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Born in Phila, I spent most of my adolescent and adult years in Europe, resulting over time in several unique books, my latest being Russia's Americans.
CUBA: Diary of a Revolution, Inside the Cuban Revolution with Fidel, Raul, Che, and Celia Sanchez
America Revealed to a Honey-Colored World
A Taoist Politics: The Case For Sacredness
I began my journalistic career at the French News Agency in Rome, spent two years in Cuba finding out whether the Barbados were Communists before they made the revolution ('Cuba 1964: When the Revolution was Young'). After spending half a decade in Eastern Europe, and a decade in the U.S., studying Global Survival and writing speeches in the Carter State Department, I wrote the only book that foresaw the fall of the Berlin Wall AND the dissolution of the Soviet Union ("Une autre Europe, un autre Monde'). My memoir, 'Lunch with Fellini, Dinner with Fidel', tells it all. 'A Taoist Politics: The Case for Sacredness', which examines the similarities between ancient wisdom and modern science and what this implies for political activism; and 'America Revealed to a Honey-Colored World" is a pamphlet about how the U.S. came down from the City on a Hill'.
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Thursday, November 3, 2016The US Empire Versus Russia's America's war-mongers have been repeating like a mantra that Russia aspires to recreate its empire - or that of the Soviet Union, citing non-existent threats to the tiny Baltic states as 'proof'. But most of the world's people are painfully aware that the shoe is on the other foot.
Thursday, October 27, 2016Wait a Minute! Is Early Voting Part of Campaigning? IS there some hanky-panky going on right before our eyes as early voting is folded into campaign rhetoric? Trump warns about rigged elections, yet he is silence about this new practice which could well swing the election one way or the other, as part of campaigning.
Sunday, October 23, 2016Europeans not Laughing now at America's Sex Problem Donald Trump has not helped America's obsession with sex - or its misuse - with his locker-room talk, but compared to the nineties, when Bill Clinton was being impeached, sex-wise Europe is probably revising what was then a witty, unending laugh fest.
Friday, October 21, 2016Syria Up-date from Our Inside Syria Contact: For the past two years, OEN has been publishing reports from a dual US/Syrian citizen who follows events from her home, This recent thread gives readers a feel for what is happening on the ground in a war instigated and pursued for unpublicized reasons by the US.
Friday, October 14, 2016Syria is Even More Complicated than We Think An American woman who has lived in Syria for over twenty years, raising a US/Syrian family, follows events there closely. Her latest email includes details of US/Saudi support for ISIS that even the alternative media does not seem to know about. Judge for yourselves.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016Story to Watch: France's Hesitation Waltz Only a strong , united Europe, certain of its role, can survive the current crisis of identity created by an enormous influx of refugees, combined with US targetting Russia with accusations of nefarious plans vis a vis the entire world, Europe first.
Thursday, October 6, 2016The Sins of the Fathers The handful of Americans who read English language Russian blogs and watch Russia Today (RT) cannot prevent Washington's diabolical plan to effectuate regime change in Russia, either by provoking President Putin militarily (Ukraine, Syria), by more sinister means or even recourse to the unthinkable.
Monday, October 3, 2016On Any Given Day, Americans are Out of the Loop The US media blackout of almost everything going on in the world outside the United States is never as blatant as during the presidential election season. You would think news anchors would hunger for something new to say, as they count the days to November 8th.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016Obama: Do What I Say, Not What I Do President Obama's parting speech to the UN was a masterpiece of deceit. The US President showed he's not only a good comedian who can skewer others at a press dinner, but a talented carpet-bagger. Meanwhile, no way to find out the dates of other leaders' speeches.
Friday, September 16, 2016Post-Modernism and the 'Alt' and 'New' Rights About a week ago, Hillary Clinton referred to the "Alt' right, as part of a screed against Donald Trump's right-wing supporters such as David Duke. But America's 'Alt' right is not the only new right currently occupying people's minds. Europe's 'New' right has taken over many left-wing attitudes.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016China Rising! A Review This hefty tome is well worth the read because it tells you everything you've always wanted to know about China, plus a lot you don't know about the US as a with. Jeff Brown is that rare American who has been an expat in three different parts of the world and took the trouble to learn Mandarin.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016Honing in on Putophobia The many ways in which the US mainstream media tries to shape public opinion regarding the President of Russia are illustrated in the Sunday Times that marked the fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attack: though the US has finally agreed to cooperate with Moscow in ridding the world of ISIS and its clones, Americans must not think their govenrment finally knows who its enemy is.
Sunday, September 11, 2016Authoritarianism versus 20th Century Democracy As the US media continues its jihad against the Russian President, accusing him of being a dictator notwithstanding his popularity at home, this article considers how the US presidency compares to the system known as Russias's system of"managed decmocracy."
Thursday, September 1, 2016Pick Your Fascism There's been a steady meme comparing Donald Trump to Adolph Hitler, but until last night, the Republican candidate had carefully refrained from giving it visual credence, preferring instead to come across as a bombastic buffoon. He blew that cover last night.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Story to Watch: Dilma: Another Step in the Neo-Lberal Game Plan It would be a mistake to view the impeachment of Brazil's legally-elected president as anything other than a coup in disguise, as Dilma Roussef, in her impassioned defense, pointed out. Under her left-wing predecessor Brazil became a member of the BRICS.
Friday, August 19, 2016Story to Watch: Manafort to Moscow? In politicis, and even more so in international affairs, things are not always as they appear. While the talk box focuses on Manafort's skills as a campaign organizer that were 'layered over' by new hires, he may be on his way to Moscow to deliver a Trump message.
Friday, August 19, 2016A Pee in RIo: "We Used to Run this Place" Peeing in someone else's garden is a definite no-no, and when representatives of the 'greatest country on earth' ignore that basic principle of civilized society, we shouldn't be surprised when other, "lesser" peoples look askance at US 'exceptionalism'.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016ISIS as a Runaway System We must do everything possible to counter terrorism's flow of energy through the world system, but that will require first of all seeing hte world as a system, then elaborating responses that do not exacerbate the problem, as a series of wars have done.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016Story to Watch: US/Russia/Iran/China/Syria There's nothing like seeing enemies link arms to get a bully to realize the gig is up. As Donald Trump revs up support among his followers for repairing relations with Russia, the present administration finally gets it: ISIS, not Russia, is the enemy.
Sunday, August 14, 2016Carrying the anti-Russian Narrative Forward Americans can't be expected to know hte detailed history of every counry in the world, but at a time when there is serious talk of starting a nuclear war with Russia by Hillary Clinton, who could be the next president, knowledge of recent Russian/Ukranian history should be mandatory for all.
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