ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
Berhanu Anteneh Current debates about Israeli policy are rife with double standards, leading to absurd decisions like Germany’s recent cancellation of a pro-Palestinian gathering. By quashing legitimate speech and assembly, an Israel-aligned establishment risks inciting precisely the kind of anti-Semitism that it wants to prevent. LJUBLJANA – It is only April, but we already have a good …
With right-wing populist parties expected to make sizable gains in European elections this year, many commentators have been sounding the alarm about threats to democracy across the region. But whether these fears are warranted is a complicated and highly contingent question. Read more
With resources that often exceed those of government agencies, corporations increasingly resort to deception and manipulation to maximize their profits, thereby undermining the public interest. Rebuilding trust in democratic institutions depends on our ability to see through corporate-friendly narratives. STANFORD – In oppressive regimes, where speaking the truth can result in punishment, rulers often convince citizens to …
What follows neoliberalism? A true free market. In my latest book, The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America, I argue that, contrary to the standard historical narrative, neoliberal ideology has always been a red herring. Neoliberalism was not a backlash against Keynesian economics or rising Marxism. Rather, neoliberal dogmas were adopted in the 1960s …
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The explicit reason was to swiftly end the war with Japan. But it was also intended to send a message to the Soviets. Ever since America dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945, the question has persisted: Was that magnitude of death and destruction really needed to end World War II? A few days earlier, …
Through the decades, the right to vote in the U.S. has seen a massive change and expansion. Since America’s founding days, when voting was limited to white male property owners, to the transformative Voting Rights Act of 1965, to sweeping voting process reform introduced in the early 2000s, the right to vote in U.S. elections has seen …
On August 2, 1939, Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning of the potential development of “extremely powerful bombs” based on nuclear chain reactions in uranium. As reported by Time, this letter, drafted by physicist Leo Szilard with input from other émigré scientists, urged the U.S. to accelerate its own atomic …
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