Tina Gerhardt | The Nation Expectations are low that the United Nations’s upcoming two-week climate conference, which kicks off in Cancún, Mexico, this Monday, will produce a legally binding international agreement among the 194 nations in attendance. Nonetheless, negotiators, nonprofit… Continue Reading
By Pascal Lamy (*) GENEVA, Nov (IPS) Is globalisation, which is shaping our societies whether we like it or not, a threat to identity? If we were to believe all that we hear, the winds of globalisation are wreaking havoc… Continue Reading
By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – The United Nations is refraining from setting a high expectation bar when it points out that the Cancun climate change conference is “not intended to establish the ultimate framework for comprehensive global… Continue Reading
Crisis of capitalism – The theme of this conference* is the Crisis of Capitalism, Welfare State and Labour. I want to treat this topic from a long term perspective and its multiple dimensions, in contrast to a shorter term treatment… Continue Reading
By Kanya D’Almeida UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25, 2010 (IPS) – On Nov. 29, the 190-member Conference of Parties (COP) will flock to the Moon Palace Hotel, an all-inclusive luxury coastal resort in Cancún, Mexico, to discuss governments’ progress on climate… Continue Reading
by George Packer – The New Yorker For Bush, decisions happened without the weighing of evidence and options. He merely had to ask himself, “Who am I?†September 11, 2001 (9/11) President George W. Bush prepared for writing his memoirs… Continue Reading
By J Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) – Increased demand for meat products in rising economies such as China and India, declines in agricultural yields or food stocks, and futures market speculation were stated to have fostered the dramatic surge… Continue Reading
By Leonardo Padura Fuentes (*) HAVANA, Nov (IPS) After a long wait and numerous postponements, the Cuban Communist Party, which oversees and directs the politics of the island, has decided to hold its sixth congress, in April 2011. The last… Continue Reading
Robert Dreyfuss* November 23, 2010. If you’re in need of something unintentionally funny to read, you can usually count on Anne Applebaum’s op-eds in the Post, and today’s entry [1] fails to disappoint.
By Mario Osava RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 24, 2010 (IPS) – A land route to the Pacific, long coveted by Brazil, would not reduce the cost of transporting Brazilian exports to China and other markets in Asia and would not… Continue Reading
by Joshua Kurlantzick – Newsweek The rising power of generals within the governments of Asia is fueling the regionwide arms race. November 22, 2010. In recent months, the wars of words between China and Japan over disputed islands in the… Continue Reading
By IPS Correspondents* LONDON, Nov 23, 2010 (IPS) – Less common but perhaps more useful than the tourist map is the ‘harassment map’ that many Cairo women are beginning to refer to. It’s their way to fight off harassment on… Continue Reading
By Ignacio Ramonet (*) PARIS, Nov (IPS) It’s no surprise. For over two centuries, protest has been a part of the political genetic code of French society. In addition to being constitutionally guaranteed, street protests and strikes are natural ways… Continue Reading
Sarah Laskow* A year ago, it seemed possible—likely, even—that President Barack Obama would sweep into the international negotiations on climate change at Copenhagen and make serious progress on the tangle of issues at stake. The reality was quite different .… Continue Reading
By William Fisher NEW YORK, Nov 19, 2010 (IPS) – While U.S. immigration authorities are “understandably eager to trumpet the overall number” of people they deport, close to one in three deportations recommended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is… Continue Reading
By Ernest Corea IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – “Fair Game,” the film, delivers the George W. Bush Administration to viewers as fair game for condemnation and scorn. The film was released for public viewing around the same time that… Continue Reading
By Yilmaz Akyuz (*) GENEVA, Nov (IPS) The G20 Summit in Seoul is supposed to address how to get the world out of its present financial and economic mess and to prevent future crises. However, it may miss the opportunity… Continue Reading
David Cole | The Nation In an uncoerced confession in his new memoir, Decision Points, former President George W. Bush proudly admits that he personally signed off on the waterboarding of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in 2003. Former Vice President Dick… Continue Reading
By Patricio Navia – Buenos Aires Herald Although she was not in any ballot, Sarah Palin was the big winner in the 2010 midterm elections. Her militant support of Tea Party candidates helped Republicans defeat Democratic incumbents. Though she is… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio* Rome, November 2010. The last G20 showed us that we are far from global governance. It’s clear that national interests, although interdependent, have different priorities, and that the era when the West could impose its will on… Continue Reading
