All along we have been stating that gun violence in the USA is the result of a lethal combination: the gun culture and the culture of violence. Easy access to guns and the gun culture feed each other. The culture …
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What is ignored in the debate on torture?
The debate around the report on CIA torture is focusing very much on its “effectiveness”. Even in that respect, most current discussions are very misleading while crucial and more urgent aspects of torture are ignored in this debate.…
¿Qué se omite discutir en el debate sobre la tortura?
En el debate sobre la tortura que llevó a cabo la CIA se hace hincapié en los ‘beneficios’ que dicha tortura habría proporcionado a la seguridad norteamericana. Pero otros aspectos urgentes y cruciales sobre la tortura son totalmente …
China and United States: the battle for economic preeminence
It seems that China will become the largest economy this year, ahead of previous estimates. This should not be surprising. China was the largest economy in the World at the end of the 19th century and Richard Nixon …
El Caso Snowden: Breves Reflexiones (Español)
Parece haber muchas cosas que no sabemos sobre este caso. Pero ya se pueden sacar algunas conclusiones.
En primer lugar, el gobierno de Estados Unidos está trabajando para la recopilar y monitorear información sobre todo el mundo…
The Lessons of the Snowden Affair (English)
There seem to be a lot of things we don’t know about this. But some lessons have clearly emerged.
First, the US Government is working to mine and monitor information of the whole world, thereby projecting a …