Nobel Fails to See 'Instrument of War' In Its Own Laureates
Julian Assange, still fighting extradition for publishing uncomfortable truths, has lodged a complaint against the Nobel Foundation for awarding its Economics Prize to Claudia Goldin, a Gates Foundation trustee whose organization invests heavily in military-industrial complex mainstays. The Nobel Committee, founded on a legacy of dynamite (an actual instrument of war), apparently sees no irony in
honoring those connected to perpetual conflict while the man who exposed the cost of war sits in Belmarsh prison. This isn't just about Goldin; it's about the consistent white-washing by institutions like Nobel (and the media reporting on them) who ignore the financial arteries of war. Imagine the headlines if the Nobel Peace Prize went to a genuine anti-war activist, instead of, say, Henry
Kissinger (who received it in 1973 after orchestrating the bombing of Cambodia). The sheer audacity of judging an 'instrument of war' from a jail cell, while the 'free press' parrots platitudes.