Increasing Crime and Militarization of Security in Belgium, Collapse of Western Social Order?

 

Increasing Crime and Militarization of Security in Belgium, Collapse of Western Social Order? By Ahmed Adel Belgian Minister of Security and Home Affairs Bernard Quintin announced a new security plan last week that includes the deployment of soldiers alongside police in the country’s major cities, with special attention to areas considered sensitive, such as metro stations and troubled neighborhoods. Read here

Poland Claims Russian Drone Attack. A Ukrainian False Flag to Pull NATO Into an International Conflict? Peter Koenig By Peter Koenig Poland’s PM and his entourage claim debris of shot-down drones point to Russian drones. So, they – Zelensky and Tusk – conclude that Russia has drone-attacked the NATO country, Poland. Ukraine recently inaugurated a drone factory and it is conceivable that they produce Russian-similar drones, to make believe. Read here

After Five Decades, It Comes to This: The Papua New Guinea-Australia Pukpuk Treaty. Binoy Kampmark By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Despite celebrating five decades of independence, PNG has decided to throw a good bit of it away by surrendering the complete autonomy of its armed forces to Australian influence and control. Such arrangements are always advertised as ostensible exercises of “interoperability”, consultation and equality, with various domestic processes needing to be observed. Read here

Latin America and the Caribbean – Sovereign Zone or Vassal Region? By Stephen Sefton If the Yankee elites really felt confident of their political-military power to defeat Venezuela, it is likely that they would have already used it. Last June, Iran proved categorically that Western military technology is inferior against advanced missile systems. Yemen has demonstrated how weak US naval power is against a country able to deploy even relatively modest deterrence. Read here

Not Just Weak Link: South Africa Bets on BRICS, Blockchain and Local Currencies against Trump’s Pressure By Uriel Araujo South Africa, often described as the junior partner in BRICS, has recently found itself in the spotlight in ways that few analysts would have predicted. Against the backdrop of Washington’s tariff blackmail and Trump’s increasingly blunt economic assaults on the bloc, Pretoria has not only defended its membership but also sought to leverage it for its own domestic and regional priorities. Read here

Fauci Caught Dead to Rights in Anti-FOIA Conspiracy, Per Newly Released Emails By Ben Bartee His Grace Dr. Anthony Fauci testified to Congress in 2024, under oath, that he never leaned on staffers in his NIAID fiefdom to delete emails in an attempt to skirt FOIA record-keeping laws. Read here

Solidarity with Palestine Must Begin with Palestinian Agency, Not Jewish Introspection By Rima Najjar Solidarity must be structural, not sentimental. It must begin with Palestinian agency, not Jewish introspection. It must treat Palestinian resistance as archive-worthy, canon-worthy, and grievable without mediation. Read here