Declassified British files show that Harold Wilson’s government secretly armed and backed Nigeria’s aggression against the secessionist region, Mark Curtis reports.
Month: April 2020
COVID-19: Thinking Beyond Planet Lockdown
Pepe Escobar surveys a range of thinkers on the pandemic.
COVID-19: The Beginning of the End for Oil?
Michael T. Klare says a vast restructuring of the global energy enterprise is happening now.
COVID-19: India’s Harvests Also Locked Down
COVID-19: Global Mask Shortage May Leave Farmers & Farm Workers Exposed to Toxic Pesticides
Melanie Bateman says the crisis presents an opportunity for farmers to adjust their pest management practices.
COVID-19: Diary of Samuel Pepys Shows How Life Under Bubonic Plague Mirrored Today’s Pandemic
During the outbreak, the diarist was very concerned with his frame of mind; he constantly mentioned that he was trying to be in good spirits, writes Ute Lotz-Heumann.
THE ANGRY ARAB: When a History of the Left is Written by Its Opponents
As`ad AbuKhalil reviews Fadi Bardawil’s new book, “Revolution and Disenchantment: Arab Marxism and the Binds of Emancipation.”
COVID-19: Tensions Heighten Between Orbán & EU
Some in Europe are already calling for Hungary’s expulsion if Budapest doesn’t meet the EU’s membership requirements, writes Giorgio Cafiero.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: ‘Tough Luck’ for US Prisoners During COVID-19
Prison wardens and the federal Bureau of Prisons almost never use their compassionate release authorities, even though Congress recently made it easier for them to do so.
The FBI Investigated Robert Parry
The bureau’s file on Robert Parry, the founding editor of Consortium News, was released last month, Joe Lauria reports.