The Deep State Wins the 2020 Presidential Election: USA RIP

December 17, 2020

Okay, this time it does look like it’s over. Mitch McConnell congratulated Biden and Harris, thereby signifying the official surrender of the GOP (which, let’s be honest here, never really was ready t…

Here’s How China Survived and Thrived During Four Years of Trump

December 17, 2020

Opinion

The lesson to be learned is that aggression will always backfire and that cooperation is the only way forward in today's complex world. The past four years of US President Trump's time in office were …

Trump Meltdown… Will Mitch McConnell Now Get Death Threats?

December 17, 2020

Opinion

To say President Donald Trump is taking the U.S. down a dark and destructive direction is an understatement. Not only is the defeated White House occupant trashing public confidence in the democratic …

Middle East Peace and Hezbollah: A Bridge Too Far for Biden?

December 17, 2020

Opinion

The biggest problem the US has is that it has run out of enemies. There’s no Soviet Union, far fewer dictatorships of any shade, the Chinese have been encouraged to buy up everything they can in Weste…

Liberal Except for Palestine

December 17, 2020

Opinion

It is remarkable how leading Jewish organizations manage to play both sides on so-called “humanitarian” and “human rights” issues. It is, of course, well established that Jewish voters lean heavily “l…

Year Zero

December 17, 2020

Opinion

2020 was GloboCap Year Zero. The year when the global capitalist ruling classes did away with the illusion of democracy and reminded everyone who is actually in charge, and exactly what happens when a…

The Caspian Sea as Battleground

December 17, 2020

Opinion

Populated at the time by fluent Hebrew speakers, the Israel desk of Armenia’s foreign ministry waited back in 1991— in the immediate wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union—for a phone call that nev…

The Rise of the Russian Christian Right: The Case of the World Congress of Families

December 17, 2020

Opinion

Introduction During the last decade, socially conservative political parties and civil society groups have been on the rise in Russia, across Central and Eastern Europe, and also in Western Europe and…