The Making of Contemporary Identity-Based Islamophobia

Far from being an irrational fear of Islam and Muslims, Islamophobia is a contemporary form of racism. Racist social relations have gone through historical mutations, allowing them to adapt to changes […]

Forty years of Orientalism, an eternity to go

The West’s punitive civilising mission in the East shows no signs of abating 40 years after the publication of Orientalism. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the publication […]

Peace is a cliché: When the West cannot control the world unopposed it means war

Dedicated to my friend, a philosopher, John Cobb, Jr. The West likes to think of itself as a truly “peace-loving part of the world”. But is it? You hear it […]

Venezuelan elections: chavismo still in power, US still belligerent, media still dishonest

In a climate of dire economic war/crisis and foreign aggression, Venezuelans took to the polls to elect their president and regional legislative councils. Chavismo won big in both contests, with […]

Diagnosing the West with Sadistic Personality Disorder (SPD)

The Empire Is Obsessed with Perverse Types Of Punishment Western culture is clearly obsessed with rules, guilt, submissiveness and punishment. By now it is clear that the West is […]

The World’s Poorest Citizens Are Being Betrayed by the #1 Organization Designed to Protect Them

In 1951, member states of the United Nations approved a convention on refugees. The point of that convention was limited – to ensure that refugees from World War II were […]

U.S. – war dog wants to bite, but what and how?

It could be truly comical, if it were not to be so dangerous for millions of people living all over the world. The Empire, once mighty, ruthless and frightening is […]

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 […]

United States Blackmails and “Starves” UNESCO

What just used to be rumors, suddenly, became official facts. The Government of the United States of America, which for years and decades has been sick and tired of the […]

Third World Quarterly row: Why some western intellectuals are trying to debrutalise colonialism

Vijay Prashad explains why he resigned from the editorial board of the journal “Third World Quarterly” after it published an apologia for colonialism. Ek tarz-e-taghaful hai so vo unko […]

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