Brianna Fruean and others –The Guardian As young people walk out of classrooms for a global climate strike, a panel of campaigners share their reasons for action I am from the Central Taiwan Plains Indigenous People. As the indigenous people… Continue Reading
By Frank Bruni*, Opinion Columnist – The New York Times A new college admissions scandal is just the latest proof of a grossly uneven playing field One of the funniest stories I ever heard about the college admissions madness came… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio* March 2019, Rome – There is a huge debate on anti-Semitism. I think we need to make a systematic analysis that makes the problem simple and clear. Obviously, the subject is very complex and produces so many… Continue Reading
Intellectuals- to take the lead in social mobilization and ensure that all required changes are implemented before it is too late. Agreement Proposal for Academic, Scientific, Artistic and Literary Communities -in short, for “Each unique human being capable of creating,… Continue Reading
By Prabhat Patnaik* – The Telegraph, India Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to reduce unemployment in the US is not a matter of mere idiosyncrasy The decision of the American president, Donald Trump, to remove several of India’s exports to the… Continue Reading
By Ambassador Idriss Jazairy and Roberto Savio (*) Joint Opinion Editorial For over 70 years, the UN system has been perceived as the guardian of peace and development in the world. However, multilateralism today is undeniably under strain. The effectiveness… Continue Reading
*Press release disseminated by the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue 12 March 2019, GENEVA – Multilateralism must be people-driven. The current rise of populism around the world is inextricably linked to a feeling of being excluded and… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The countries that aligned to help protect Assad may be reconsidering their allegiances Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel and Russia had agreed to cooperate on withdrawing foreign forces from… Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen * UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations headquarters is in mourning – and the UN flag is at half mast. The deaths of 21 UN staffers March 10, on board an Ethiopian Airlines… Continue Reading
By Nicholas Casey, Christoph Koettl and Deborah Acosta – The New York Times CÚCUTA, Colombia — The narrative seemed to fit Venezuela’s authoritarian rule: Security forces, on the order of President Nicolás Maduro, had torched a convoy of humanitarian aid… Continue Reading
By Roy Morrison* – EcoCivilization Our current path is that of a netocracy and triumph of the billionaires. Jeff Bezos and his billionaire cohort will successfully follow their plans for customer service, fast delivery, cost cutting, labor saving and eventually… Continue Reading
The Economist The European People’s Party has tolerated the Hungarian leader’s authoritarianism for too long ON JUNE 16TH 1989 Hungarians gathered to rebury Imre Nagy. The liberalising prime minister’s overthrow had prompted the uprising against Soviet rule 33 years before.… Continue Reading
By Karessa Ramos* MADRID, Mar 8 2019 (IPS) – Imagine a world where women fully participate in society, and enjoy equal access to resources and opportunities. Most probably, the 2030 Agenda would be nearing its fulfillment and we would be… Continue Reading
By LILI BAYER, MAÏA DE LA BAUME AND PHILIP KALETA – POLITICO Hungarian leader at heart of crisis for Europe’s center right faces big decisions on his party’s future. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is at a crossroads. On March… Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen * UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations, which diligently monitors human rights violations worldwide, believes that centuries-old slavery still exists worldwide—largely as human trafficking. The UN mandate on “contemporary forms of slavery” includes,… Continue Reading
By John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service* We Are On the Brink of a Disaster What would Mahatma Gandhi say about the threat of war between India and Pakistan, which has brought the two nations and the world to… Continue Reading
Robert J. Burrowes* Tax havens are locations around the world where wealthy individuals, criminals and terrorists, as well as governments and government agencies (such as the CIA), banks, corporations, hedge funds, international organizations (such as the Vatican) and crime syndicates… Continue Reading
France 24 (source: AFP) Members of the centre-right European People’s Party have officially requested the exclusion of Hungary’s populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party from the group, a top official said Monday. Three months from the European… Continue Reading
By Ana Swanson and Jim Tankersley (*) – The New York Times WASHINGTON — The pain of President Trump’s trade war with China may soon be over, but American businesses and farmers are left wondering whether it was worth the… Continue Reading
By David E. Sanger and Edward Wong (*) – The New York Times HANOI, Vietnam — As President Trump settled into the dining room of a French-colonial hotel in Hanoi on Thursday morning, the conversation with Kim Jong-un, the North… Continue Reading
