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A nation that spends $1.1M a day on authoritarian theater while refusing $169K to house the homeless reveals its true creed: power over people, spectacle over survival. Budgets are moral documents—this one indicts us all.
August 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
While Trump throws a wrench into the Ukraine peace talks; the EU continues silently arming and funding genocide in Gaza.

We cannot allow those we’ve entrusted with our leadership to safe guard their personal interests at the expense of real human lives. Both issues have the same solution.
Romania has signed a $2.3 billion purchase deal with Israeli state-owned company Rafael.

The deal is expected to be partially funded by the EU.

This is immoral, illegal and stupid. We call for Europe-wide pressure against EU money being used to fund apartheid Israel’s genocidal machine.
August 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Anxiety, rather than complacency, has fueled some of the most dangerous and self-defeating policies of the last 100 years, writes FP’s Nick Danforth.
Fears of a Fragile World
From the Habsburgs to modern Washington, anxiety underlies empire.
foreignpolicy.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM