Gwynne Dyer · Columnist | Oct. 7, 2022 The reports about Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva’s impending comeback as Brazilian president verged on the ecstatic in the week before last Sunday’s vote. He was, after all, 14 points ahead of his populist rival, incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro, in the last opinion poll before the vote. … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer On The International Populist Wave
The gap between the freedoms and opportunities enjoyed by the system’s affiliated elite and those of ordinary Iranians has never been so wide — and never have so many people expressed so much anger about it. This fundamental repudiation of the system is what makes these protests so different from other restive moments in Iran’s … Continue reading Quote of the Weekend: Iran Women’s Resistance
Alaska Daily News: Gambell is about 200 miles southwest of the Western Alaska hub city of Nome and about 50 miles from the tip of the Chukotka Peninsula in Siberia. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday, as initial details of the situation were emerging, said he did not expect a continual stream or “flotilla” of … Continue reading Alaska: Russian War Resisters Update
[NOTE: I thought I was finished with apocalyptic cartoons about the Supreme Court, which just started open season — err, opened its annual season of judicial work. But editorial cartoonists had other ideas, many of them. I’ll hold off; though fear not, Friend reader, there were plenty of other apocalyptic cartoons on offer. . . … Continue reading Weekend Cartoons (Early Edition)
Update: Two Russians flee Ukraine draft by crossing Bering Sea by boat to Alaska Individuals landed at beach on remote island to avoid compulsory military service and have appealed for asylum, reports saying julian Borger in Washington — Thursday, 06 October 2022 Two Russians have crossed the Bering Strait by boat in order to avoid … Continue reading From Siberia to Alaska: More on the Two Russian Draft Refusers