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Un señor de la guerra en Washington

Legisladores estadounidenses dieron la bienvenida a notorio señor de la guerra georgiano que ahora se jacta de crímenes de guerra en Ucrania

Archives for abril 2022

Inmersión profunda independiente de Kiev: la respuesta en especie de Occidente a la propaganda de Putin

Mientras que los miembros del personal de The Kyiv Independent se destacan sobre cómo “el periodismo independiente es la piedra angular de la democracia”, están siendo financiados silenciosamente por los gobiernos occidentales, un hecho que debería hacer sonar las alarmas entre los consumidores críticos de los medios.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
Kyiv Independent Feature photo

KIEV, UKRAINE – As the Russian attack on Ukraine has come to dominate global news feeds, so has a previously little-known outlet called The Kyiv Independent. Since its inception in November of last year, the Independent’s profile has risen rapidly and has been promoted and endorsed by both social media giants and the corporate press. The Kyiv

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Los liberales están adoptando una vieja táctica soviética: pintar a los oponentes como enfermos mentales

La patologización del disenso no va a desaparecer. Se intensificará a medida que el neoliberalismo enfrente crisis tras crisis y crezca la polarización social. Aquellos que dicen ser liberales que defienden la democracia pronto estarán demasiado listos para apagarla.

Jonathan Cook
Por Jonathan Cook
Propagandists Feature photo

Back in the dark days of the Soviet Union, dissidents risked being locked up – but not, officially at least, on the grounds that they had committed a political crime. In the Soviet regime’s imagination, treason and mental illness were often two sides of the same coin. Here’s a brief description from Wikipedia of the phenomenon: The KGB [the

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Cancel Culture and Polarization in the Age of COVID: How To Agree To Disagree

In times of increased conflict and controversy, this conversation about how to empathize with opponents and attempt to genuinely bring them round to your positions is more necessary than ever.

Mnar Adley
Por Mnar Adley
Political Polarization

It is becoming increasingly hard, it seems, to have civil conversations. In an increasingly polarized political climate, families and friendships are being ruined by intense disagreements. According to a CBS News/YouGov poll, the majority of Americans now believe that their political adversaries pose the greatest threat to democracy and way of

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El conflicto de Ucrania desvela el mito de una Europa más civilizada

En lugar de utilizar la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania como una oportunidad para reflexionar sobre el futuro del proyecto europeo, sea lo que sea, se está utilizando como una oportunidad para ganar puntos baratos contra las propias víctimas de Europa en todas partes.

Ramzy Baroud
Por Ramzy Baroud
Ukraine Europe Civilized Feature photo

When a gruesome six-minute video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting and torturing handcuffed and tied up Russian soldiers circulated online, outraged people on social media and elsewhere compared this barbaric behavior to that of Daesh. In a rare admission of moral responsibility, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian President, quickly

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En su séptimo aniversario, Yemen busca poner fin a una guerra que el mundo ha olvidado

“Si el mundo solo se preocupa por Ucrania e ignora nuestro sufrimiento, [al menos] se preocupará por el petróleo cuando sea bombardeado”. – Ali Gueish, un yemení de ochenta años

Ahmed Abdulkareem
Por Ahmed Abdulkareem
Yemen Feaure photo

SANA’A, YEMEN -– Seven years have passed since the brutal war against Yemen, a ship-shaped country located on the southern Arabian Peninsula, began in March 2015. The war has been acknowledged as one the bloodiest in modern history and called the “world’s worst humanitarian disaster” by human rights groups. Yet, rather than breaking Yemeni resolve,

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Los temores palestinos aumentan mientras el Ramadán vuelve a contener amenazas de violencia israelí

Mientras los musulmanes de todo el mundo decoran sus ciudades, pueblos y barrios para la festividad del Ramadán, en Palestina el dolor está por todas partes. Padres, hermanos, familiares y vecinos lamentan las últimas víctimas de la violencia israelí.

Miko Peled
Por Miko Peled
Ramadan Palestinians Feateure photo

JERUSALEM – As I write these words, the Mufti of Jerusalem has just announced that the holy month of Ramadan will begin on April 2, 2022. I want to wish all of my Muslim brothers and sisters throughout the world, Ramadan Karim. Sadly, as Muslims around the world decorate their cities, towns, and neighborhoods for the holiday, in Palestine grief

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