What Was That Biden Said About Ending the War?

What Was That Biden Said About Ending the War?

Vietnam era anti-war poster by Barbara Nimri Aziz, Jan 30, 2023. Counterpunch Commentators speculate how the American president’s promise – endorsed by the country as enthusiastically as Zelensky himself– of M1 Abram tanks to Ukraine will affect the war that…

Treachery or Opportunism: Horse-trading in the US Congress

Treachery or Opportunism: Horse-trading in the US Congress

‘He still needs 3 votes’: Image from US House of Representatives Jan 2023 by Barbara Nimri Aziz January 15, 2023           Jacobin author Neal Meyer has pointed out what I too was thinking. The Left, indeed all of today’s Democrats,…

My 2023 New Year Resolution—Liberty for Julian Assange

My 2023 New Year Resolution—Liberty for Julian Assange

BNimri Aziz 01.02.2023 London Rally in Support of Julian Assange, 2021 Counterpunch 01.05.23 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s vindication seems– maybe, perhaps, imaginably—achievable. It’s enough for me to publish my singular New Year resolution– not a wish, but a firm resolution–…

Do Meghan and Harry Really Believe They Control the Narrative?

Do Meghan and Harry Really Believe They Control the Narrative?

BNAziz Counterpunch 01.11.23  My sister in Canada once had an ardent although not excessive interest in British royalty. She has followed successive generations of The Windsors from the 1940s into the 21 Century. Now, she says, that’s over. First she…

V-P Kamala Harris Needs A Beefed-up Press Office and A Better Job   

V-P Kamala Harris Needs A Beefed-up Press Office and A Better Job   

Dec 28, 2022 by Barbara Nimri Aziz How embarrassing. Even if you’re not at home finishing off your turkey dinner; and especially if you’re our triple-minority American vice-president tasked with that impossible job of sorting out the border problem. It’s…

Bang, Bang, Bang– Terrifying Here; Heroic over There. More Weapons for Ukraine vs Rising Shootings in the US

Bang, Bang, Bang– Terrifying Here; Heroic over There. More Weapons for Ukraine vs Rising Shootings in the US

by B Nimri Aziz, April 12, 2022 [Member of the New York City Police Department Emergency Service Unit conducting high visibility terrorism deterrent operations near the subway entrance in Midtown Manhattan.Heavily armed with carbine rifles and ballistic vests. The Hercules…