Europe

  Herland Report: Russia sanctions: Washington’s “Russian sanctions” are the best thing that ever happened to Russia. The sanctions forced Russia away from her mindless effort to be part of the West, turned her toward her real allies, and forced Russia to do what she should have done long ago — bill her energy in rubles, thus supporting her own …

  Herland Report: Untested vaccines rolled out: August 15, 2022, the U.K. became the first country to approve Moderna’s new bivalent COVID booster — Spikevax bivalent — which contains mRNA that codes for the original Wuhan strain spike protein and the Omicron BA.1 subvariant. The approval of the new booster comes on the heels of complaints about lack of demand …

  Herland Report: Billionaire wealth exploded during Covid-19: On May 23, Oxfam International released the latest study “Profiting from Pain. The urgency of taxing the rich amid a surge in billionaire wealth and a global cost-of-living crisis,” examining how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the distribution of wealth worldwide. The results were alarming, and for people with any sense of fairness, …

  When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the European Union responded the following day with a package of unprecedented economic sanctions aimed at isolating Russia. The EU, which was praised for displaying “determination, unity and speed” in its response to Putin, was said to be facing a “transformative moment” that would allow the bloc to become a “geostrategic …

  Herland Report: Defenders of the West against Islam: In a riveting account of the the lives of those who defended the West, a new book, The Defenders of the West by Raymond Ibrahim, tells the stories of the Christian warriors who fought against the entry of Islam into Europe between 1100 AD and 1500 AD.  “In a brilliantly written …

  Herland Report: Germany faces collapse: Greeks and other southern Europeans could now be feeling schadenfreude as Germany faces the collapse of its economic model in the face of the Ukraine war and the new cold war with China. But with a democratic Europe in the balance, this is no time to gloat. It is never easy to wake up …

  Herland Report: On the Opposition to the Socialist State: One may argue that Europe historically has succeeded to some degree in erasing the historical class differences that characterized the pre-industrial era, thereby providing citizens with more equal political and social rights. We also performed a process of institutionalization characterized by a strong state and continual political, economic and social …

  Oliver Stone, an award-winning film director, recently sat down to talk to Lex Fridman about Russian president Vladimir Putin and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Oliver Stone was the executive producer of “Ukraine on Fire,” a documentary that came out in 2016. Stone also interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin between 2014 and 2016. The interviews became the documentary series, “The Putin …

  Herland Report: How did the anti-history Cancel Culture movement get so well established that Marxism now is on the verge of taking over the United States’ political system? How did we get to where a handful of superrich socialist big tech billionaires reportedly steer the USA away from the values that founded the Republic, with full propaganda control and …

  Herland Report: In conversation with Hollywood actor, Kristofer Hivju, Cave of Apelles host, Jan-Ove Tuv asks what it takes to convince the audience — heartfelt inspiration or calculated deception? Produced by Bork Spildo. Seated next to him in an old viking chair, sits Kristofer Hivju, petting a purring cat as if he was Marlon Brando himself, writes Carl Korsnes …