Author: Eric ZUESSE

Cecil Rhodes

The Origin Of Neoconservatism

Neoconservatism (advocacy of control over the entire planet by America’s Government — i.e., of a universal American empire or “hegemony”) was first stated in 1877, by the British empire’s colonialist Cecil Rhodes (founder of Rhodesia and of South Africa as British colonies) when he wrote the first draft of his […]

Xi Jinping

China’s Success Against Covid Dwarfs The West’s

Libertarians/neoliberals in The West can’t believe the enormous extent of China’s success at keeping down the rates of disease, and of death, and of unemployment, from covid-19, because China’s policies on covid are, and have been, the exact opposite of libertarian/neoliberal. (What’s called “libertarian” in America is called “neoliberal” throughout […]

EU’s ‘Greens’

How Red Are the EU’s ‘Greens’?

Blood-red. But that’s a banned fact. (It will be documented in what follows.) Here are the announced values (the “Guiding Principles”) of the European Green Party: “Environmental Responsibility” “Freedom through Self-Determination” “Extending Justice” “Diversity, an Indispensable Condition” “Non-Violence” “To sum it up, Sustainable Development” This “Charter of the European Greens” […]

Biden-Putin video

Putin Rejects Biden’s Demand That The U.S. Take Control Over The Negotiations Between Ukraine And Its Former Donbass Region

The two-hour December 7th Biden-Putin conversation (via video-conference) focused mainly on the conflict between Ukraine and its breakaway former Donbass region, which is in Ukraine’s far east and borders on Russia. In order to understand the conversation, some basic history that produced the current situation there needs to be stated, […]

Chinese tennis star

How Associated Press Distorts The ‘News’

On November 22nd, America’s Associated Press (AP) news-agency headlined “IOC call with Chinese tennis star Peng raises more questions” and reported that “Concern grew in the last week for the former No. 1-ranked doubles player — who hadn’t been seen since accusing a senior Chinese official of sexual assault on […]