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From Where Will The Breakthrough Come for Julian Assange?

by B Nimri Aziz 09.13.23 Julian Assange is still imprisoned; journalism’s future is still in jeopardy. Delegates from Australia’s parliament are headed to Washington to appeal to the…

Safe and Secure? Or Stressed and Scared

August 29, 2023 by Barbara Nimri Aziz also see Counterpunch          “Why don’t you just report it to the town council, with a photo of that cluttered yard,”…

Political Theater in Nepal Is Driving Citizen Flight

July 13/23 by Barbara Nimri Aziz With unwelcome regularity, every few months Kathmandu Valley experiences a nationally watched theatrical production. This month’s will surely be unrivalled. Yet, each…

A Reality Check on Our Polarized Lives.

May 26, by B Nimri Aziz. also on Counterpunch and River Reporter Arriving for my bone density test at a downstate New York hospital, I’m delighted to again…

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…

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