Author: Christine Schier

Achieving another first for humanity, SpaceX on Oct. 13 recovered intact the entire first stage of its massive Starship rocket at its original launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas. The accomplishment was immediately hailed by NASA Director Bill Nelson, who offered his congratulations, adding that “continued testing will prepare us for the bold missions that lie ahead — including traveling to the […]

Four Israeli human rights NGOs, that call themselves “the Israeli ceasefire coalition”, have “called on the international community to take action now to prevent Israel from forcibly transferring hundreds of thousands of Palestinians” out of Northern Gaza through a siege involving cutting off all food, water, and fuel. The statement was signed by B’Tselem (the Israeli Information Center for Human […]

The 71st consecutive weekly Zoom call dialogue of the International Peace Coalition (IPC) Oct. 11 was a sobering experience for participants, and for all who have viewed the presentation by Scott Ritter on the danger of a nuclear war provoked by Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. Ritter, a well-respected former UN weapons inspector, spoke after Helga Zepp-LaRouche, who had initiated the […]

The campaigns of independent candidates Diane Sare for Senate and Jose Vega for Congress, both from New York State, will present an extraordinary program for peace at an indoor rally and concert on Oct. 26, at 8 pm CET (2 pm EDT), featuring speakers such as Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Garland Nixon and Ray McGovern, as well as numerous classical music contributions. The […]

The credibility of the United States Administration has been severely damaged by its inability or unwillingness to pressure the Israeli government into accepting a ceasefire. The danger of the expansion of war from Palestine to Lebanon and then to Syria, Iraq and Iran, has become real. While Israel has delayed its retaliation to Iran’s missile attack of Oct. 1, reportedly […]

The meeting of the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the BRICS took place in Moscow on Oct. 10-11, to prepare the group’s summit to take place next week in Kazan, under the chairmanship this year of Russia. Participants received a proposal from Moscow for a new cross-border payments system that focuses on a new platform linking together the […]

Following the verbal assault against him at the European Parliament on Oct. 9 (cf. below), Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused EU leaders of plotting a regime change in his country. “The EU Commission and EPP (European People’s Party) Group leaders, von der Leyen and Manfred Weber, are attempting to oust Hungary’s sovereign government,” the Prime Minister’s spokesman Zoltan Kovacs […]

In his opening speech to the European Parliament on Oct. 9, Viktor Orbán highlighted competitiveness as a key issue for Hungary’s Presidency, pointing to energy prices as a key obstacle. “As a result of moving away from Russian energy sources, the EU has lost significant GDP growth,” he said. “We should not fall into the illusion that the green transition […]

Officially and publicly, the governments of NATO countries continue to repeat the mantra “Ukraine can win this war”. But there are signs that a certain retreat from this illusionary view has already begun. For instance, the high-profile meeting of NATO’s Ukraine Contact Group, scheduled for Oct. 12 in Ramstein, Germany, was put off after U.S. President Biden abruptly postponed by […]

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad is a remarkable historical leader of the Global South who still today, at the age of 99, continues to fight for the right to development of all nations and peoples, against all forms of imperialism. For 22 years, from 1981 to 2003, he served as Prime Minister of Malaysia, during the so-called “Asian […]