https://znetwork.org/author/richardeskow/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 03 May 2024 14:30:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/richardeskow/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/antisemitism-the-big-lie-smearing-campus-protesters/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/antisemitism-the-big-lie-smearing-campus-protesters/#respond Fri, 03 May 2024 14:30:51 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1265848 Mainstream journalists and politicians have engaged in a campaign of mass slander against US college students protesting the Gaza genocide. Their “antisemitism’ Big Lie echoes the racist hate campaigns of the past, inciting hostility toward young people whose only crime is their dedication to justice. At around 11 p.m. on Tuesday night, this was the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/antisemitism-the-big-lie-smearing-campus-protesters/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ukraine-needs-a-cease-fire-not-bidens-50-billion-escalation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ukraine-needs-a-cease-fire-not-bidens-50-billion-escalation/#respond Sun, 31 Dec 2023 15:54:41 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1260027 It’s clear that Ukraine needs more support. What isn’t clear is why the latest White House spending package includes $50 billion in additional military funding, which is more than Ukraine has received from the United States since the war began in early 2022. This could a very dangerous escalation of the risk of nuclear war, at a [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ukraine-needs-a-cease-fire-not-bidens-50-billion-escalation/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-elites-see-when-they-see-old-people/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-elites-see-when-they-see-old-people/#respond Sun, 12 Feb 2023 15:38:29 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1239270 President Biden’s State of the Union speech earlier this week included the president’s observation that Republicans want to cut Social Security and Medicare, something that’s been demonstrably true since 1935. That triggered a heated exchange between the president and his Republican hecklers, who insisted it wasn’t true. “So, folks,” said Biden, “as we all apparently agree: Social [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-elites-see-when-they-see-old-people/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/is-progress-obsolete-the-united-states-is-now-an-un-developing-country/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/is-progress-obsolete-the-united-states-is-now-an-un-developing-country/#respond Sat, 17 Sep 2022 15:53:47 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1220272 The United Nations’ latest annual ranking of nations by “sustainable development goals” will come as a shock for many Americans. Not only aren’t we “Number One,” we’re not even close. The top four countries are Scandinavian democracies. The United States ranks forty-first, just below Cuba (that’s right, below our Communist neighbor). 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