Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: ‘I cannot recall worse political leadership in Europe🇪🇺 than now. There’s not one single figure in the major countries of the European Union or Britain that has any intellectual stature or honesty… You had people like Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Kohl, Mitterand.

"No country has the right to take over the territory of another,” according to the European Commission vice president ... except Israel?

Are You ready for truth? Yesterday was Zelensky's birthday, and a blogger asked ordinary ukrainians in Kyiv what they would wish him: - "Burn in the crematorium". - "For him to go dance again, and not be president". - "I wish for him to be kicked out soon". - "Become a little

Not sure the magnitude of this is fully understood: Israel has wiped out 2,700 families in Gaza, leaving 6,000+ people as the sole survivors of entire bloodlines. This is the result of deliberate policy, pursued with full knowledge of its effects. This is not war. It is genocide.

Von der Leyen has been accused of covering up Zelensky's involvement in corruption cases, — according ti German publication Berliner Zeitung. A member of the European Parliament stated that the European Commission, led by Ursula von der Leyen, turns a blind eye to corruption in

"You are a criminal Ms. Von der Leyen. You should be at The Hague, you should not be here." A journalist confronts European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over alleged complicity in the Gaza crisis

Iran's embassy makes an uncomfortable comparison to point out hypocrisy

Pictures and videos from Davos show why we need #WomenPeaceSecurity and #GenderEquality agendas. How many women decisionmakers did you see in panel discussions and peace talks, as participants, not moderators or interviewers?

Western journalists love asking Russians about gay rights. This time, Maria Zakharova gave a Finnish reporter exactly what he asked for. He referred to it as her “favorite topic.” Maria corrected him immediately: this topic is a favorite of Europeans, not hers. She then

This is excellent political messaging. @ZackPolanski hits straight to the core of the problem. This system is intolerable and it must be overcome: production should be organized around human well-being and ecology, not around maximizing profits for the rich.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents murdered 37-year-old U.S. citizen Alex Pretti today in Minneapolis. This is the third U.S. citizen ICE has killed this year. ICE and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) are loyal agents of Nazis and white supremacists within the

The Ukrainians have gone on the offensive. They're issuing threats and openly interfering in the Hungarian elections. Their goal is to secure funds and force their way into the European Union as soon as possible. As a member of the European Union, Hungary has the right to say

"When people ask me whether Israel has the right to exist, I answer simply: Israel does exist, and as a member of the international community it has to comply with international law. But what many of the people who ask that question seem to be talking about is Israel’s right to

'Board of Peace': Trump is running Gaza, and the world, like a mafia boss | An opinion by David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye

"NATO is running Europe. Europe is not a democracy. It's run by the United States via NATO. It's made sure that the only officials in charge of foreign policy are servants of the United States, not Europe. Their job is to make sure that Europe has no voice independently of what

Ex-German Chancellor Warns Against ‘Demonising’ Russia Gerhard Schröder has spoken in favour of restoring Europe’s energy cooperation with Russia who could provide Germany with ‘reliable and stable supplies of cheap fuel.’ (Berliner Zeitung) ‘I’m also against demonising Russia

It’s worth reminding folks that King Abdullah of Jordan pointed out the hypocrisy of the “rules based” world order in Oct 2023 at the Cairo Peace Summit. But it was only when a Western leader said it that people paid attention. At the time, the King said, “The application of

Trump’s kidnapping of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his imminent seizure of Greenland are evidence enough that the already dysfunctional, international “rules-based order” is now in tatters. Both the UN and Nato, the West’s so-called “defence” alliance, are on the

Yesterday in Davos, President @ZelenskyyUa crossed a line. There is nothing new in the fact that, as elections approach in Hungary, he once again placed the Hungarian government, and me personally, in his sights. What was surprising, however, was that in his speech he also

“It's easy to dismiss [Trump] as a toddler on LSD,” but as “the rest of the world sinks into a black hole of uncertainty, he is getting on with the business of enriching himself a ruling class of tech lords around him,” says @yanisvaroufakis.