Empires Come and Go: The UK’s Decline to a US Colony
The United Kingdom remained an imperialist power only as long as it could maintain control of its colonies. With an economy devastated by World War I and World War II, the British Empire began to disintegrate. After losing India in 1948, a pivotal point in the history of the British Empire was the 1956 Suez […]
The Rise of BRICS: Cold War Redux or End of Empires?
There is a vague nostalgia for the Cold War era, which spanned from almost immediately after World War II in 1945 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991. It was arguably a period of history marked, if not by peace and stability, at least by a sense of predictability emanating from a […]
Irish Peace Activist D’Arcy Jailed Over Protest of Airport’s Use by US Military
By Eugene Egan The incarceration of 79-year-old Irish peace activist Margaretta D’Arcy has caused much controversy and focused international attention on the use of United States military aircraft at Shannon Airport in Ireland. Ms. D’Arcy, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, was previously arrested and given a three-month suspended sentence, along with Niall Farrell at […]
From Analog to Digital: The Revolution Against the Patriarchal World Order
In the analog era, our perception was shaped by certain images and concepts created in our minds by whatever the media presented to us, including the books we read, movies we watched, and music we listened to. We believed we were being informed on politics, social sciences, economics and psychology when we read books or […]
Free Shaker Aamer from Gitmo: An Open Letter to British PM David Cameron
Dear Prime Minister: It is my understanding that you have written to the family of Mr. Shaker Aamer in London to assure these good people that you are doing everything to secure Shaker’s release from Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Likewise, the foreign secretary, William Hague, has written to Shaker himself in Guantanamo making similar assurances. […]
