The Unionist Vote and Moldova’s European Future. Op-Ed by Anatol Taranu https://www.byteseu.com/1196149/ #AnatolȚăranu #Moldova #OpEd
The Unionist Vote and Moldova’s European Future. Op-Ed by Anatol Taranu https://www.byteseu.com/1196149/ #AnatolȚăranu #Moldova #OpEd
Minerals for peace? How to make the Rwanda-DRC deal stick.
By Lewis Mudge HRW JUL-07
"A #US.-brokered peace deal, signed on June 27 between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, will link economic integration and respect for territorial integrity with the promise of Western investment. It is a mineral deal first, an opportunity for peace second. (...)"
#rwanda #DRC #peace #law
#humanrights #africa
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/07/minerals-for-peace-how-to-make-the-rwanda-drc-deal-stick
"Walt Whitman Would Have Hated DOGE —
... an essential question that any artist and civic figure who believes American ideals are worth sustaining must ask: How shall we honor, remember and learn from our national past? And how shall we transmit essential values of the past to citizens of the future?
... "
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/opinion/doge-nea-neh-walt-whitman.html
#art #arts #history #OpEd #NEA #NEH
Absolutely cannot make America healthy again if you ignore the biggest and most solvable problems. Ask the Onion.*
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/24/rfk-jr-make-america-healthy-again-killers-american-children
*"‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1819576527/
Is this the same WaPo that didn't have the gumption to print Ann Tellnaes' cartoon of Jeff Bezos and a cabal of billionaire media/social media/tech celebs (Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong — and Walt Disney Company mascot Mickey Mouse!) bootlicking at trump's feet?* Wonder what changed.
*https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post
#USpol #USpolitics #USelections #OpEd #dystopia #military #USArmy
#oped "Yvonne Ridley warned in an article in MEMO last October that, “Netanyahu will not stop until he drags the US and UK into Middle East war.” Her words are hugely relevant today."
When the ‘civilised world’ allows inhumanity to thrive, we are all in deep trouble
By Ibrahim Hewitt for MEMO
The #US has started with operative steps that indicate a decision about #war with #iran has been taken.
"Trump ordered the withdrawal of non-essential personnel from its bases and diplomatic outposts in West Asia (Middle East). Why now? Well, look at the mess Israel is in and it suddenly gets clear that Tel Aviv really needs this war to happen now." -- Pascal Lottaz
#oped #assessment #geopolitics
Video credit: Neutrality Studies
Update JUN-12 Dr. Birsen Gaskell tells of her experience in #rafah, Southern #gaza:
Skeletons of ambulances and hospital equipment lie scattered, half-buried. Following its invasion almost a year ago, the Israeli army damaged and burned down hospital properties (...)
#oped by Dr. Birsen Gaskell for Anadolu
#palestine #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #un #icj
#huamnrights
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/opinion/opinion-notes-from-nasser-hospital-gaza-april-2025/3595122
#oped In #gaza, the bombs are still falling. But in Europe, a political awakening is taking shape. If sustained, it could signal the beginning of the end for Israeli exceptionalism -
By Imran Khalid for Anadolu JUN-10
#palestine #CrimesAgainstHumanity
#un #eu #icj
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/opinion/opinion-europe-s-long-overdue-reckoning-with-israel-s-gaza-genocide/3593253
#oped Timo Al-Farooq explores Germany’s unshakable support for "Israel" amid its war on #gaza, revealing how this stance echoes past militarism and a failure to reckon with history.
The word 'Beratungsresistenz', resistance to advice, captures Berlin’s dangerous obstinacy.
#germany #deutschland #völkermord
Full article on Al Mayadeen ( w/ audio)
#oped "In the history of modern conflict, perhaps no narrative is as disturbing as the deliberate misuse of humanitarian aid to achieve geopolitical goals.
#gaza—a territory battered by decades of war and blockade—now faces a new and insidious threat: a plan disguised as salvation for its starving population, but in reality, a calculated blueprint for Palestinian displacement." (...)
By Greg Pence for MEMO
#media #opinion #humanrights #genevaconvention #un
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250601-how-humanitarian-aid-became-a-tool-to-empty-gaza/
https://www.europesays.com/2122325/ Europe’s prosperity and security depend on climate action #Climate #comment #Competitiveness #Economy #EconomyOfEU #EconomyOfEuropeanUnion #EconomyOfTheEU #EconomyOfTheEuropeanUnion #emissions #Energy #EUEconomy #Europe #Gulf #GulfTimes #NetZero #Oped #opinion #sustainability #Times
The attack on higher education is not about antisemitism and is bad for Jews.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/05/28/trump-harvard-antisemitism/83875926007/
h/t @dukepaaron
https://babka.social/@dukepaaron/114585746844487531
#antisemitism #HigherEd #HigherEducation #USpol #USpolitics #OpEd #antiscience #dystopia
Liberal Faith in Checks and Balances Betrays Deeper Investment in Law and Order
As other branches of government fail to check the Trump administration, the balance of power shifts toward oligarchs.
https://www.europesays.com/2108645/ Rising seas to test humanity even at 1.5°C #change #Climate #ClimateChange #climatechange #comment #FloodDamage #gases #global #GlobalWarming #greenhouse #GreenhouseGases #Gulf #GulfTimes #IceSheets #Oped #opinion #points #SeaLevelRise #Times #Tipping #warming
Rising seas to test humanity even at 1.5°C https://www.byteseu.com/1044750/ #change #Climate #ClimateChange #climatechange #Comment #FloodDamage #gases #Global #GlobalWarming #greenhouse #GreenhouseGases #Gulf #GulfTimes #IceSheets #Oped #Opinion #points #SeaLevelRise #times #Tipping #Warming
https://www.europesays.com/2107365/ US economic engine remains powerful despite fiscal and structural risks #comment #credit #debt #deficit #Economy #growth #Gulf #GulfTimes #IMF #Inflation #InternationalMonetaryFund #Oped #opinion #Times #Viewpoint
What's interesting about this headline?
Well, it comes from #egypt, one of the US allies in the region, and the article was published in Al Ahram #cairo, a very western-EU orientated media outlet!
"Israel exploits US shooting to shift focus from Gaza genocide"
Read the #oped by Yasmine O. Farag to learn more