Former editor and writer for major news media organizations. He has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. Brussels is shirking its legal obligations in order to avoid internal tensions with populist opposition to capitalist corporate-controlled Europe. Russia is not going to tolerate any further provocations to its national security. The question now is: can the United States power elite change its belligerent behavior?
NATO feels no need to concede. Nor does it feel under any moral or political obligation to do so. Sam Pizzigati co-edits inequality. The organization is widely respected as non-partisan, and has produced numerous papers and books on the subject which are used as critical resources by civic society and policymakers in the fight against economic inequality.
Russia is right to end the illusion of dialogue and partnership when the reality is the other party is cynically offering to shake hands while trying to piss down your leg.
London is betting that the EU will continue to blink and make concessions in order to avoid creating conflict in Ireland, Finian Cunningham writes.
If Assange is not freed then the war on truth is going to explode. What, pray tell, was the southern Republic born out of? Does that make it illegitimate also? For many southern Unionists, at the time of the Troubles the republic which was being fought for was illegitimate. However, at best these views were ignored, at worst silenced, as recent historical research has brought to light. While this does not excuse the treatment of Northern Catholics, Mr Cunningham would do well to remember that Irish people of both traditions and religions have suffered violence by "henchmen" and that the "transgressions" that he speaks of were perpetrated by both communities which make up the Irish people.
Thankfully, in the Republic violence by "henchmen" has been rare, maybe as much for demographic reasons i. However, persecution by "henchmen" does not mean that an entire community from which the "henchmen" may originate should forfeit its legitimate identity or that individuals such as Prof Paul Bew cannot promote their legitimate political standpoint.
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