history
Past politicians, legislation and political movements have changed the course of history in ways both big and small. Welcome to our blast to the past.
Portugal’s cosmopolitan essence
Portugal's cosmopolitan nature and the historic center of the Centro region collide with Aveiro, a coastal area famous for art nouveau architecture, fishing traditions, and waterways — a striking resemblance to Venice. Some canals and beaches make the city postcards famous, but beyond the famous attractions, there is the Silver Coast with beaches of Barra and Costa Nova that seem endless. If you go farther, there are marshland trails ready for cycling, which is the true Aveiro style, which is the best way to get around town.
Simon BeastPublished 2 years ago in The SwampWhat is Tunisia's reputation today?!
Write Tunisia or Qais Said in any search box and wait for the results: the Tunisian president dissolves the Supreme Judicial Council, judges refuse and threaten to escalate, Tunisian parties condemn the return of tyranny, a demonstration of the “Citizens Against the Coup” movement, ambassadors of the Group of Seven major countries express their concern about dissolving the Supreme Judicial Council Likewise, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the US State Department, the European Union’s foreign policy commissioner, says that the European Union may soon discuss suspending financial aid to the Tunisian government, successive statements of condemnation from “Amnesty International” and “Human Rights Watch” and others, which are not presented in the Tunisia negotiations. With the International Monetary Fund, the World Economic Forum warns of major risks threatening Tunisia, including the collapse of the state, a crisis in public finances, a bewildering delay in the payment of salaries, a weak demand for strange electronic consultations...etc.
Russia's 'imminent' invasion of Ukraine: truth or costly lie?
If the reports issued by Washington and London are true, then the Russian invasion of Ukraine will take place today. If it does not start today, it will be tomorrow, and if it does not happen, it will be the day after tomorrow. British Foreign Secretary Liz Trust confirmed that the invasion is imminent, as did her American counterpart Anthony Blinken, and before them, US President Joseph Biden. Others consider that the talk about the "imminent invasion" is just a heavy lie that Biden launched, and then the pro-war media excelled in promoting it and stirring up unrest in the world.
Who reaped the Arab Maghreb Union?
Maghreb leaders are not very enthusiastic about their union. Although each of them has his reasons and motives behind this, they all agree on one thing, which is that they are not ready to slam the door behind them and withdraw from the Arab Maghreb Union. They know very well that they may not gain circumstantially from staying in it, but they see, probably, that what they can lose by getting out of it may not be a small thing. But if that regional structure still exists today, what is the sign that there is, in fact, a well-established and existing entity called the Arab Maghreb Union? Some might say it's the official papers or it's that submerged building in a suburb of Rabat above which a flickering flag of stars with red, white, green and yellow symbolizes the flags of the five North African countries. But the paradoxes are beyond limitation. And the last of them may be the gas pipeline that connects Algeria with Spain and passes through Morocco and has so far retained the name “Maghreb-European Gas Pipeline”, although everyone knows that Algeria had announced at the end of last October that the contract to export its gas to Madrid through it would not be renewed. He ruled out that it views with alarm and dissatisfaction the decision of the Iberian authorities early this month to respond positively to Rabat’s request “to obtain liquefied natural gas from international markets and deliver it to a re-conversion plant on the Spanish peninsula and use the Maghreb gas pipeline to transport it to its territory,” as announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Spanish Environmental Transformation. Likewise, one of the Maghreb capitals is hardly devoid of a square, square, or street bearing the name or description of the Maghreb, although it seems unlikely that anyone would ask a simple question or inquiry to government officials about what such phrases and descriptions have come to mean for them. What happens is that things are constantly taking on the opposite meaning. Instead of the gas pipeline transiting Morocco being a living and stable embodiment of the values of Maghreb solidarity before the Maghreb-European solidarity, in which there is no place for political fluctuations, it has turned into a tool for reprimand and revenge that one Maghreb country uses against another. Instead of reminding the streets, squares, and squares passing by and passing by, the strength of the bonds that unite the Maghreb, it does not stir anything in them, but rather provokes their disregard, and at best their contempt and anger. Thus, very few will notice today that the Arab Maghreb Union will close tomorrow, Thursday, its thirty-third year. It is not at all surprising that the last thing that may concern Libyans, Tunisians, Algerians, Moroccans and Mauritanians in this circumstance is the survival of that union, which was officially established on the seventeenth of February 1989 in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, or its absence and disappearance. Many regional and global crises and problems, perhaps even geographically distant, such as the expected war in Ukraine, as well as the internal and local issues that concern each of the five Maghreb countries, have become closer to them than a union that has for years no longer had anything but a fading cartoon presence. But what explains in this case, then, that the Maghreb leaders, despite all their differences and all the contradictions in their policies and even the number of enmities that govern them, have adhered to this structure until now? What is their interest in remaining in the state it is today? They are clearly finding it difficult to shake off what now looms to many as a scarecrow. Each of them is waiting for the other to fire a bullet of mercy at the union and officially announce his withdrawal from it, but in return he does not dare to take that step. This contradiction may be difficult to understand.
On the occasion of the battle of Al-Hasakah prison about the concept of vexation
The sounds of battles in the city of al-Hasakah faded, without disappearing yet, or their echoes faded here and there. And addressing those echoes with evaluation does not wait long, because its effects will increase the damage that occurred before, in the Syrian structure and its fragility in the face of emergency transformations due to the struggles of others, sometimes blind. A fierce battle erupted when ISIS forces attacked the so-called Industrial Prison there, which contains a large number of prisoners of that infernal organization since the end of the fierce battles between it and the International Coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces on the other hand, with the end of the Baghouz battle.
A New American Prophecy
Introduction This is not a book review, though the beginning discussion of a book is crucial to the rest of the article. There are political figures and political events mentioned, but it is not political commentary. Moments in history are touched upon, but it is not historical. There are elements of a dystopian future, but it is not fiction. This is a new American prophecy inspired by one made more than 25 years ago. It is dark and eerie, but there is hope in the foreboding.
The Bantering WelshmanPublished 2 years ago in The SwampWill Sir Lanka Soon Be the First Colony of China in 2022?
Background on Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is an island off of India and within close proximity to Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and The Philippines. Because of its location, Sri Lanka has experienced many periods of stability as well as instability. In 1815 it was ruled by British imperialism for about 50 years until Ceylon became independent on February 4th, 1948 when it entered into a commonwealth with Britain.
Bharat BhusanPublished 2 years ago in The SwampThe War in Ukraine has highlighted something that everyone knew but didn't want to talk about
Since the beginning of the Invasion in February, Millions of Ukrainians have fled their countries, almost all of them, women and children. But rather surprisingly, the number one country that jumped to offer aid and shelter to those fleeing was Poland. A country that not too long ago was complaining about the ongoing refugee crisis with Syrians and many people fleeing the middle east. Poland complained and outright refused to take in refugees if they didn't have to, but now with Ukraine, they are bending over backward for them. So what gives? Has Poland had a sudden change of heart? Is it shared history? Or is it what we kind of knew already, A racist double standard.
Quaker-nomicsPublished 2 years ago in The SwampThis is What America Did in Iraq
Iraq is the cradle of civilization and the first of consciousness, the dawn of the first human being. History began in Sumer, however, squadrons of American planes flew in its sky like fairy crows, throwing the lava of death, and spreading this terrible devastation that spreads in every corner of Mesopotamia.
Jewish immigration from the former Soviet Union to occupied Palestine
Russian relations, as well as the massive Jewish immigration from the countries of the former Soviet Union, especially Russia, to occupied Palestine. In this context, the former Soviet Union is one of the first countries to recognize the state of the Israeli occupation, and diplomatic relations were established in May 1948.
love and power
Do not be surprised if I say that love is essential in the Islamic political thought's perception of the nature of the relationship with the Sultan.
The world is facing a major transformation
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and Putin’s daring to wage a war of this magnitude, with an ally of the West, is nothing but a new indication of the important transformation the world is witnessing, which is the retreat and decline of the United States at the international level, and the Russian invasion that we are witnessing on Ukrainian lands is only one of the results of this retreat America and the great failure on the international scene.