With the death of Berlusconi, a long phase of Italian politics comes to an end. But the substantial failure of centre-left politics over the past decade leaves Italy once again under the sway of a right-wing government.
The historical record of the US in coddling dictators, and torturers, violating international law, and invading other countries, mocks the claim that we are fighting for human rights, democracy, and national sovereignty.
Greta as a "religious" synthesis of an increasingly dogmatic and indisputable thought such as the apocalyptic one of the imminent end of the world due to climate change.
The war in Ukraine,added new problems to the European economy, causing both European exports of goods and services to Moscow and import of oil and natural gas to collapse.