With the superego dissolved, there is no felt obligation to judge oneself in reference to any external or abstract standard. Narcissistic tendencies flourish. A similar psychology removes the requisite for experiencing shame. Michael Brenner* April 8, 2024 Is there now a moral void at the heart of Western societies? That question haunts us as governments in […]
Action Committee For Call to Conscience About Gaza February 5, 2024 To be updated As mentioned earlier here on The Transnational, the “Emergency London Conference of Global Intellectuals of Conscience Concerning the Genocide in Gaza”, arranged by Turkey’s former PM and former foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu and Richard Falk, professor emeritus at Princeton University and […]
Photo by Janne Leimola on Unsplash February 2, 2024 This interview is one of the first outcomes of the January 27-28, 2024 “Emergency London Conference of Global Intellectuals of Conscience, arranged by Turkey’s former PM and former foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu and Richard Falk, professor emeritus at Princeton University and TFF Associate since 1986. The […]
John Mearsheimer and Lex Friedman January 31, 2024 This goes a long way to explain just how close Israel and the US are to each other – and, in the Gaza genocide context, why the US supports Israel no matter what it does.
January 17, 2024 You know the TFF Statement on the Gaza Genocide – if not, read it here. This Declaration was initiated by professor Richard Falk – TFF Associate since 1986 – and the former Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu – a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister […]
WP logo to the left by Norebbo 2020 Jan Oberg January 11, 2024 WordPress – WP – is huge. One source states that it’s the world’s most popular and widely used content management system that now powers 42.7% of all websites on the internet. TFFs, my PhotoGraphics and my personal online home, plus 12 more […]
Photo The New York Times John Mearsheimer analyses the South African “application” to the International Court of Justice, ICJ, and explains why he now thinks it is genocide. John Mearsheimer January 5, 2024 Professor John Mearsheimer is one of the world’s leading analytical minds, lately and particularly on both the NATO-Russia conflict in Ukraine and […]
Jan Oberg December 13, 2023 One of the enigmatic aspects of international politics is that big and militarily superior countries have systematically lost wars in smaller countries – the last 50 years, from Vietnam to Ukraine. ’Losing’ here means military defeat, being forced out, losing the struggle for the hearts and minds of the people, […]
Discuss problems and improvements as part of the celebrations Jan Oberg December 10, 2023 I was asked by American-French Michèle de Gastyne, who runs Musique Universelle Arc-En-Ciel in Paris, to do a short video about human rights for a seminar she also organises on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the Declaration. Michèle works […]
December 9, 2023 If you do not know of Chris Hedges, one of today’s finest reporters, read Wikipedia here. Consult his Chris Hedges Report on the Real News Network. And here is his Substack page and Hedges’ homepage. With this and the video below – one of the best and most touching lectures on the […]