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China: The Erosion of US Civil Rights Is Increasingly Serious

Robin Koerner - June 29, 2024. Published in Guangming Daily

[T]he human rights enjoyed by people in the U.S. are far from the rights boasted of by U.S. politicians.

Russia: America Is Bankrolling Ukraine for the Pleasure of It*

Robin Koerner - January 24, 2023. Published in Vzglyad

[I] seems that there is always money for Kyiv ... [C]apitalism, in its savage essence, directly contradicts all humanity and morality.

China: Why Do Americans Increasingly Distrust Their Government?

Robin Koerner - January 30, 2022. Published in Guangming Daily

China: US Anti-Pandemic Chaos Exacerbates Outbreak Crisis

Robin Koerner - September 4, 2021. Published in Guangming Daily

Under the pressure of the pandemic, racial conflicts, the divide between rich and poor, political polarization and other divisions in the United States have intensified.

France: Overdoses, Violence, Inequalities: In the US, The Pandemic Worsens the Social Crisis

Robin Koerner - July 22, 2021. Published in Les Echocs

Spain: Not Even Free Beer Will Get the US Vaccinated

Marta Quirós Alarcón - July 16, 2021. Published in El Periódico

[T]he U.S. has a very serious problem. Fanaticism, not the pandemic, endangers the future of its democracy.

Belgium: Europe’s Historic Geopolitical Responsibility in the Face of China-US Conflict

Robin Koerner - June 19, 2021. Published in La Libre

How ... do we explain why the firemen are at war while the house is burning?

Canada: Coveted Wealth

Robin Koerner - May 10, 2021. Published in Le Devoir

In total, the United States had 719 billionaires on April 12, 45% in finance and technology. They possessed more than four times the wealth of the 165 million Americans who make up the country’s poorest half[.]