David Bell

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Will Marine Le Pen become a martyr?

2 months ago | unherd.com | David Bell

Donald TrumpEuropeFrancelawfareMarine Le PenNational RallyPolitics With Marine Le Pen’s conviction for embezzlement on Monday, France has become the latest country to have a national political campaign take a detour into the law courts. In the USA, the first phase of last year’s presidential election centred on Donald Trump’s successful manoeuvres to delay the most serious criminal procedures against him.
The New Enthusiasm For Slaughter - OpEd

2 months ago | eurasiareview.com | David Bell

My mother once told me how my father still woke up screaming in the night years after I was born, decades after the Second World War (WWII) ended. I had not known – probably like most children of those who fought. For him, it was visions of his friends going down in burning aircraft – other bombers of his squadron off north Australia – and to be helpless, watching, as they burnt and fell. Few born after that war could really appreciate what their fathers, and mothers, went through.
The Toxic Legacy of Jean-Marie Le Pen

Jan 8, 2025 | thenation.com | David Bell |Daniel E. Singer

Obituary / January 8, 2025 The Toxic Legacy of Jean-Marie Le PenThe elder Le Pen is dead, but far-right populists across the world still echo his mix of violent rhetoric, brazen lies, and outreach to mainstream conservatives. Ad Policy Founder of the far-right National Front party Jean-Marie Le Pen points his finger as he poses during a photo session at his home in Saint-Cloud on January 14, 2021.
Emmanuel Macron is no de Gaulle

Dec 8, 2024 | unherd.com | David Bell

Donald TrumpEmmanuel MacronFranceMarine Le PenPoliticsrestofworld With France facing its worst political crisis since 1968, most of its citizens know exactly whom to blame: President Emmanuel Macron, whose tumbling approval levels hit just 23% even before the no-confidence vote that toppled his latest government.
The Impossible Story of Commumism

Nov 25, 2024 | thenation.com | David Bell

Books & the Arts / November 26, 2024 History’s Specter The impossible story of communism. The Impossible Story of CommumismHow do you tell the history of a global movement in all its hope and contradiction? Ad Policy Storming the Winter Palace on October 25, 1917.(Getty) This article appears in the December 2024 issue. The story of communism is one of the greatest tragedies in modern history. The movement grew, above all, out of horror at the terrible human toll of early capitalism.
Can Kamala charm swing voters?

Sep 30, 2024 | unherd.com | David Bell

AmericaBarack ObamaDonald TrumpKamala HarrisPoliticsUS Never have two American presidential candidates been so different from one another. The Black-Indian daughter of Left-wing academics versus the white son of a wealthy Ku Klux Klan sympathiser.
The Right To Speak Evil - OpEd

Sep 26, 2024 | eurasiareview.com | David Bell

Words can harm. The childhood saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” is obviously untrue. Words bring ruin and despair, drive people to suicide, and foment massacres and war. They are used to justify the enslavement of nations, and the genocide of entire ethnic groups. This is exactly why we must all, always, be free to speak them. In a perfect world, lies and deceit would not exist. We would have no reason to fear the spoken word.
No Farms, No Food

Aug 8, 2024 | sgtreport.com | David Bell

by Dr. David Bell, Daily Sceptic:We live in a world where oligarchs accumulate land, use their media assets to denigrate natural foods and invest in fake alternatives. On the other ‘side’, wealthy professionals calling themselves freedom fighters travel the world and the internet insisting we should eat organic and local. Meanwhile, the food security of many of the eight billion-plus of us remains at the mercy of the weather, diseases and insects.
Farms Of All Sizes Feed The World - OpEd

Aug 7, 2024 | eurasiareview.com | David Bell

We live in a world where oligarchs accumulate land, use their media assets to denigrate natural foods, and invest in fake alternatives. On the other ‘side,’ wealthy professionals calling themselves freedom fighters travel the world and the internet insisting we should eat organic and local. Meanwhile, the food security of many of the eight billion plus of us remains at the mercy of the weather, diseases, and insects. Neither side offers a viable solution, or much benefit for many beyond themselves.
Lies being normalised is not the worst of it; the real danger is when truth has no value

Aug 3, 2024 | nutritruth.org | David Bell

Trust has broken down in public discourse. Lies have been normalised. We are now reaping the harvest of untruth. Lies are not just tolerated but are now the default approach. Internationally, we are pummelled by agencies such as the United Nations, World Bank, G20 and World Health Organisation to give up our basic rights and hand their new masters our wealth on claims of threats that can unequivocally be shown to be false.