Category: Opinions

Zones of exploitation

By Milenko Srećković Serbian economic policy for the last fifteen years has persistently and primarily relied on foreign investments as the best, and often the only solution to widespread unemployment. This policy is also responsible for the establishment of the “free zones”: territories of some Serbian municipalities where corporations have been granted special privileges for starting production and opening new […]

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Why US’s “collateral damage” and “errors” are not a war crime?

Why US’s “collateral damage” and “errors” are not a war crime?

BELGRADE – Many innocent civilians were killed in American military interventions around the world – from Vietnam and Serbia to Iran and Afghanistan, because of the alleged “errors” or “collateral damage” – without consequences for civil and military leadership. In addition to political, military and every other power, Americans secured itself with legal mechanisms. Twenty-two civilians, wounded and doctors, among […]

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American Exceptionalism and American Torture

American Exceptionalism and American Torture

In 1964, the Brazilian military, in a US-designed coup, overthrew a liberal (not more to the left than that) government and proceeded to rule with an iron fist for the next 21 years. In 1979 the military regime passed an amnesty law blocking the prosecution of its members for torture and other crimes. The amnesty still holds. That’s how they […]

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Tony Blair Bears ‘Total Responsibility’ For Isis, Says Academic Who Advised Him On Iraq

Tony Blair Bears ‘Total Responsibility’ For Isis, Says Academic Who Advised Him On Iraq

There is “absolutely” a link between the invasion of Iraq and the rise of terror group Isis, for which Tony Blair bears “total responsibility”, says a leading academic who advised the then prime minister in the run-up to the war. Speaking exclusively to The Huffington Post UK, Professor George Joffe of Cambridge University said Tony Blair had a “shallow mind” […]

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Why Noam Chomsky Is One of America’s Great Public Intellectuals

Why Noam Chomsky Is One of America’s Great Public Intellectuals

Chomsky appears to be an exile in his own country by virtue of his political interventions and his displays of fierce courage. By Henry A. Giroux / TruthOut.org Noam Chomsky is a world renowned academic best known not only for his pioneering work in linguistics but also for his ongoing work as a public intellectual in which he has addressed a […]

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