U.S. Opens Up Another Front In Cold War Against China As Congress Passes Hong Kong Democracy Act

U.S. Opens Up Another Front In Cold War Against China As Congress Passes Hong Kong Democracy Act

The Trump impeachment hearings give the illusion that voters in the United States have a choice between two different political parties: the Democrats and Republicans. The daily impeachment hearings dominate news headlines. Meanwhile, politicians of both parties have unanimously passed the Hong Kong Human Rights And Democracy Act revealing how both wings of the American elite…

Crisis in Lebanon — a Manifestation of Global Discontent with Growing Inequality

Crisis in Lebanon — a Manifestation of Global Discontent with Growing Inequality

Residents of this small confessional Arabic-speaking country on the Mediterranean Sea have been protesting for over a month now, blocking the country’s main roads. Almost one and a half million people have been taking part in these demonstrations, in a state with a population of just 4 million. Since the 1940s, power in Lebanon has…

With No End in Sight, Israel’s Election Soap Opera Rages On

With No End in Sight, Israel’s Election Soap Opera Rages On

The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scare tactics and mudslinging have lead to nothing.  The Boss Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, assumed to be the “Boss” of Israeli…

The Impeachment Crisis and American Imperialism

The Impeachment Crisis and American Imperialism

Wednesday’s public hearing on the impeachment of President Trump featured the US ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, who testified that, contrary to the White House narrative, there had been a “quid pro quo” in Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Trump, Sondland said, offered military aid and an invitation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to…