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Different Battles, Same Struggle: The U.S. War on China, Venezuela, and the International Left
Everywhere you look, the United States is at war– at home, through military occupation of cities, institutional violence, and state-sanctioned kidnappings, and abroad, through economic coercion, proxy warfare, and endless intervention. In times like these, when it is far too easy to be overwhelmed by the inexhaustible nature of the war machine, we must remember…
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The Happiness Trap: Cultivating Contentment and Wonder as a Radical Path Forward
Happiness can isolate; contentment connects. Martina Moneke explores why steadiness and wonder, not peaks of joy, are the truest path to fulfillment. Much has been written about happiness. Encyclopedias of advice, viral think pieces, TED Talks, Instagram affirmations—all converge on a single premise: that happiness is the apex of human ambition, the measure of a…
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Poland Might Impede The EU’s Push To Speedily Grant Ukraine Membership
Poland has more to lose from this than Hungary does, but it’s happy to let Hungary feel the heat for impeding Ukraine’s plans, unless Orban is ousted next spring and Poland is then compelled to replace its role. The EU is making a renewed push to speedily grant Ukraine membership as suggested by two recent…
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Krill Defender Arrested by Moscow
Leonid Pshenichov, a 70-year-old biologist, has been arrested by the Kremlin for “undermining Russia’s industrial trawling for krill in Antarctica.” He’s been accused of High Treason. He was arrested while preparing to travel to Australia to attend a conference on protecting Antarctic marine life. According to Russian authorities, Leonid is a citizen of the Russian…
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Colonial Arrogance and Militarization: UK Challenges Peace in the Falklands Once Again
In late October 2025, the United Kingdom conducted Operation Ex Cape Sword, a new military exercise in the Falkland Islands that included live-fire drills, air defence simulations, and troop deployments in areas near Port Stanley. Under the pretext of routine training, London is consolidating a permanent military presence that challenges United Nations resolutions, which urge…
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The moral and political decay of a small European country at the sea.
We had early general elections in the Netherland after the fall of the government coalition being in power only one and a half year. It was a 4-party center/far-right coalition that from the start was an impossible adventure. The far-right populist anti-Islam party of Geert Wilders had won the elections with 37 of the 150…
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Mercury Treaty Fails to Address the Gold Mining Crisis
Ban on mercury in dental fillings is a positive step. But small-scale gold mining will remain the largest global contributor to mercury pollution without urgent action. 07 November 2025. Geneva. Despite the growing crisis of mercury contamination in the Amazon, Africa and parts of Asia caused by mercury use in small-scale gold mining (also called…
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Unpatriotic Roles: ‘Matchmakers in the Dark’ Under Watch
By GM Farhadul Majumder and Md Delwar Hossain (Dhaka Bureau) A certain quarter is recently engaged in propagating false, anti-military, and anti-state narratives from both inside and outside the country, with the aim of creating a rift between the Bangladesh Army and its citizens. It is learned that the interim government led by Professor Muhammad…
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Kabylia and the Challenge of National Pluralism in Algeria
Kabylia, a historical and cultural region located in the northeast of Algeria, has long been a space of strong identity expression within the Algerian nation. Through its attachment to the Amazigh language, education, cultural transmission, and civic engagement, this region continues to play a vital role in shaping Algeria’s social and political landscape. However, this…
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The U.S. & China: Competition, Conflagration, Or Coexistence
Humanity finds itself in the inherent conflict between rising and declining powers that has often, as in World Wars I and II, culminated in catastrophic wars. The U.S.-Chinese trade war undermines their economies and jeopardizes their peoples’ and world security. Accidents and miscalculations could trigger a calamitous war. We now live with the possibility of…