Tag: Eyes of the World

USA

The American Crisis of Trust—Let’s Learn from Leading Democracies | The Smirking Chimp

On trust in government, we now rank 26th worldwide between Greece and Hungary.

Such findings are ominous, for the very bedrock of democracy is trust—including trust that political and economic rules are fair so that our voices are heard. And it’s hard to imagine many of us feel heard when wealth and income continue gushing to the top, generating economic inequality roughly on par with Haiti’s and more extreme than in 121 countries. Plus, most of us express reluctance to share our views for fear of offending others.

Source: The American Crisis of Trust—Let’s Learn from Leading Democracies | The Smirking Chimp

Israel, Israel Crimes, Israel-Body Count, Israeli Arabs, Palestinian Israelis

States Can’t Control the Narrative on Israel and Palestine

GAZA CITY, GAZA - MAY 11: Palestinians evacuate a building targeted by Israeli warplanes conducting airstrikes in various parts of Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, Gaza on May 11, 2021. Israeli fighters bomb apartment in western Gaza City, kill 3 civilians, several others. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Since the first two Palestinian intifadas, camera phones and social media have changed the landscape of global outrage. Murtaza Hussain

Source: States Can’t Control the Narrative on Israel and Palestine

Australia's pride, Australia's Shame

This is how the world really sees Morrison’s Australia

Suddenly, I heard an Australian accent. On the screen I saw General Angus Campbell standing alongside a map of Australia with a line crossed through it, like a no-smoking sign, broadcasting the menacing messages of Operation Sovereign Borders. I cringed: while I was enjoying unconditional hospitality in my host’s country, an advertisement paid for by my tax dollars warned Sadikalar that he would never be welcome in mine. It was illustrative of a tendency of our government, particularly since the Coalition’s 2013 victory, to both figuratively and literally broadcast images of Australia to the world that diminish our standing.

Source: This is how the world really sees Morrison’s Australia