A little update on my latest pieces. I’ve got a new article out about the UK’s Covid-19 Inquiry, which begins its preliminary hearing today. In it, Toby Green and I look at some of the questions the Inquiry should ask — and answer — if it’s serious about addressing the true causes of the pandemic catastrophe. Such …
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Wild chases in which criminals try to escape on luxury yachts and are stopped at the last second by police are usually seen only in films. In Turkey, however, these scenes took place in reality, shortly after two earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 shook the south-east of the country, as well as the […]
My first strike when writing while Black was starting this piece at the end of Black History Month. After February, the next time Black narratives get highlighted is Juneteenth, per the diversity and inclusion report. Unless, of course, a spontaneous movement for social justice occurs. If that happens, the push for Black narratives will increase by around 50 percent—a number I just made up but one that sounds about right.
“There are no plans to introduce digital ID. Our position on physical ID cards remains unchanged."
Buttigieg’s Transportation Department has yet to walk back a controversial Trump rule allowing trains to transport explosive liquefied natural gas.
The German and French leaders have told Ukraine they must seek peace with Russia in exchange for a post-war defense pact, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The post Western Leaders Privately Say Ukraine Can’t Win the War appeared first on scheerpost.com.
By Krishen Mehta / CounterPunch In October 2022, about eight months after the war in Ukraine started, the University of Cambridge in the UK harmonized surveys conducted in 137 countries about their attitudes towards the West and towards Russia and China. The findings in the study, while not free of a margin of error, are robust […]
The post Why Much of the Global South Isn’t Automatically Supporting the West in Ukraine appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Argentina’s nominee for Best Foreign Film offers an urgent warning to democracies in Latin America and across the West.
The post ‘Argentina, 1985’ Is a Political Tale for Our Time appeared first on scheerpost.com.
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A study by the elite EU-funded European Council on Foreign Relations found the West is out of touch politically with the rest of the world. Most people in China, India, and Türkiye see Russia as an important ally, and they want multipolarity, not continued “American global supremacy”.
The post West Is Out of Touch With Rest of World Politically, EU-Funded Study Admits appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Biologist Doug Smith looks back on a quarter century leading one of the most historic and controversial government conservation initiatives of all time.
The post How to Save Yellowstone’s Wolves appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Jack Stilgoe
On this week's MVC, the group unpacks the original "girlboss" movie, Working Girl.
- by Charlotte H Markey
A coalition of experts and civil society groups have warned that unless structural racism is included in the COVID inquiry, we will lose the opportunity to learn lessons and save lives
A deep dive on the development of the dollar system.
The second post in the four-part blog series “The State of Economic Equity” looks at the connection between wealth equity and economic innovation.
In seeking praise for repairing some of the damage caused by Brexit, Rishi Sunak's revised deal only highlights what we lost through cutting ties with the EU, reports Adam Bienkov
The riot outside a hotel in Knowsley housing asylum seekers was the inevitable outcome of a long-standing organised campaign, Sian Norris reports
Do Boris Johnson, David Frost and the ERG want Northern Ireland to be stuck in a similar spiral of distrust and possible resumption of violence as the Israelis and Palestinians, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
You'll never guess.
It's the obvious choice.
As demand for electric vehicles ramps up, environmental stumbling blocks have emerged.
In a previous satirical article, we indicated that Soldier of Fortune Magazine was the last remaining publisher of the comic Dilbert. It turns out that Soldier of Fortune magazine has never published Dilbert, and has no intentions of ever doing so. Our bad.