ALEX LO—As a former envoy for the island in Washington with plenty of connections with both the Republican and Democratic parties, Hsiao will make the perfect conduit in Taipei for anti-China hawks from the US. Instead of moderating from Tsai’s constant cross-strait provocations, the pair may well worsen them.
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—Israel propaganda looks like the IDF publishing a computer-generated video of a multi-level Hamas command headquarters underneath Al-Shifa Hospital.
Palestine propaganda looks like humanitarian organizations saying Israel has been bombing hospitals throughout Gaza and shooting patients through hospital windows.
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DW—Germany is one of the wealthiest countries in the world – but the gap between rich and poor continues to grow. What’s it like to live in Germany when you hardly have any money left for groceries at the end of the month? And what’s it like when you have so much money that you can barely spend it all? We tell the stories behind the bank statements – and ask why Germany is a rich country with poor people.
Elke, for example, lives off welfare. When she cooks, her priority is giving her daughter enough to eat. Elke eats the leftovers. Boris, a high-earning self-employed marketing coach, loves luxury cars and thinks being poor is a decision. And the middle-class Valdivieso family, homeowners with a comfortable income, have been worried about social decline since the energy crisis began – and feel let down by politicians.
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EDITOR—Three engrossing geopolitical discussions with host Garland Nixon. The topics range from the Ukraine War and now the Palestinian/Israel clash, to the role played by the ever malignant Neocons in precipitating these crises as they seek to preserve and expand American unipolar supremacy, even at the risk of global war. Scott Ritter contributes commentary on Russia’s new air defence weapon, which has already caused devastation in the thinning ranks of Kiev’s air force, and confusion ans consternation among their NATO sponsors.
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MARGARET KIMBERLEY—Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky’s recent visits to the U.S. and Canada were replete with calls to never give up and to defeat Vladimir Putin and to give Ukraine an endless supply of weapons and money. The Canadians were so eager to impress that they revealed a truth they had been denying.
