L’an passé, 951 militaires allemands ont fait la demande de ne pas être déployés en zone de conflit. C’est près de cinq fois plus qu’en 2021. Les pacifistes allemands appellent l’armée à offrir une porte de sortie à tous les objecteurs de conscience.
The most defining feature of international terrorism in 2023 will be its diversity, reflected by the broad array of ideologies and grievances motivating plots and attacks.
The challenge of dealing with “everyday extremists” remains, as lone actors influenced by accelerationism and other forms of violent extremism radicalize online and seek to conduct real-world acts of politically and ideologically motivated violence.
Джейсон Блазакис и Тур Буккволл – о наемниках Евгения Пригожина как передовом отряде Кремля в его агрессии против Украины
29 декабря Центр по исследованию коррупции и организованной преступности (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, OCCRP) объявил «персоной года» (то есть, антигероем по версии этой организации) Евгения Пригожина – человека, прозванного «поваром Кремля» и стоящего за множеством темных дел в интересах своего главного клиента, президента России Владимира Путина.
With the rapid growth of metadata and political and corporate surveillance in America during the last two decades, anthropologists Roberto J. González and David H. Price—long-time contributors to CounterPunch—have been studying the impacts and implications of these developments. Both Price and González recently published books that critically examine surveillance in the United States (Price’s The American Surveillance State: How the U.S. Spies on Dissent and González’s War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future). Below are excerpts from an extended conversation between the two on the cultural, military, and political dimensions of surveillance, technology, culture, and power.
More than one-third of the U.S. population was born after 1970, and thus has no personal memories of the Cold War, particularly the Berlin crises or the Cuban missile crisis. Since we are in the early stages of a new Cold War, it’s a good time to review the tensions that we will confront. Spoiler alert: Cold War 2.0 will be more costly and risky than its predecessor.
The most defining feature of international terrorism in 2023 will be its diversity, reflected by the broad array of ideologies and grievances motivating plots and attacks. The Islamic State, the most significant terrorist threat since the global counterterrorism campaign to dismantle al-Qaeda in the immediate years following 9/11, has been attenuated in Iraq and Syria, losing two of its emirs in 2022. Outside of the Levant, Islamic State branches and affiliates remain potent, especially in the Sahel region of Africa and in South Asia, where the Islamic State Khorasan Province is waging a stubborn insurgency against the Taliban. The Islamic State Khorasan Province has launched high-profile attacks against both Russian and Chinese interests in Afghanistan. Still, Western counterterrorism successes may not be sustainable without a robust commitment to continue working with partners on the ground to ensure that these groups do not reconstitute. Without continued US and allied pressure, it is likely that Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and their respective branches and franchise groups could successfully rebuild their networks in the Middle East and beyond.
A superpower in decline still retains a vast appetite for irregular, proxy warfare to slow down the imminent multipolar order. Iran, Russia, China are its big targets and all tools will be employed.
To maintain its global hegemony in the face of a rapidly emerging multipolar world, the US seeks to restrict the redistribution of power in all regions where its clout is foundering.
Des documents d’archives publiés en 2012 confirment l’organisation de la Seconde Guerre mondiale par, non seulement les industriels et banquiers allemands, mais également par les banquiers états-uniens et britanniques, couverts par le président Franklin Roosevelt et le Premier ministre Neville Chamberlain, dans l’espoir de détruire l’URSS.
Hammouri’s affiliation with the PFLP and his involvement in planning terror attacks against Israelis, does not, however, seem to concern the UN Human Rights Office. Instead of condemning the convicted terrorist, the UN Human Rights Office chose to condemn Israel for daring to take measures to protect its citizens against terrorism.
Chers amis lecteurs. 2023 devrait être une année majeure dans le dévoilement de tous les mensonges qui ont permis à certaines puissances de prendre le contrôle de toute l’humanité. Le Great Reset aura peut-être bien lieu cette année, mais pas comme le voudrait le WEF de Davos. En parallèle des guerres économique et militaire, la guerre médiatique est de plus en plus virulente et la nécessité pour les médias alternatifs d’être prêts à y faire face est plus qu’urgente. A Réseau International, nous avons décidé de passer à une étape supérieure avec tous les moyens nous permettant d’être au rendez-vous des grands chamboulements qui nous attendent. Pour cela, nous avons besoin de vous et de votre soutien.