As someone who has witnessed the humiliations daily endured by Palestinians living decade after decade under ‘occupation’ the word occupation was for me…
The death of the despised despot who ruled Libya for forty-two years naturally produced celebrations throughout the country. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s end was bloody and vindictive, but…
This post consists of my responses to questions put to me by a Greek journalist, C.J Polychroniou, who long followed intellectual thought…
There are 189 countries that are parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) that entered into force in 1970. Only India, Pakistan, Israel, and…
The exciting presence of protestors on Wall Street (and the spread of the #OccupyWallStreet protests across the country) is a welcome respite from years…
Rethinking Afghanistan After a Decade Richard Falk http://richardfalk.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/rethinking-afghanistan-after-a-decade/ Richardfalk.com This post is a short essay responding to a question about my dramatic…
In Western circles of influential opinion, the outcome of the NATO intervention in Libya has already been pronounced ‘a victory’ from several points…
Prefatory Note: A few days ago I published an earlier version of this article in Al Jazeera English, but have revised it to…
There has been a dramatic shift in critical international responses to the current Turkish political leadership that has been recently highlighted by…
In Part One of Friederich Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra there is a particularly provocative section entitled ‘Of the New Idol.’ Remembering that…
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