STOP THE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FROM INDICTING THE NATION
This week we are called upon for action. This is the week that can be decisive in shifting the behavior of Congress, by rallies and a steady barrage of calls demanding rejection of the “Israeli-U.S. partnership” pieces of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Sections 219 in the House version and 1217 in the Senate […]
UN WARNS OF ANOTHER WAR CRISIS IN SUDAN
On July 3 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned that the world’s largest humanitarian crisis may take a turn for the worse. New battle lines are forming around the city of El Obeid in northwest Sudan for a possible replay of the October genocide and ethnic cleansing at El Fasher, Sudan. Speaking […]
LESSONS OF THE HUBRIS OF THE COLONIAL POWERS
The recent humiliation of Germany before the voting nations in the United Nations—failing, merely to be a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council—has been called, by Schiller Institute Founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche, an opportunity for Germany and the other former colonial “powers” to redeem themselves with the Global South nations. Of course Germany initially refused […]
ICC SETS DEADLINE FOR SA IN ITS ISRAEL CASE
On 21 May 2026, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an Order setting a deadline of 22 November 2027 for South Africa to file its Reply to Israel’s written pleading – submitted in March 2026 – in the case of Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide […]
US WORLD CUP SHENANIGANS EXPOSES FIFA’S DOUBLE-STANDARDS
World football governing body FIFA’s credibility lie in tatters, torn apart by its own culture of double-standards and a perennial alignment with the powerful Western nations over the so-called developing economies. Oftentimes FIFA has been able to get away with murder due to the sly and cunning way of the organization’s complex operations. In short, […]
UN ADDS ISRAEL TO BLACKLIST FOR SEXUAL CRIMES DURING CONFLICT
On Thursday, the UN added Israel to its blacklist for sexual crimes committed during conflict. According to Middle East Eye, the blacklist forms part of the annex to the UN secretary-general’s annual report on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV). It identifies parties credibly suspected of committing patterns of rape or other forms of sexual violence during […]
THE SCOURGE OF COLONIALISM CONTINUES TO REIGN SUPREME IN AFRICA
Professor Fadhel Kaboub, renowned Tunisian-American political economist, recently gave a blunt appraisal of the stranglehold that the lingering traits of neo-colonialism continue to hold on the African continent. Of greater significance to his empirical evidence about the oftentimes subtle subjugation of the continent by foreign powers, Prof Kaboub – President of the Global Institute for […]
TOOTHLESS ICC TOO SCARED TO TACKLE “GENOCIDAL BULLY” TRUMP
Time seemed to stand still. The world went eerily anxious, waiting with bated breath. Donald Trump’s finger was on the trigger as the clock began to race faster. Iran, a nation of more than 90 million people, was on the brink of apocalypse. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” […]
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER
Have you ever been inside what they call a “fun house” at the state fair? You go inside, and the floor is slanted. The mirrors are wavy, balls appear to be rolling uphill, and you lose your bearings. This is the propaganda-induced psychological warfare being deployed, particularly against the American people but also anyone who […]
NEW US ENVOY BOZELL’S START IN SA IS UNSAVOURY
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South Africa’s fate appears to be like water on the palm of the hand of the US administration. A cursory desktop search has a plethora of examples that shows the utterly lopsided bilateral ties between Pretoria and Washington. It need not be like this. Diplomatic relations between two nations are premised on fundamental ethos such as mutual respect, voluntary cooperation and […]
IRAN IS VICTIM OF IAEA AND US-LED WESTERN DOUBLE-STANDARDS
Apart from the obvious loss of life and the mass destruction of infrastructure, the war on Iran by the US-Israeli joint venture exposes more fault-lines in our beleaguered international system: Double standards. Geopolitics analysts believe that the biggest winner in the military onslaught against Iran is already the Jewish state of Israel, and in particular […]
DONALD TRUMP’S DEPICTION OF OBAMAS AS APES SHOULD NOT SURPRISE
No wonder the centre of gravity of the revolving door in which elected American presidents, including Barack Obama, to come in and out with each allocated their share of momentous contributions to endless wars to sustain – and to effect regime change – is called the White House. To do as America says and not […]