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Month: November 2019

Japan’s demographic time bomb is Asia’s warning

By WILLIAM PESEK – Asia Times The International Monetary Fund has a checkered past on giving Asia advice. Ask officials from Jakarta to Seoul about this, and you’ll get an earful. Now, it’s Japan’s turn to get some dubious guidance from… Continue Reading →

Development, Environment, Population

The Pervasive Power of the Settler Mindset

By Nikhil Pal Singh* – Boston Review More than simple racism or discrimination, the destructive premise at the core of the American settler narrative is that freedom is built upon violent elimination. Image: A Kiowa ledger drawing possibly depicting the Buffalo… Continue Reading →

History, Human Rights, Politics, Racism, Violence

Lula da Silva: “Bolsonaro’s government poses a great risk for Brazil”

Naiara Galarraga Gortázar – El País, Spain The former Brazilian president talked to EL PAÍS about his future plans in one of the first interviews he has granted following his release by the Supreme Court He has been saying for… Continue Reading →

Corruption, Economy / Finance, Human Rights, Justice, militarization, Neo-liberalism, Politics, Populism, Violence

EU states fail on sharing refugees

By Nikolaj Nielsen* – EUobserver.com (Brussels) A mandatory 2015 scheme to dispatch people seeking international protection from Greece and Italy across the European Union did not deliver promised results, say EU auditors. Although member states took in some 35,000 people… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Immigration and Refugees, Racism

The Strategic Battle for Lithium. Huge Reserves in Bolivia, Argentina, Chile

By Enzo Pellegrin – Global Research On March 15, 2018, Maurizio Stefanini, reporter of an italian right think-tank, complained that the huge reserve of Lithium present in Bolivia was in the hands of the State“” and of the bad example“”… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Corruption, Economy / Finance, Human Rights, Intelligence, Neo-liberalism, Violence

“MARKETS’ GROWING PROBLEM TWINS: ADVERTISING AND TRADING“

By Hazel Henderson* – ETHICAL MARKETS MEDIA Markets are ubiquitous in all human societies.  Since earliest times, when they were conducted using shells, wampum, cattle, or in rituals and potlatches, markets evolved using metal coins, silver and gold, then paper,… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Democracy, Digital Age, Economy / Finance, Information & Communication

Prompted by Local Activists, Congressman McGovern Condemns the Coup in Bolivia

By Celina della Croce* – Independent Media Institute Thirteen of us squeezed into Congressman Jim McGovern’s small office in Northampton, Massachusetts, far outnumbering the number of chairs available.  At the head of the table sat Koby Gardner-Levine, the congressman’s Northampton… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Intelligence, Justice, militarization, Politics, Racism, Religion, Violence

Israel and the Emerging Crisis of the Secular and the Religious

By George Friedman* –  Geopolitical  Futures Elections normally don’t interest us at Geopolitical Futures. The passage of personalities who preside over the realities of a nation does not usually affect our work. But there are times when electoral politics reveals… Continue Reading →

Democracy, History, Justice, Politics, Religion

Unpacking Media Propaganda About Bolivia’s Election

By Gregory Shupak* – FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting)** Pro-coup editorials rely on -and misreport-questionable evidence from the dubious OAS To endorse the coup in Bolivia, numerous editorials in major US media outlets paint President Evo Morales as undemocratic.… Continue Reading →

Democracy, Elections, Human Rights, Information & Communication, Intelligence, Neo-liberalism, Politics, Violence

The Trump Administration Really Does Have Some of the Best People in America

*Robert B. Reich  – Newsweek As a candidate in 2015, Donald Trump said that he’d “surround myself only with the best and most serious people.” Not quite. On November 15, Trump’s long-time friend and personal confidante, Roger Stone, was found… Continue Reading →

Corruption, Intelligence, Neo-liberalism, Politics, Populism

Bibi in a corner: Binyamin Netanyahu vows to fight on despite charges of bribery and fraud

The Economist Israel’s prime minister still hopes to lead Likud into another election OVER THE past two decades Israel’s legal establishment has proven itself capable of holding even the most powerful to account. A former prime minister, Ehud Olmert, was… Continue Reading →

Corruption, Human Rights, Justice, Neo-liberalism, Politics

Saudi UNESCO Win Riles Khashoggi Standard-Bearers

By James Reinl UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22 2019 (IPS) – Human rights campaigners have reacted angrily to the election of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO’s top board, highlighting the kingdom’s ongoing crackdowns on political freedoms and… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Information & Communication, Violence

Bolsonaro wants to end democracy in Brazil. Here’s one way he could do it

By David Miranda * – The Guardian Brazil’s far right knows it needs protests and chaos to justify a restoration of dictatorship-era measures The challenges to democracy and civic order in Brazil, the world’s fifth most populous country, have increased… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Justice, Neo-liberalism, Politics, Populism, Violence

With the UN Security Council in Paralysis, Are there New Hopes for Rohingya Muslims?

By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Nov 2019 (IPS) – The 15-member UN Security Council (UNSC) stands virtually paralyzed in the face of genocide charges against the government of Myanmar where over 730,000 to one million Rohingya Muslims have been forced… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Human Rights, Immigration and Refugees, Politics, Religion, Violence

For Thousands of Immigrant Children, Separation Was Just the Beginning

Jess Morales Rocketto* – Newsweek The family separation and detention crisis at the border is even worse than we thought. News last week revealed that the Trump administration detained nearly 70,000 children in immigration custody in the past year, surpassing… Continue Reading →

Children, Human Rights, Immigration and Refugees, Racism, Violence, Women

The Coup in Bolivia Has Everything to Do With the Screen You’re Using to Read This

By Vijay Prashad* When you look at your computer screen, or the screen on your smartphone or the screen of your television set, it is a liquid crystal display (LCD). An important component of the LCD screen is indium, a… Continue Reading →

Armed conflicts, Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Neo-liberalism, Violence

The Pressure on China

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has begun minor operations to try to quell the unrest in Hong Kong. This is a step that the Chinese hoped to avoid. For one thing, they wanted to… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Multilateralism & Unilateralism, Politics

End Rape—an Intolerable Cost to Society

By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka* UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 2019 (IPS) – If I could have one wish granted, it might well be a total end to rape. That means a significant weapon of war gone from the arsenal of conflict, the… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Violence, Women

UN calls for talks to end Bolivia crisis as death toll rises

Al Jazeera and news agencies Violent confrontations, highway blockades cause supply shortages as Anez moves to revise Morales-era policies. A Bolivian official said a United Nations envoy is urging the government of the Andean country’s interim president and supporters of… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice, militarization, Neo-liberalism, Politics, Racism, Violence

Donald Trump Is America’s Anti-President

Laurence H. Tribe* – Newsweek After just one week of public impeachment hearings, Donald Trump has unmistakably emerged as America’s anti-president, the very model of the charlatan George Washington warned might be overtaken by “the insidious wiles of foreign influence.”… Continue Reading →

Intelligence, Neo-liberalism, Populism

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