kaur defiantly challenged both Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah “to come in the ring alone” and fight in response to the sedition case that the governmen…

Mediation Is the Way Forward for Kashmir

August 14, 2019

Opinion

It so happened that when the most recent Kashmir crisis broke on 5 August I was at a gathering of the UN Blue Berets of Kashmir. We served together in that beautiful but now chaotic region 39 years ag…

Civil Disobedience in Hong Kong or US Color Revolution Attempt?

August 14, 2019

Opinion

As the saying goes, if it walks, talks, and quacks like a duck, chances are it is one. What’s been going on for months in Hong Kong has all the earmarks of a US orchestrated color revolution, aimed at…

‘World Is Watching’: US Reaction Points to Hong Kong as a ‘Color Revolution’

August 14, 2019

Opinion

If the iconography and tone of Hong Kong protests and the support from US diplomats weren’t enough, Washington’s words of concern sure seem to suggest that the months-long demonstrations amount to a ‘…

China, Not Russia, the Greater Threat to US

August 14, 2019

Opinion

Ten weeks of protests, some huge, a few violent, culminated Monday with a shutdown of the Hong Kong airport. Ominously, Beijing described the violent weekend demonstrations as "deranged" acts that are…

Everyone’s a Conspiracy Theorist, Whether They Know It or Not

August 14, 2019

Opinion

Plutocratic propaganda outlet MSNBC has just run a spin segment on the breaking news that the medical examiner’s determination of the cause of Jeffrey Epstein’s death is “pending f…

Latest Wealth Figures: Greed Is Winning & Humanity Is Losing

August 14, 2019

Opinion

The one thing upon which the world’s major religions and most schools of philosophy are agreed is the perils and evil of human greed. Unfortunately, there are some people who didn’t get the memo on gr…