The most consequential false conspiracy theory of the last twenty years in the United States centered on fabricated accusations raised against the Iraqi state in 2002-3. These claimed that Iraq maintained secret stores of “weapons of mass destruction” and intended to use them against the West, perhaps imminently.
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Influential academic David Graeber had been invited to Berlin to present his new book Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by current German President Steinmeier who…
Desperate refugees crammed into cockle-shell boats landing on the shingle beaches of the south Kent coast are easily portrayed as invaders. Anti-immigrant demonstrators were exploiting…
I witness horror stories of social media algorithms turning young people into extremists. But why cede this space to the far right? Source: Marxist memes…
Il rapporto della Brown University: dal 2001 al 2019 lo sfollamento forzato da 8 paesi nelle guerre Usa. E gli effetti sono duraturi: frammentazione della…
Dall’antico Egitto alle democrazie contemporanee, nessun regime ha mai governato rinunciando alle strutture burocratiche. E non spariranno neanche con le nuove tecnologie. Dall’archivio di Internazionale.…
As trusted friends join the ranks of predators, it could be time to take a tougher line – soft power is no longer enough Source:…
As memories of the relative peace of the Eid ul-Adha ceasefire fade and direct talks between the government and the Taleban should be about to…
di Tomaso Montanari È Cicerone a ricordarci come l’immane razzìa artistica di Verre, il corrottissimo governatore della Sicilia, ispirò agli sveglissimi ragazzi di Siracusa un…
Inquietanti, incredibili: i numeri che riguardano la presenza della questione referendaria nelle sette principali emittenti televisive nazionali. Il taglio dei parlamentari lì è già avvenuto.…