Author Archives: Michael Wehle

This reminds me of all the social media comments, many of them likely produced by scripts, in response to posts about Israeli atrocities over the last years. “Just return the prisoners” was used to justify any amount of bombing, bombing … Continue reading →

Electronic Intifada: Israel is escalating its attacks on Palestinians as the so-called yellow line pushes west, expanding the death zone in Gaza; and as Israeli lynch mobs and soldiers enact pogroms in the occupied West Bank with impunity. Israeli warplanes … Continue reading →

Григорий Явлинский: On July 31, 1991, in Moscow, the presidents of the Soviet Union and the United States signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I). The historical significance of this event is becoming especially clear now, as we see … Continue reading →

Frankly, I don’t think that political awareness is going to prove the best medicine for our current malady. Most people know that financial dictatorship is destroying their life; the problem is knowing what to do about it. It is possible … Continue reading →

This is by Corita Kent, 1967. I grew up with a framed print over the sofa in my family’s living room. The War, by which anybody and everybody meant The Vietnam War, was ever a constant. It was there, a … Continue reading →

During the next few days he realised how isolated he was. It was no one’s fault, he thought. He had simply got what he had asked for. His friends had become strangely dim and colourless. Not one of them had … Continue reading →

France 24: France has ordered Russian journalist Xenia Fedorova to leave the country, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, amid accusations that she has spread Kremlin propaganda through French television and radio ahead of next year’s presidential election. France has … Continue reading →

I have never read before that I may expect a response within 60 business days. This is from a unit of the United States Government which “is committed to responding to your message in a timely manner”.