Archives for 9月 2021

实验室泄漏、功能增益和围绕武汉研究所的媒体神话

中国科学家在没有证据的情况下无休止的指责和假设,其根源在于西方几个世纪以来对“不诚实的中国人”的东方主义比喻,这就是为什么有些人将实验室泄漏的证据不足等同于掩盖证据的证据。

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在也门的沙布瓦,随着战争的进行,沙特人让步但从空中杀死

“除了沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋离开我们的家之外,没有什么能安抚我们。” ——沙布瓦省的也门祖父

Yemen Saudi Jizan

SHABWA, YEMEN --  “A warplane killed them,” a shocked man in his seventies, draped in Shabwian traditional folk costume, said as he stood over the remains of the burning bodies of a family in Markhah district in Shabwa province, the third-largest governorate by area in Yemen. On Sunday, Saudi warplanes dropped Western-made bombs on the family of

五角大楼如何依靠好莱坞来推销阿富汗战争

在数百部电影和电视节目中,每一个词和图像都经过高级军事人物的仔细审查和签字,所有这些都是为了说服观众支持世界各地的致命和严重不道德的运动。

The (official) 20-year U.S. occupation of Afghanistan has come to a close, with the military beating a hasty and ignominious retreat. The puppet Afghan government NATO installed lasted fewer than two weeks on its own, with President Ashraf Ghani fleeing for the UAE, allegedly with around $169 million in cash. If the occupation was so unpopular

战争是一场球拍:前国务院官员马修·霍(Matthew Hoh)直言不讳

美国过去和现在都通过支持阿富汗的毒枭,有效地参与了既定的毒品交易。

What was the Afghanistan War all about? That is the question on many people’s lips after a devastating 20-year campaign that has killed an estimated 176,000 people and displaced nearly 6 million more. Today, Watchdog host Lowkey is joined by a man who knows the war from both inside and out. Matthew Hoh was at the forefront of the American

克里斯·赫奇斯:美国的命运:寡头还是专制

相互竞争的权力体系被划分为不同的替代方案,这扩大了社会和政治鸿沟——并增加了发生暴力冲突的可能性。

Oligarchy or Autocracy Feature photo

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (Scheerpost) — The competing systems of power in the United States are divided between oligarchy and autocracy. There are no other alternatives. Neither are pleasant. Each have peculiar and distasteful characteristics. Each pays lip service to the fictions of democracy and constitutional rights. And each exacerbates the

巴西即将面临军事政变?布赖恩·米尔谈巴西向法西斯主义进军

由于生病的博尔索纳罗(在民意调查中以 15-20 分落后卢拉)寻求继续掌权,因此在明年之前,巴西将发生军事支持的政变,低声议论正在变成对巴西军方支持的政变的呐喊。

 Brazil, the world’s fifth-largest country, is at a political crossroads. Heading into next year’s presidential elections, the country’s 211 million people are faced with choosing between social democrat and anti-imperialist Lula Da Silva (president between 2003 and 2010) and far-right populist incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. But many are worried