By PANKAJ MISHRA – The New York Times, Opinion section MASHOBRA, India — “The world is going America’s way,” Fareed Zakaria wrote in 2008. “Countries are becoming more open, market friendly and democratic.” Since the fall of communism, American leaders… Continue Reading
by Paul R. Pillar* – Lobelog With the wide path of destruction that Donald Trump has been cutting—in which the damage is affecting matters ranging from principles of nondiscrimination to ethical integrity of government officials to reliable health care for Americans—it… Continue Reading
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 2017 (IPS) – Indigenous women, while experiencing the first and worst effects of climate change globally, are often in the frontline in struggles to protect the environment. A forum organized by the Women’s… Continue Reading
by Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge Since at its core, yesterday’s 1-page “tax plan” was a Goldman creation – and was presented to the world by two former Goldman employees – who better to explain what Trump had in mind than Goldman… Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Apr 26 2017 (IPS) – In the politically-risky world of professional journalism, news reporters are fast becoming an endangered species. The numbers are staggering: some 1,236 journalists have been killed since 1992, according to the… Continue Reading
Halle Jørn Hanssen* Norway The Norwegian Labour Party concluded recently its last congress before the coming elections in September this year with the adoption of a political programme that takes the party to the left in some important fields. The… Continue Reading
by Paul R. Pillar* – Lobelog The Trump administration is bending over backward to be, and to sound, hostile and confrontational toward Iran. This effort to flaunt a role for itself as a dedicated enemy of Iran has roots in… Continue Reading
BY BILL POWELL NEWSWEEK One million dead* (and that´s if it doesen´t go nuclear) *Minimum predicted casualties The batteries of North Korean artillery lie just on the other side of the divided peninsula’s demilitarized zone. There are thousands of them—some… Continue Reading
Robert J. Burrowes* While much of the world is engulfed in violence of one sort or another (whether violence in the home or on the street, exploitation, ecological destruction or war), a global network of individuals and organizations is committed… Continue Reading
By Baher Kamal ROME, Apr 21 2017 (IPS) – A perfect storm has engulfed the Middle East, and continues to threaten international peace and security. Hardly anyone could sum up the Middle East explosive situation in so few, blunt words… Continue Reading
Nicholas Kristof – The New York Times President Trump is scary in many ways, but perhaps the most frightening nightmare is of him blundering into a new Korean war. It would begin because the present approach of leaning on China to… Continue Reading
by Jim Lobe – lobelog.com The apparent and surprisingly abrupt demise in Steve Bannon’s influence offers a major potential opening for neoconservatives, many of whom opposed Trump’s election precisely because of his association with Bannon and the “America Firsters,” to return to power after… Continue Reading
By Baher Kamal ROME, Apr 19 2017 (IPS) – With 18.8 million people –nearly 7 in 10 inhabitants– in need of humanitarian aid, including 10.3 million requiring immediate assistance, Yemen is now the largest single-nation humanitarian crisis in the world,… Continue Reading
James Meek follows Cadbury to Poland How to explain Poland’s swing against the European Union? How to explain the election of the Catholic fundamentalist, authoritarian, populist, Eurosceptic Law and Justice Party to rule a booming country that has benefited from more… Continue Reading
By Josh Lowe – Newsweek Ever since Theresa May took over from David Cameron as British prime minister last July, pundits have wondered why she didn’t call an early general election. On Tuesday, May finally decided she would, announcing that… Continue Reading
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD – THE NEW YORK TIMES The best thing that can be said about Turkey’s constitutional referendum is that many voters — 48.7 percent of those casting ballots — opposed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s most outrageous move… Continue Reading
By Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge Via The Saker, [4] The Pentagon’s more aggressive military approach Here is a short timeline of the Pentagon taking the presidential commander-in-chief power from Trump. The ultimatums came on March 1. On March 1, 2017 the Atlantic’s article… Continue Reading
Editorial – The Guardian Narrow victory in a referendum is taken as legitimising the destruction of Turkey’s democratic institutions It is no exaggeration to say Turkey has entered a daunting and unpredictable new chapter in its political history as a… Continue Reading
Boaventura de Sousa Santos* When we look at the past through the eyes of the present, we find huge cemeteries of abandoned futures, struggles that inaugurated new possibilities but were neutralized, silenced, or distorted, futures murdered at birth, or even… Continue Reading
By Baher Kamal ROME, Apr 14 2017 (IPS) – Seventy-nine countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, which are home to around one billon people, will speak with one voice as they prepare to negotiate a major partnership agreement… Continue Reading
