What’s BRICs? Does it Amount to Anything? Gwynne Dyer, August 31, 2023 What’s BRICs? Does it Amount to Anything? YOU can expand the curious organisation called the BRICS, but you can’t define it. In fact, it’s hardly even an organisation: no headquarters, no secretariat. Even the (British) Commonwealth and la Francophonie have more substance: at … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: The Secret Life of BRICS
[NOTE: There’s unfortunately too much truth in this report to ignore. One implication is left unaddressed: it points to the increasing importance of independent publishing (typified but not limited to Amazon), OUTSIDE the increasingly hidebound and oppressive “legacy” publishing industry. PS. This report, alas, applies as well to much of Quaker publishing.] From The Bulwark.com … Continue reading Move Over, Ron de Book Banner —Leftie Censors Are Even Worse
AP News: A CIA-backed 1953 coup in Iran haunts the country with people still trying to make sense of it BY NASSER KARIMI AND JON GAMBRELL August 25, 2023 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Seventy years after a CIA–orchestrated coup toppled Iran’s prime minister, its legacy remains both contentious and complicated for the Islamic Republic as … Continue reading Iran Marks Anniversary of 1953 CIA-Backed Coup
