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Walden Bello

Walden Bello

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How Did I “Predict” That Trump, Despite His Repulsive Personality and Politics, Would Prevail?

Nearly a month before the November 5 elections, I anticipated that Donald Trump would win and wrote about it in a couple of articles. My...

12.11.2024 10

CounterPunch

Walden Bello

How Did I Correctly Predict That Trump Would Win?

08.11.2024 5

Common Dreams

Walden Bello

The Mess in Argentina

Javier Milei has been in office for less than a year, but he has taken his chainsaw to the government, as he promised. He chopped off half of the...

25.09.2024 20

CounterPunch

Walden Bello

The Bleak Fantasy of Milei’s Great Argentine Chainsaw Massacre

24.09.2024 10

Common Dreams

Walden Bello

The Mess In Argentina – OpEd

At the heart of Buenos Aires lies the lovely Calle Florida. The experience of walking through this street that is exclusively dedicated to pedestrians...

21.09.2024 6

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

How Should the Global South Look at the US Elections?

As the U.S. elections come closer, there is growing pressure on many progressives in the Global South to make our voices heard in support of the...

17.09.2024 10

CounterPunch

Walden Bello

The Global South's View of the Harris-Trump Race

Imperialism and hegemony still rule in the United States. But while Kamala Harris and the Democrats may have their flaws, the alternative of four...

15.09.2024 10

Common Dreams

Walden Bello

How Should The Global South Look At The US Elections? – OpEd

As the U.S. elections come closer, there is growing pressure on many progressives in the Global South to make our voices heard in support of the...

13.09.2024 4

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

Trump, Biden, and the Crisis of the Neoliberal International Order

A hegemonic stalemate or a hegemonic vacuum opens up the path to a world where power could be more decentralized.

18.07.2024 10

Common Dreams

Walden Bello

How To Counter Fascism – OpEd

It is not only economic insecurity that helps create a mass base for fascism but also fear or the sense of physical insecurity. Practically alone...

10.07.2024 6

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

Doubts On The Origins Of World War II, On The 80th Anniversary Of D-Day – OpEd

By Jonathan Power* It is a common trait in mankind to apply to ourselves a generosity of interpretation which we do not extend to others. We find...

10.07.2024 7

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

The Political Divorce Rocking the Philippines

03.07.2024 4

The Nation

Walden Bello

Needed: A Mass Uprising Against The Neoliberal Matrix – OpEd

A few months before the coronavirus shut down the world, Chile exploded against neoliberalism. A World Bank economist, Sebastian Edwards, was on the...

12.06.2024 10

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

‘Laissez-Faire’ Sweden Had Lowest Mortality In Europe From 2020–2022 – OpEd

By Jon Miltimore Gore Vidal once said “I told you so” are the four most beautiful words in the English language. Perhaps this is why it’s...

10.04.2024 40

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

A Memoir Of Murder In The Philippines – Book Review

Patricia Evangelista’s Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country is not an easy read. An account of genocide is never an easy...

10.04.2024 4

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

In Gaza and Beyond, the Peace of the Graveyard Is Not Peace

A peace bought at the price of fascist repression not only is not desirable but it will not last.

28.03.2024 9

Common Dreams

Walden Bello

Unjust War And A Just Peace – OpEd

The three major wars or conflicts that are ongoing today demonstrate the volatility of the intersection between the local and the global. In the...

28.03.2024 20

Eurasia Review

Walden Bello

A Toast to You, Henry Kissinger, You Old and Rotten Devil

For all his crimes and carnage, I have at least one reason to thank him for the way he changed my life for the better.

06.12.2023 20

Common Dreams

Walden Bello

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