Category: #Vietnamwar
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BRICS expands to 56% of world population, 44% of global GDP: Vietnam joins as partner country
BRICS has expanded to 20 countries – 10 members and 10 partners – after adding Vietnam. BRICS+ now makes up 44% of world GDP (PPP) and 56% of the global population. The US failed to divide China and Vietnam in its Second Cold War.The Global South-led organization BRICS continues to expand. While the United States…
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Never-ending story of the global North exploits on the global South
Trump on Truth Social is breaking the news of Vietnam’s renewed colony designation. “It is my “Great Honor” to announce that I have just made a Trade Deal with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after speaking with To Lam, the Highly Respected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. It will be a Great…
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My Lai, the massacring of Vietnamese citizens – one more American carnage, March 16, 1968
The massacre and attempt to cover it up was first reported by journalist Seymour Hersh and distributed by a small wire agency, Dispatch News Service, in the second week of November 1969. (Hersh won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for his work.) A week after Hersh’s article appeared in dozens of papers around…
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On egregious breaches in journalism ethics
Here, “we review a few of the most memorable ethical missteps in 2023 as a reminder of what we should not be doing as journalists. Biased Israel-Hamas coverage alleged from multiple sides Reporting on Israeli-Palestinian relations is tricky in the best of circumstances. When war breaks out in the area, journalists can expect every word…
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The Origin of Evil
The term “ethics” comes from the Greek “ethos” meaning “character”, so its origin lies in the West. This is, as always, not a very solid starting point. The Human Rights Act traces its roots to the Magna Carter, a 12th-century declaration deviced to protect the wealth of the established barrons and other rich people in…
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Erosion of ethical journalism
The emphasis on clickbait headlines and sensationalized stories has transformed journalism into a mere entertainment-driven landscape. In order to capture the fleeting attention of users scrolling through their feeds, news outlets and individuals often resort to exaggerated claims and provocative language. A sensationalism-driven approach is a detrimental course for serious journalism. Todays fact-checking mechanisms are…
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Colonial powers, the letter of law and ethics in journalism
UNRWA to be declared by Israel as a terrorist organization; all relations between UNRWA and the colonial settler state to be severed. Western media does not require proof for this bill to pass. The corporate Western media endorses any claim brought forward by the colonial settler state, without proof. A state built on lies, a…
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“Any forces that impose their will on other nations will face defeat,”
Viet Minh Genaral Giap, in an interview with BBC news, 2004
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I will never forgive my teachers, professors
For they have not taught me the Nakba, the Vietnam war, or various other genocides. Instead, every year, they forced the Holocaust upon us.
Nascent Yemen 