Michael Kimmage, The Abandonment of the West: The History of an Idea in American Foreign Policy (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2020). 373 pp. $23.99. SEATTLE’S CAPITOL Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) and Athens’ upscale Kolonaki district are so remote that only a globe-spanning event could pair them both in a single news cycle. Earlier in…
The crisis of capitalism Historically, the crisis of the West began with the crisis of American capitalism in 1929. At that time, the majority of books and newspapers claimed that the concentration of capital sterilized the economy by preventing competition in many areas. While famine was raging in the US, three political models were proposed…
Herman and Chomsky call it the age of manufactured consent. Surrounded by propaganda, unable to determine motives behind selective presentation of content on an illusory spectrum of media choice, we yet depend on mainstream news to edify, inform our knowledge and sensibility. That cartel-like centralised media authority over discourse may be criticised by some on…
There is one thing that every revolutionary and ideologue on Earth, past and present, has fought for over the centuries – freedom. There are few things (if any) as widely accepted as universally “good” as the idea or feeling of freedom. Be they Liberals, Communists, Radical Islamists, some fringe movement or the Washington Establishment, everyone…
The Syrian people who have already been suffering from nearly a decade of externally waged Hybrid War are now forced to deal with the environmental devastation caused by the 156 forest fires that recently ravaged the Arab Republic, though most Western activists including Greta Thunberg could care less despite acting concerned whenever similar events happen…
Censorship in the West flourishes as tech giants turn social media back into traditional programmed media. The United States, United Kingdom and the European Union are fond of passing judgement on nations around the globe regarding “free speech.” While it is increasingly clear to a growing number of people that this “concern” is disingenuous and…
