There was an inevitable conflict in the roles of the Arab television network that inexorably led to its decline, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Rise and Fall of Aljazeera
Category: International
The US-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies say Americans should hope that the CIA director’s recent visit to Moscow helped Washington understand the stakes.
US Moral Authority on Elections Is Like Saudi Arabia’s
The imperial media are lining up behind the official line on Venezuela’s elections, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Cuba’s Blueprint for Building More with Less
A post-revolutionary architectural experiment offers lessons for designing with scarcity, writes M. Wesam Al Asali.
Palestinian Authority Entrenching State Repression
Alaa Tartira spotlights the militarization of the PA budget and intensifying authoritarian aggression following the killing of Nizar Banat last summer.
Méxican Seeds
Last month’s ruling by the country’s Supreme Court fuels sustainable farming worldwide, writes Ernesto Hernández-López.
COP26: Uberizing Farms to Save the Climate
At COP26, there was a notable silence around the distorted food system that pollutes the Earth and our bodies, writes Vijay Prashad.
COVID-19: Big Pharma’s ‘Obscene’ Profits
Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech rake in millions an hour while refusing to share manufacturing recipes with low-income countries.
COP26: Glasgow & the Military Industrial Mindset
Paul Rogers says the military-industrial mindset of state-on-state conflict is utterly obsolete in the face of the global threat of climate breakdown.
Australian War Propaganda Goes Off the Rails
In a blatant advert for arms sales masquerading as news, 60 Minutes tries to tie Taiwan to the fantasy of China randomly invading a continent of white foreigners thousands of miles away, writes Caity Johnstone.