On December 8, 2025, the Copenhagen Security Summit convenes at Falkoner Centret in Frederiksberg. With 35 speakers and more than 1,200 participants, it is one of Denmark’s largest gatherings on geopolitics and security. Organised by Danish Industry (DI), Ernst and...
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“The Days of the United States Propping Up the Entire World Order Like Atlas Are Over.”
On Thursday, the White House released the new National Security Strategy for the United States. Others may well give it a different read, but here is my quick take: The document is ghoulish, abhorrent, repetitious, and sometimes incoherent, but I found its honesty...
Canada Must Arrest Israeli War Criminals
Prime Minister Carney: It is time for Canada to display some integrity in upholding international law, particularly when it comes to the most flagrant international scofflaw, Israel. Up until now, Canada seems to have been supporting Israel’s genocide of Palestinians...
The Agony of Defeat
A peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict is not in the cards. It is a logical impossibility given the following truths 1. America’s leaders could not tolerate terms minimally acceptable to Russia. For such terms would represent a) an unmistakable loss of...
If Trump Is Serious About Peace, Marco Rubio Has to Go
Donald Trump campaigned on ending endless wars and now boasts that he has resolved eight wars. In reality, this claim is delusional, and his foreign policy is a disaster. The United States remains mired in ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, and now Trump is...
Pakistan’s Packed Prisons
Prisons in Pakistan are overcrowded and jam-packed with thousands of inmates living under conditions that take away their health, dignity, and hope. Behind the bars lies a human rights crisis that goes well beyond the mandate of official reports or the business of...
Go Tell It on the Mountain: Genocide is Wrong
Israel and its partners continue waging genocide against Palestinian people. Those who, so far, have survived the hideous attacks since October 7, 2023, now face ongoing jeopardy. Hemmed in by yet another military border, over two million Palestinians in “East Gaza”...
Imran Khan is Alive, but He’s Not Well
Imran Khan is being held in a death cell in solitary confinement, his court-imposed rights ignored. He’s been held for years on one bogus charge after another The post Imran Khan is Alive, but He’s Not Well first appeared on Dissident Voice.
A Symptom of Corporate Media’s Deep Ethical Crisis
L-R: Ryan Lizza, Olivia Nuzzi, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tasos Katopodis/Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images/Thomas Machowicz/Reuters “Can we pause this, I’m sorry,” mumbled a sobbing Olivia Nuzzi during her December 2, 2025 interview with Tim Miller of The Bulwark. The...
The Trolling and the Pity
Kenn writes: Phil, I see you have been under a deluge of hate and mockery from online Zionists after a few of your pieces on the genocide in Gaza. What do you think is behind such a reaction? I am suspecting that there is a real fear amongst these groups that they are...
The Brooklyn Luncheonette
Back in my Brooklyn NYC of the 50s and 60s we used to call the neighborhood luncheonette ‘The Candy Store’. In my Ave U neighborhood we had at least one such store every few short blocks. The one I will focus on was Moe’s Luncheonette on Ave U between East 24th St...
US State Department Travel Warning on Venezuela: What Washington Fears Most
Following his earlier threat that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days are numbered, US President Donald Trump announced on social media he was closing Venezuelan airspace. He then immodestly proclaimed the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine, commending...