by Peter Hänseler*
(25 April 2023) Western media are full of emotional stories about war and banking crises but missing the story of the century. The outcry in the West will be deafening when commodities must once again be paid for with money of value.
by Thomas Fazi,* Great Britain
(26 April 2023) France is in flames. Israel is erupting. America is facing a second January 6. In the Netherlands, however, the political establishment is reeling from an entirely different type of protest – one that, perhaps more than any other raging today, threatens to destabilise the global order.
The victory of the “Farmer-Citizen Movement” (BBB) in the recent provincial elections on 15 March represents an extraordinary result for an anti-establishment party that was formed just over three years ago. But then again, these are not ordinary times.
by Tanupriya Singh
(25 April 2023) A senior Russian official indicated that a new currency project might be announced at the upcoming BRICS summit in South Africa. The alliance’s other members – Brazil, China, Russia, and India – have already taken steps to bypass the US-dominated global trade and finance system.
(11 April 2023) (Edit.) The opening of the “International People’s Tri-bunal on U.S. Imperialism – Sanctions, Blockades and Economic Coercive Measures” took place in New York on 28 January 2023,1 (see Box on the right). The Tribunal will last about six months and end in July 2023 with a closing ceremony at the Simón Bolívar Institute in Caracas, Venezuela.
In a first article, "Swiss Standpoint" has already published the presentation of Alfred de Zayas, former independent UN expert on international order, in which he, among other things, clarified the term “sanctions”.2 (see Box on page 2)
by Ben Norton,* Latin America
(14 February 2023) In a video address to a US corporate lobby group, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky thanked companies like BlackRock, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Starlink, insisting “everyone can become a big business” by investing in Ukraine, where “we are defending freedom and property”.
by Jeremy Kuzmarov,* USA
(29 January 2023) The military’s deep penetration into all aspects of American life has hampered the development of a strong anti-war movement – at a time when it is desperately needed.