Burundi’s Back in the Western Media Spotlight After Expelling Its WHO Head

Burundi’s Back in the Western Media Spotlight After Expelling Its WHO Head

The tiny East African state of Burundi is back in the Western Mainstream Media spotlight after expelling the national head of the World Health Organization (WHO), which comes just days before its presidential elections and amid international criticism that the ruling party’s rallies are dangerously irresponsible in the context of World War C. *** Burundi…

The Soviet Union Defeated Germany in World War II – Not the Western Forces

The Soviet Union Defeated Germany in World War II – Not the Western Forces

President Donald Trump claimed last week that the US and Britain had won World War II. This was a shameless lie and distortion of the facts. Many Americans and Canadians like to believe their nations won the war in Europe and give insufficient recognition to the decisive Soviet role. Most Europeans would rather not think…

Western Accusations of Russian Interference in Libya in Favor of Haftar’s LNA

Western Accusations of Russian Interference in Libya in Favor of Haftar’s LNA

Marshal Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army (LNA) has declared that his forces will take control of Libya, arguing that the UN-negotiated unity agreement is dead. The statement was made during a televised speech, in which Haftar reported that “the will of the people” gave him a mandate to govern, announcing that the LNA will take…

Better the Virus than Putin? In the Information War Against Russia, COVID-19 Is Just Another Weapon

Better the Virus than Putin? In the Information War Against Russia, COVID-19 Is Just Another Weapon

We need to talk about the Western media’s coverage of Russia’s battle with Covid-19. Rather depressingly, it seems many outlets, and hacks, are rooting for the virus against “the Russians.” You might think that during this sort of emergency, they’d have the good grace to lay off the “info wars” for a while. But, sadly,…

Confucius Is Winning the Covid-19 War

Confucius Is Winning the Covid-19 War

As the Raging Twenties unleash a radical reconfiguration of the planet, coronavirus (literally “crowned poison”) has for all practical purposes served a poisoned chalice of fear and panic to myriad, mostly Western, latitudes. Berlin-based, South Korean-born philosopher Byung-Chul Han has forcefully argued the victors are the “Asian states like Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Singapore…