(Une version française suit en dessous) One year ago I devoted this blog to predictions related to the idea that human history must pass through an apocalypse before it can move forward to peace and human rights. Today, I want to inquire what has happened to these predictions. 1. The rejection of “business-as-usual” capitalist democracy … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) We have been living in a new era of history since 1945, when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by nuclear bombs. In our time, the question of peace has become urgent. Einstein told us this clearly in 1946: “The unleashed power of the atom has transformed everything except our … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Already in 2024 we see voters around the world rejecting capitalist democracy, the form of government by which capitalists become billionaires while working people sink into poverty. Instead, guided by a mass media controlled by these capitalists, voters choose fascism over socialism instead. We could predict that this will … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In this blog several months ago, I claimed that we are seeing “the beginning of the end of bourgeous democracy.” I was pessimistic about the possibility of democracy surviving in another form. But news in this month’s CPNN bulletin gives hope that perhaps democracy can survive in Africa … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In the short term, as we discussed last month, there is not an effective means to stop the Israeli genocide of Palestine. Perhaps in the long term Israel can be stopped by boycotts, divestment and sanctions, much as overcame South African Apartheid. But there is another factor we … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) For a profound analysis of our political situation, the answer is simple: it is economic I wrote the following back in my blog of May 2017: “What is the appeal of Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen? Why have they able to get so many votes? A superficial response … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) (for a version with the illustrations, click here.) In order to understand the deep meaning of the US election results, and to compare them to the electoral situation in France, I have downloaded a series of maps from the Internet showing the relation between voting patterns, poverty and urbanization. … Read more
(See below for French) In the past few months we have a tale of two elections. In the Democratic Repubic of the Congo, after a difficult election campaign (described in CPNN), there is serious reason to believe that the election results were fixed to favor a candidate favorable to the huge mining interests in that … Read more
What is the appeal of Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen? Why have they able to get so many votes? A superficial response is easy: Voters are angry and fed up with the present political system and they will vote for whoever best shares their anger and damns the present political system. The more the … Read more