These kinds of government-sanctioned, targeted assassinations — along with kidnappings, terrorism, assaults, sexual violence, firings, evictions and other forms of brutal intimidation — are routine in Colombia and have been for decades
Yearly Archives
2019
The Left is Dying Because it’s Turned Into a Bonfire of Vanities
21 minutes readUMAIR HAQUE—I read today that koalas in Australia were begging human beings for water — fleeing a burning continent. Can you imagine that level of fear and suffering? That kind of abject terror and subjection? Isn’t that, too, a kind of genocide? That’s a picture above — of a firefighter and a koala, standing side by side, watching their worlds turn to embers. It’s an aching, heartbreaking snapshot of a troubled age.
Which are more important — ethnic or class-differences?
23 minutes readERIC ZUESSE—The basic distinction is class, not ethnicity. The cause of all these wars — not only international but also civil conflicts — is the unlimited greed of the wealthiest. Ethnicity is merely used by them in order to expand their own wealth.
PAUL EDWARDS—America has lately performed the exquisitely difficult geopolitical maneuver of alienating all nations it considers friends while simultaneously actively provoking those it considers enemies. That extraordinary diplomatic Quadruple Axel had never yet been attempted, much less accomplished.
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