Just Think of the US’ Endless Wars as a Constant String of Increasingly Derivative Hollywood Sequels

Just Think of the US’ Endless Wars as a Constant String of Increasingly Derivative Hollywood Sequels

The US has reprised its crowd-pleasing anti-Islamic State campaign in Syria, the latest instalment of the blockbuster War on Terror series of wars, which has convinced many Americans to back their country’s overseas adventures. Why launch this latest campaign against Islamic State so soon after the release of the critically acclaimed Baghdadi Code? Since the…

Bolivia, Laboratory of a New Destabilization Strategy

Bolivia, Laboratory of a New Destabilization Strategy

On October 14, 2019, President Evo Morales told a GigaVision television interview that he had recordings of the preparation of a coup by far-right figures and former military personnel if he won the presidential election [1]. However, it was not exactly a coup d’état, but a simple overthrow of the constitutional president. There is no reason…

Penalising Innocent Cubans and Palestinians — Sanctions and Walls Are the Trump Norm

Penalising Innocent Cubans and Palestinians — Sanctions and Walls Are the Trump Norm

Cuba and Palestine do not have a great deal in common, other than that their citizens are innocent targets of Trump Washington’s spiteful malevolence. In the case of Cuba this has been exercised with varying degrees of effectiveness for sixty years, and the fandangos of the military-industrial complex have included an attempt to invade the…

Iran’s Barter Trade Deals with China, By-Passing the US-Dollar, “Dedollarizing” Her Economy

Iran’s Barter Trade Deals with China, By-Passing the US-Dollar, “Dedollarizing” Her Economy

According to a PressTV Report of 24 November, 2019, Iran and China are working on a trade or barter deal that would circumvent US sanctions. It would bypass US-dollar denominated transactions, exchanging Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services and investments. The head of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA), Masoud…

Quo Vadis, Lebanon?

Quo Vadis, Lebanon?

Good bye, Lebanon, metaphorically and truly. Good bye to a country which, many believe, actually has already ceased to exist. For five long years I have been commuting between the Asia Pacific and the Middle East.And Beirut, for all that time, was one of my homes. I arrived in Beirut when the situation in the…