We mourn
about our friend and comrade
Christopher Black
January 16, 1950 – June 5, 2025
80 years after liberation – is the return of fascism and war imminent?
Conference of the World Union of Freethinkers
from Friday, 15 August to Sunday, 17 August 2025,
Danubius Hotel Rába, Árpád út 34, 9021 Győr, Hungary
Everyday capitalism – the promises of 1990 have not been fulfilled
(red.) “The institutions of capitalism, the EU and the rest, are not there to help poorer countries and raise them to their level of development. Let’s work for them, buy their goods; that’s in their interest.” This is how Gyula Thürmer, chairman of the communist Hungarian Workers’ Party, expresses the experience Hungarians have had under the new system over the past three and a half decades. Above all, an intact healthcare system no longer exists, and the Hungarian village is culturally impoverished.
Fascism: Our Common Enemy
Russia’s actions in Ukraine have causes which necessitated its actions. Unbiased observers know what those causes are and why Russia’s special military operation was a necessary consequence.
by CHRISTOPHER BLACK, May 14, 2025
Putin’s Ceasefire Gambit: The Coalition of the Losers Meets Real Statecraft
By proposing a three-day unilateral ceasefire ahead of Victory Day, Vladimir Putin demonstrated diplomatic finesse, making it clear to the West and Ukraine that peace is possible—but only on Russia’s terms.
Seth Ferris, May 19, 2025, in New Eastern Outlook
Faint Hopes and Trump’s Phony Peace
by Christopher Black, 28 February 2025
Hopes and reality: On February 27 President Putin, in an address to FSB security officials, stated that the initial communication with the US administration “inspires certain hopes.” The world can understand what these hopes are, faint as they presently appear, the hope that the new American administration under Donald Trump has recognised its defeat in its war against Russia and, therefore, is ready to engage in negotiations to extricate itself from the disaster it has created in Ukraine.
Canada To The Predator Nation: «Go To Hell!»
by CHRISTOPHER BLACK, 13 january 2025
Donald Trump’s unprecedented threats against allies like Canada, Denmark, and NATO itself have sparked outrage and highlighted the fragility of international alliances under his administration.
Betting the Farm on the Imaginary War
by William Schryver
It has now been ten years since I first turned my attention to the necessity of prudent financial investments in order to both preserve and hopefully enlarge the modest amount of wealth I had accumulated up to that time. I began by attempting to identify the wisest and most discerning “experts” in the field. This was no easy trick.
BRICS Summit in Kazan significantly advances geopolitical transition towards multipolarity
It is still too early to assess the results of the BRICS Summit in Kazan. However, it already seems clear that this event will have significant impacts on global geopolitics – possibly changing global power structures in some way. As the Kazan Declaration made clear, the multipolar reality can no longer be ignored, as new centers of power are gradually forming.
by LUCAS LEIROZ
Are Western Democracies a Model for the World?
Part 1
Shining democracies face gloomy autocracies. This is the narrative of the Western mainstream, in the familiar vein of old Eurocentric arrogance. The author of this article has investigated the matter and found that in many countries of the global South, unique forms of democracy and participatory processes have emerged that differ from the sclerotic bourgeois systems of Western countries.
by Ricardo Martins, october 19, 2024
