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Syria, Alas. Is There Reason for Optimism?

May 15, 2023 By B Nimri Aziz Counterpunch We have a stingy agreement from most Arab League countries that Syria, one of its founding members, one of the…

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela Revisited

By BNimri Aziz 04/27/23 It was only when I started reading a collection of this remarkable African leader’s prison letters (records from 1962 to 1990) gathered in a…

Where should Palestinians Search for Justice?

by BNimri Aziz, March 8, 2023 (see also Counterpunch) A London hospital removes Palestinian children’s art because it upset some patients. Meanwhile, seemingly unassociated, far away in The…

Menacing Winter Wonder

by BNimri Aziz Feb 5, 2023 Counterpunch Those images from the December blizzard engulfing Buffalo in upstate New York were shocking. Hard to grasp the reality. That ghostliness…

Syria Held Hostage

by B Nimri Aziz, Feb 12, 2023 Counterpunch Perhaps the most agonizing experience for a family, for any bystander, even for humanitarian professionals, is a double tragedy—a death…

What Was That Biden Said About Ending the War?

an assessment of a president’s statement of wanting to end the war, with his announcement of giving dozens of Abrams tanks to Ukraine

Treachery or Opportunism: Horse-trading in the US Congress

vote-trading in US politics, political caucuses, The Squad Congress members; Margaret Kimberly, Jacobin Magazine

My 2023 New Year Resolution—Liberty for Julian Assange

BNimri Aziz 01.02.2023 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,…

Do Meghan and Harry Really Believe They Control the Narrative?

Ex-royals Duke and Duchess of Sussex swept into the American media business

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

Is US Vice-President Harris really being useful in her powerful position?