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Colonialism, climate crisis, and the forever wars

October 30, 2021

Colonialism, climate crisis, and the forever wars Two rounds of negotiation take centre stage, about halfway through Amitav Ghosh’s new masterwork The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis. In one, US State Department and Pentagon officials win agreement that carbon emissions connected with the military are to be kept out of the Kyoto Protocol […]

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‘Enlightenment Now’ rationalizes the violence of empire

June 4, 2018

‘Enlightenment Now’ rationalizes the violence of empire Through an impressive array of data and visual metrics, Steven Pinker’s most recent book, Enlightenment Now, presents a fiercely optimistic portrait of the achievements of the human race. Pinker uses stats and charts to show how, as one reviewer put it: “Wars are fewer and less severe, homicides are […]

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NATO: a Promoter of Colonialism in the 21stCentury

May 8, 2018

NATO: a Promoter of Colonialism in the 21stCentury Five NATO members continue to possess colonies. These NATO states have no intention of granting their territories independence any time soon. Not only does France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United States insist on maintaining vestiges of their colonial pasts, but their colonies have […]

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Echoes of British Colonial India in Plans to Partition Syria

March 23, 2016

Echoes of British Colonial India in Plans to Partition Syria   Russia’s decision to greatly reduce its military presence in Syria, coming as it did with little warning, has left the world struggling for explanations. Russia is to maintain a military presence at its naval base in Tartus and at the Khmeymim airbase. In fact […]

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Carving up the Middle East

November 17, 2015

Carving up the Middle East QUESTION: Why did ISIS target France rather than Germany? Someone said it was France who created Syria. Is that really true? ANSWER: Germany is not actually a target in this chess game. It is one reason we selected Berlin for our conferences even compared to London since we had Panic […]

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Famed Journalist Robert Fisk: Canada’s Moral Power Is Lost

September 23, 2015

Famed Journalist Robert Fisk: Canada’s Moral Power Is Lost Middle East sage on ISIS, refugees, Harper, ‘short-termism’ and more. A Tyee interview. Arguably the world’s most famous international war correspondent, Robert Fisk has been travelling to strife-ravaged regions of the world for over 30 years. His columns — he has been contributing to the British […]

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Greece and the Endgame of the Neocolonial Model of Exploitation

February 19, 2015

Greece and the Endgame of the Neocolonial Model of Exploitation With the bankruptcy of Greece now undeniable, we’ve finally reached the endgame of the Neocolonial-Financialization Model. We all know how old-fashioned colonialism worked: the imperial power takes physical control of previously independent lands and declares its ownership of the region as a newly minted colony.   […]

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