By Brendan O’Connor* – The Nation At The Gateway Pundit’s far-right confab, Western chauvinism is the only idea that matters Last weekend, at an airport hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, hundreds of aging Caucasian conservatives gathered for a three-day long … Continue reading
By Federico Mayor Zaragoza* In my book “La nueva página” (The New Page), published in 1994, I started the chapter on “Culture of War and Culture of Peace” as follows: “A new page in the history of mankind is being … Continue reading
By Zack Beauchamp* – VOX A new kind of authoritarianism is taking root in Europe — and there are warning signs for America The Hungary-Serbia border runs through a wilderness, tall grass flatlands ringed by imposing clusters of trees and … Continue reading
Prudy Gourguechon* – Forbes Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey described the company’s health initiative in his testimony to Congress earlier this month. The project was understandably overshadowed by security and safety issues in the coverage of testimony by Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl … Continue reading
By Lauren Carasik – The Nation The reforms to the IMF since the global financial crisis have amounted to window dressing. Ten years after the financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) remains largely beholden to policies that undermine human … Continue reading
By Justin Gillis and Hal Harvey(*) – The New York Times By pledging to cut its emissions in half by midcentury, China would propel itself into a world-leading role in the fight against global warming. SAN FRANCISCO — At long … Continue reading
BBC World Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists, despite international condemnation. She said Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had broken the law and their conviction had “nothing to do with freedom of … Continue reading
By Roberto Savio* ROME, September 2018 – This testimony to Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, comes a month after his death. Much has already been written, and it is now superfluous to recall his efforts for peace and international cooperation. … Continue reading
By Ádám Fischer* – The Guardian I conduct orchestras all over the world, and I know that only if we work together can we have harmony Human rights are under attack from populist and nationalist movements across the world – … Continue reading
Deborah Coen* – The Conversation** Back in the 19th century, when tractors were still pulled by horses and the word “computer” meant a person hired to carry out tedious calculations, climate science made front-page news. One European forester remarked in … Continue reading
Banks have paid 321 billion dollars of fine, for illicit and criminal activities. All this is due to Bill Clinton, who abolished the Sea-Glass regulation(a law of 1938), a deregulation process started during Reagan.w That l law established a strict … Continue reading
BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post In his first major policy address since joining the White House in April, national security adviser John Bolton offered a particularly aggressive demonstration of President Trump’s “America First” agenda. He threatened the International … Continue reading
Simon Jenkins* – The Guardian Xenophobia is sweeping the continent. European agreement to address migration is vital The message is glaring from Sweden’s election result. There is one dominant issue in Europe’s politics at present, and it is immigration. It … Continue reading
BY NATHANIEL RICH* – The Atlantic William T. Vollmann’s latest opus is brilliant, but it offers no comfort to its readers. Authors like to flatter themselves by imagining for their work an “ideal reader,” a cherubic presence endowed with bottomless generosity, … Continue reading
By Mona Ali Khalil, PassBlue* UNITED NATIONS, Sep 7 2018 (IPS) – It is entirely the United States’ prerogative to cut off its voluntary contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or … Continue reading
Luciana Porfirio, David Newth, John Finnigan (*) – The Conversation (**) Ending world hunger is a central aspiration of modern society. To address this challenge – along with expanding agricultural land and intensifying crop yields – we rely on global … Continue reading
Anonymous Op-Ed essay – The New York Times I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. The Times today is taking the rare step of publishing … Continue reading
AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES UN’s Martin Griffiths says ‘going to make it happen’ at Geneva talks despite rebel no-show. The UN’s special envoy to Yemen expressed confidence even though the first day of peace talks between rebels and the … Continue reading
Al Jazeera Laser-guided missile transfer to Saudi Arabia stopped amid increasing concerns for slain Yemeni civilians. Spain put the brakes on a sale of hundreds of missiles to Saudi Arabia amid concerns about their use against civilians in the war … Continue reading
by Kul Chandra Gautam (nepa-laya, Kathmandu, 2018) Book review by Valerie Julliand, UN Resident Coordinator in Nepal Kul Chandra Gautam’s extraordinary memoir resonates on so many levels, depending on one’s perspective. I trekked through its more than 500 pages as … Continue reading