Helen Raleigh

Tibetan Tsering Woeser has bravely published a new book of photographs, 'Forbidden Memory,' that provides essential historical documentation of Chinese oppression in Tibet during the Cultural Revolution

A new Boxer movement is emerging in China, driven by the Chinese Communist Party’s policies and disinformation campaign regarding the Covid-19 outbreak. Like its predecessor, the new movement has incited open hatred toward foreigners and “traitors”—ethnic Chinese who criticize Party officials for their mishandling of the pandemic.

China has produced a new crop of “wolf diplomats,” combative and antagonistic, who are not afraid to push Beijing’s narratives, even at the expense of damaging relationships. 

The more I listen to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s talks and analyze his policies, the more he reminds me of Chavez.Sanders’s policies aren’t a better version of socialism; they are the same as those of socialism past and socialism present

This November 9 marked the 30-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a notorious symbol of the oppression of communism and socialism. Yet people who love liberty cannot yet declare victory on this day of commemoration each year, because the battle hasn’t been won: socialism is staging a comeback in Western democracies, especially in the United States and United Kingdom.

Dany is the most dangerous tyrant in Westeros. She believed so much in her own good intentions that she was not bothered by the atrocity and destruction she caused. Of course, she wouldn’t become such a tyrant without supporters who were enchanted by her charm and vision to cheer her on until it was almost too late.