December 2017 Archive
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- André Vltchek's Column
- 30 Dec 2017
New Year’s Message and a Warning From a War Correspondent
Sometimes it is useful to take a break from news bulletins and newspapers, and even from ‘friendly’ Internet publications. Occasionally it is good to realize that there are actually two […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Education
- 29 Dec 2017
Are rich people smarter?
This is well known: the stronger mommy and daddy’s portfolio is, the better the school report will be. Common sense offers a very simple explanation: rich people have better genes […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Europe / Videos
- 28 Dec 2017
Voices of a better world: Michel Collon interviews Zahari Zahariev
In the latest instalment of “Voices of a better world”, Michel Collon talks to Professor Zahari Zahariev. The discussion is centred around Bulgaria, the current situation, the changes after the […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / North-South relations
- 27 Dec 2017
Panic of Boris Johnson in Moscow – agony of rotting empire
It has been all very ugly, aggressive and often distinctly vulgar: the way the British Foreign Secretary has behaved before and during his official visit to Moscow. Mr. Johnson […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy
- 26 Dec 2017
Bachir Ben Barka: “the public has been fooled, made to believe that a significant step towards uncovering the truth was taken”
The collective “Defence Secrets – a democratic initiative” was created in Paris last September. What are its goals? To raise public awareness concerning defence secrets, which currently work “to the […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Europe
- 25 Dec 2017
Fascism’s Face-Lift
Anti-communist campaigns in Eastern Europe aren’t about building a more democratic society — they’re about rehabilitating the far right. ast year, antifascists in Poland commemorated the country’s international brigades on the eightieth […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Latin America
- 24 Dec 2017
Che Guevara, Apostle of the Oppressed III
The fiftieth anniversary of the death of Che Guevara, assassinated in Bolivia on October 9, 1967, offers us an opportunity to look back on the Cuban-Argentine revolutionary who dedicated his […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Latin America / United States
- 23 Dec 2017
Zelaya: Open Letter to the American People
“We have been subject to horrible dictatorships that have enjoyed U.S. support, under the premise that an outlaw is good for us if he serves transnational interests well”. People […]