Narayan Lakshman – The Hindu The Ferguson episode shows how nothing has changed for the African-American community since Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation into law in 1863 When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty ? Thomas Jefferson Each year… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio* ROME, Nov (IPS) After the Italian sea search-and-rescue operation Mare Nostrum at a cost of nine million euros a month, through which the Italian Navy has rescued nearly 100,000 migrants ? although perhaps up to 3,000 have… Continue Reading
By Bill Powell / Newsweek Ma Jijiang and his once poor family are the flesh and blood of China?s modern economic miracle, living proof of how radically the country has been reshaped since the late Deng Xiaoping changed the world… Continue Reading
Paul Krugman – New York Times Back in 2010, I had a revelation about just how bad economic policy was about to get; I read the OECD Economic Outlook, which called not just for fiscal austerity but for interest rate… Continue Reading
Analysis by Oscar Reyes* WASHINGTON, Nov 26 2014 (IPS) – It?s one of the oldest tricks in politics: Talk down expectations to the point that you can meet them. And it played out again in Berlin as 21 countries?including the… Continue Reading
By Stephen Fidler – The Wall Street Journal? Former U.K. Premier Says He Is More Worried About Israel-Palestine Situation Than in Years BRUSSELS?Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the West must work with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Islamist… Continue Reading
By Lyndal Rowlands UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 2014 (IPS) – ?A recurring nightmare for me is I?m trying to tell someone something and they are not listening. I?m yelling at the top of my lungs and it feels like there… Continue Reading
Chase Madar – The Nation It?s not just Ferguson?here?s how the system protects police How to police the police is a question as old as civilization, now given special urgency by a St. Louis County grand jury?s return of a… Continue Reading
William Engdahl* – New Eastern Outlook Brazil?s newly re-elected President, Dilma Rousseff, survived a massive US State Department disinformation campaign to win a runoff vote against US-backed Aecio Neves on October 26. However it is already clear that Washington has… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio* ROME, Nov 21 2014 (IPS) – Less than a week after everybody celebrated the historical agreement on Nov. 17 between the United States and China on reduction of CO2 emissions, a very cold shower has come from… Continue Reading
Ariane Tabatabai* ? Financial Times It is vital a comprehensive deal on Iran?s nuclear programme is reached, writes Ariane Tabataba Tehran and Moscow, facing similar political and economic pressures from the west, have developed strong ties since the Islamic Revolution.… Continue Reading
Nick Turse – The Nation The US military continues a long series of mistakes, missteps and mishaps across Africa. Admit it. You don?t know where Chad is. You know it?s in Africa, of course. But beyond that? Maybe with a… Continue Reading
By Le News , GENEVA The United Nations both here in Geneva and worldwide is relying increasingly on consultants with short-term contracts to do its work, seriously hampering the organization?s overall professionalism. Consultants, many who have come to Switzerland with… Continue Reading
Zo? Carpenter – The Nation For a few hours on Tuesday, the Islamic State looked like the best thing that ever happened to the National Security Agency. The USA Freedom Act, a modest bill seen as the best chance for… Continue Reading
S. Irfan Habib* – The Hindu The agenda of the Islamic State today is merely an extension of the devious plan laid down by Abdul Wahhab almost two hundred years ago It is ironical indeed that the Turkish regime today… Continue Reading
Daniel Dombey – Financial Times Ankara?s rhetoric has become more anti-western since protests against the government last year Istanbul – The three US sailors were enjoying their shore leave in old Istanbul when they fell victim to Turkey?s suspicions of… Continue Reading
Eric Alterman – The Nation The election results reflect a complex reality; the press prefers simple narratives. While many in the mainstream media are occasionally willing to take note of imperfections in America?s democratic practices, virtually none are willing to… Continue Reading
Wolfgang M?nchau – Financial Times The Council of Economic Experts says nothing about investment. It wants Merkel to be tougher German economists roughly fall into two groups: those that have not read Keynes, and those that have not understood Keynes.… Continue Reading
By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 17 2014 (IPS) – This December, 195 nations plus the European Union will meet in Lima for two weeks for the crucial U.N. Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, known as COP 20.… Continue Reading
By The New York Times?s Editorial Board Secretary of State John Kerry and the American ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, have praised the work of Cuban doctors dispatched to treat Ebola patients in West Africa. The Centers for… Continue Reading
