This review article was prepared by the author in relation to his presentation to The Criminalization of War: Gaza, Conference event (July 16, 2018) organized by the Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. *** “The Criminalization of War: Gaza” will examine: The ongoing crimes committed against the people of …
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Nuclear Notebook: How Many Nuclear Weapons Does the United Kingdom Have in 2021?
Of all the nuclear weapon states, the United Kingdom has moved the furthest toward establishing a minimum nuclear deterrent. The United Kingdom has a stockpile of approximately 225 nuclear warheads, of which up to 120 are operationally available for deployment on four Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). This estimate …
Read More »Israel’s Illusion of Normality Collapses
May 2021 has shattered Israeli illusions that they are immune from the volcano the country has created through its history of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. For decades Israelis have basked in the light of success. After fifty years of brutal, illegal occupation and control of the whole of Palestine, they …
Read More »Second Stage Terror Wars
“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” – William Casey, CIA Director, Feb. 1981 It is well known that the endless U.S. war on terror was overtly launched following the mass murders of September 11, 2001 and the linked anthrax attacks. The invasion of …
Read More »Keep Weapons Out of Space — ‘The New War-Fighting Domain’
Washington has re-established the “space race” by creation of the Space Force intended to “control the ultimate high ground. In January it was noted by a New York Times’ columnist that the nominated Secretary of the U.S. Defence Department, General Lloyd Austin, had “told the Senate he would keep a ‘laserlike focus’ on sharpening the …
Read More »Endless War Is A Feature of Our National Programming
On pulling the plug on the war machine. Why don’t America’s wars ever end? I know, I know: President Joe Biden has announced that our combat troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 9/11 of this year, marking the 20th anniversary of the colossal failure of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney to …
Read More »US Encirclement of China: A Progress Report
Tensions between Washington and Beijing are not merely the recent results of former US President Donald Trump’s time in office – but rather just the latest chapter in US efforts to contain China that stretch back decades. Indeed, US foreign policy has for decades admittedly aimed at encircling and containing …
Read More »Global Casinos: Financial Markets Are a Fraudsters Paradise
“Speculators may do no harm as bubbles on a steady stream of enterprise. But the position is serious when enterprise becomes the bubble on a whirlpool of speculation. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be …
Read More »History Repeats… Why Washington and London Crave a New Cold War
American global power is in direct contradiction to the democratic needs of a multipolar planet. The United States and its “junior partner” Britain this week expressed their desire for a new Cold War with Russia and China – albeit surreptitiously, and dressed up in virtuous language. US Secretary of State …
Read More »Where Does EU Waste Go?
In 2020, EU exports of waste to non-EU countries reached 32.7 million tonnes, an increase of three quarters (+75%) since 2004. In contrast, imports of waste from non-EU countries decreased by 10% since 2004, amounting to 16.0 million tonnes in 2020. Turkey: main destination for EU’s waste exports Turkey is the largest …
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