Nash Landesman
Across Colombia, red flags of despair fly as harsh Covid lockdown is extended for a third time - The Grayzone
Colombia’s infection rate is relatively low, but its ruthlessly enforced lockdown is causing hunger and nationwide anger. In the working class districts of Bogota, signs of desperation are everywhere.
Bogota, Colombia — Red flags hang draped from the doors, rooftops and windows of Bogota’s impoverished southern neighborhoods. They symbolize the suffering wreaked by a now thrice-extended house-arrest and quarantine policy purportedly aimed at containing the Coronavirus. While the pandemic has in
Bogota, Colombia — Red flags hang draped from the doors, rooftops and windows of Bogota’s impoverished southern neighborhoods. They symbolize the suffering wreaked by a now thrice-extended house-arrest and quarantine policy purportedly aimed at containing the Coronavirus. While the pandemic has in
The Other Side of the Story: Russia’s view on Geopolitics, War and Energy Racketeering | The Vineyard of the Saker
by Nash Landesman for the Saker Blog
The following is an exclusive interview with Russian Duma deputy, Yevgeny Fyodorov, a high-ranking conservative, nationalistic lawmaker in President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia Party. He has been Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy of the State Duma and a member of the Advisory Council of the President of the Russian Federation. Below we discuss war with Ukraine, principles of sovereignty and geopolitics, the ongoing energy battle, the nuclear op
The following is an exclusive interview with Russian Duma deputy, Yevgeny Fyodorov, a high-ranking conservative, nationalistic lawmaker in President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia Party. He has been Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy of the State Duma and a member of the Advisory Council of the President of the Russian Federation. Below we discuss war with Ukraine, principles of sovereignty and geopolitics, the ongoing energy battle, the nuclear op
Dutch farmers battle technocratic forces driving them into oblivion - The Grayzone
Dutch farmers are in open struggle against a cartel of multinational corporations, Davos-aligned parties and NGO’s seeking control over the global food supply. “They are sweeping the culture from the land,” a farmer laments.
HEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS –– The Netherlands is a patchwork of quaint towns and cities interwoven with flat expanses of immaculately-kept green agricultural pasture. The road and rail infrastructure are near-flawless. You could search for weeks without finding a pothole. It i
HEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS –– The Netherlands is a patchwork of quaint towns and cities interwoven with flat expanses of immaculately-kept green agricultural pasture. The road and rail infrastructure are near-flawless. You could search for weeks without finding a pothole. It i
TUG-OF-WAR: Forced Labor on the New Panama Canal?
From his office on the jungled banks of the Panama Canal, the leader and Secretary General of the tugboat captain's union is a short, muscular, bald man in his early forties. "We keep running into the same trouble," says Iván de la Guardia. "Fatigue, from the excessive work hours we have been forced to work. We are forced to work overtime [at time and a half pay] because we don't have enough guys to run both the old Canal and the new Canal. If we worked an eight hour day, the Panama Canal would
Colombia’s menu of rage
Hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting in Colombia over the past week, riding a wave of protest rolling across Latin America. But unlike some of the explicitly revolutionary dispositions taken-up in nearby countries, Colombia’s tide of discontent did not seem wholly intent on flushing out the society’s entire institutional fabric.
Sure, there were cries to rid Colombia of its hugely unpopular president, the 43-year old Ivan Duque, who sports a 29% approval rating. But rather than
Sure, there were cries to rid Colombia of its hugely unpopular president, the 43-year old Ivan Duque, who sports a 29% approval rating. But rather than
Escape from Protection: The Catastrophe of Conservation in Panama
Typified by The Nature Conservancy and The World Wildlife Fund, Global Conservation as such is really an arm of colonialist foreign policy going back at least a century, and its fundamental aims have not changed.
Cloaked under a veneer of idealism, protected area conservation is a cynical and ubiquitous foreign policy charade, harming both the environment and its inhabitants throughout the world. Indigenous residents are displaced either as a matter of policy by force or through ecosystem degra
Cloaked under a veneer of idealism, protected area conservation is a cynical and ubiquitous foreign policy charade, harming both the environment and its inhabitants throughout the world. Indigenous residents are displaced either as a matter of policy by force or through ecosystem degra
Cutting The 'Ties that Bind?' Challenges to Colombia’s Strategic Alliance with Venezuela
As Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos visited Washington May 18, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for an “evaluation” of policy towards Colombia, shoring up aid for a Colombian military operating on an annual budget of $10.3 billion. The stated reason for the visit was “countering backsliding in Venezuela,” suggesting that geo-strategic alliances between Bogota and Caracas were atop the agenda. Just weeks prior, in April, President Trump hosted an unannounced, semi-secret meeting
Trunk Show
It’s Labor Day. Almost.Time to talk about leisurely/holiday-weekend-y pursuits. Sort of.Just you. A lush, green lawn. A picnic blanket. Something cold to drink. And a bunch of 13,000-pound mammals playing polo for your amusement.Grab a foam finger and get ready for the Elephant Polo VIP Experience, a four-day pass to the King’s Cup, Thai elephant polo’s version of March Madness, taking reservations now for September 12.Okay, so this is polo (you know polo). Played on elephants ( you know elephan
Drop Zone
We have it on good authority that you will soon be shucking oysters under chandeliers and eating rotisserie sheep under Christmas lights in a leafy backyard.In the middle of the desert, no less.Just go with it...Introducing Culinary Dropout, a new restaurant by way of Arizona stuck between its dusty, down-home roots and full-blown Vegas excess, opening Friday at the Hard Rock.The space: 6,000 square feet split evenly between marble-topped raw bars and rotisserie spits inside, and a patio with vi