Author: Christine Schier

The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum that took place on January 15-19 proceeded along the usual lines: a public circus to provide fodder for media headlines and pictures, and a non public level of discussions to deliberate on actions in the interest of the WEF “stakeholders”, i.e., the billionaire elite running the global financial system. On the public […]

As the power of the so-called “unipolar world” wanes, and the rules of the “rules-based order” cease to function, the propaganda machine in NATO countries is churning out warnings of imminent threats from supposed “enemies” out to destroy democracy and freedom. The overriding “danger”, this narrative would have us believe, remains Russia, but China and Iran must also be dealt […]

A special guest at the International Peace Coalition’s meeting on Jan. 19, was Francis Boyle, an American human rights lawyer, and Professor of international law at the Illinois University’s College of Law, who discussed the South African filing against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague (cf. SAS, 2,3/24). Professor Boyle served as counsel for Bosnia […]

Defying the world, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has maintained his hard-line position insisting there can be no Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip, and not even a two-state solution as was (timidly) proposed by U.S. Secretary of State Blinken last week. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Israeli President Herzog stated categorically before that distinguished audience that there will […]

The mass protests and tractorcades by German farmers will continue as a daily pattern, until the government shows a real commitment to discuss constructive changes in agricultural policy, instead of playing them down. As earlier attempts by the government and mainstream media to discredit the farmers as right-wingers failed, another approach has been taken to try and undermine the impact […]

The farmer protest movement has expanded from Germany to France, the largest agricultural producer in the EU, and to Italy, the third largest. Demands in all three countries are similar: a reduction of taxes on farm fuel, fewer regulations and, in general, a reversal of the “Green Deal”. For over a week now, farmers in southwest France, near Toulouse, have […]

“Italy wake up!” is the message sent out from the event devoted to the BRICS and the New Silk Road, organized by the newly created “Independence” political movement in Italy January 18. Before a packed room at the Rome Chamber of Commerce, international guests invited by the movement’s foreign policy speaker Michele Geraci, offered a comprehensive picture of why it […]

An extraordinary international dialogue with youth under the above title was organized on Jan. 20 by the Schiller Institute. The three-hour discussion was held with a live audience in New York City together with online participants, many of them in groups, from around the world. At least 20 countries, representing all continents, were represented, from China to Afghanistan to Chile. […]

The New Year has been ushered in amid great tumult and uncertainty. The headlines are full of reports on wars and destruction, combined with news on the “inevitable” economic decline to expect in the West. Despite the immediate emotional reaction to these events, one should not lose sight of the larger underlying process at work. That is, the end of […]

“No one will be able to claim, as historians said of World War I, that we sleepwalked into World War III. The war cries today are so deafening that they threaten to awaken from the dead all of the victims of previous wars, including the First and Second World Wars.” This is the opening observation of a Christmas and New […]