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Month: August 2020

The Rotten Alliance of Liberals and Neocons Will Likely Shape U.S. Foreign Policy for Years to Come

By Marshall Auerback and James Carden  (*)  Independent Media Institute Trump’s rise has led to unity in the ranks opposing his foreign policy The emergence in recent weeks of a coalition of neocon Republicans and former national security officials who have thrown… Continue Reading →

Armed conflicts, Elections, Intelligence, Neo-liberalism, Politics

A pandemic of psychological pain

The Economist How to reduce the mental trauma of covid-19 A few cheap steps can make a big difference In ecuador people are still searching for the bodies of relatives who died of covid-19 four months ago. In Italy a boy… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Health

Voters Are the Limit to Democracy

By Roberto Savio* On August 23, a respected Brazilian polling institute found that the country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, enjoys an approval rating of 51 percent, the highest since he was elected. Brazil ranks second as the country with the highest… Continue Reading →

Climate Change, Health, Populism, Radical extremism

Trump unleashes diatribe of falsehoods and baseless attacks in RNC finale

David Smith – The Guardian Trump portrayed Biden as a creature of the Washington swamp, beat the drum of law and order and said little about racial injustice Washington – You write him off at your peril. Donald Trump stood… Continue Reading →

Elections, Politics, Populism, Radical extremism

Amazon ‘Women Warriors’ Show Gender Equality, Forest Conservation Go Hand in Hand

By Rosamaria Loures and Sarah Sax – Mongabay (*) Recognition of the role that Indigenous land plays in forest protection, biodiversity conservation and environmental health has been growing, but less attention has been paid to the role of women. An… Continue Reading →

Environment, Human Rights, Violence, Women

Former presidents anticipate nullity of election in the IDB

FORMER PRESIDENTS CALL FOR RESPECT OF HISTORICAL AGREEMENTS AND THE DIGNITY OF LATIN AMERICA REGARDING THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK The time has come to vehemently insist on the importance of postponing the election of the next president of the Inter-American… Continue Reading →

authoritarianism, Economy / Finance

Why the Jerry Falwell scandal won’t weaken Trump’s evangelical support

Opinion by Paul Waldman – The Washington Post As Republicans hold a convention that portrays President Trump as all but a living god, one of his most important supporters from the religious right is experiencing a precipitous fall from grace.… Continue Reading →

Populism, Radical extremism, Religion

From Lockdown to Police State: the “Great Reset” Rolls Out

By Ellen Brown* –  Unz Review Mayhem in Melbourne On August 2, lockdown measures were implemented in Melbourne, Australia, that were so draconian that Australian news commentator Alan Jones said on Sky News: “People are entitled to think there is an… Continue Reading →

authoritarianism, Civil rights, Economy / Finance, Health, Radical extremism, Violence

For once, the Trumps are only the Republicans’ second most dysfunctional family

By  Marina Hyde – The Guardian As the Republican national convention got under way last night, the party that has formed a personality cult around the personality of Donald Trump was treated to a speech from Don Jr. Say what… Continue Reading →

Elections, Neo-liberalism, Politics

Covid-19 Pandemic Another Threat to Indigenous Communities

By Angel Mendoza PARIS, Aug 25 2020 (IPS) – The voices of indigenous people worldwide are being silenced and their lives made invisible. Stewards of the earth, they are left at the fringes of public discourse in countries around the… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Health, Human Rights, Racism

Steering Societies Beyond GDP to SDGS

By Hazel Henderson* – Ethical Markets The simmering debate has now exploded about whether GDP the ubiquitous index, is a correct measure of overall progress, but still used by governments, financial markets, mass media, companies, and everyone else. Our Ethical… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Economy / Finance, Information & Communication

Viruses have big impacts on ecology and evolution as well as human health

The Economist They are ubiquitous, diverse and very powerful I – The outsiders inside Humans are lucky to live a hundred years. Oak trees may live a thousand; mayflies, in their adult form, a single day. But they are all alive… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Environment, Health

DEVNET International for Peace

by DEVNET JAPAN An interview with Dr. Kazuo Takahashi, Director of DEVNET International about peace-building Q. Dr. Takahashi, you have been active for decades internationally in various capacities at OECD, International foundations, research institutes and universities in such fields as… Continue Reading →

Development, DEVNET JAPAN, English, Peace

The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki A 75th Anniversary By Devnet International

by DEVNET JAPAN Exactly 75 years have passed since the day our city was assaulted by the nuclear bomb. Despite the passing of three quarters of a century, we are still living in the world where nuclear weapons exisit. Just… Continue Reading →

DEVNET JAPAN, Disarmament, English

People are dying in the Channel because of politicians, not smugglers

Maya Goodfellow – The Guardian Priti Patel’s (UK Home Secretary) recognition of a child’s humanity in death is hollow when he was stripped of it in life by cruel border policies The human cost of the government’s border policies has… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Immigration and Refugees, Politics, Racism, Violence, xenofobia

Bolivia: Barricades and Crisis in a Crisis

By Paul Jay – theAnalysis.news After three postponed elections, a date is finally set after pressure from protests across the country. Why did Evo step down? How did the conditions for the coup develop? Carlos Orias and Tony Phillips join… Continue Reading →

culture, Elections, Human Rights, militarization, Politics, Racism, Radical extremism, Violence

Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Shaky Unity of the Democratic National Convention

By Benjamin Wallace-Wells* – The New Yorker   On Day Two of the Democratic National Convention, the Party’s recent past kept ghosting in and out. Before the networks had even begun their broadcasts, the Party rolled through half a century of its own… Continue Reading →

Elections, Politics, Racism, Women

Steve Bannon, former Trump adviser, arrested for fraud

By Al Jazeera and news agencies Bannon and three others arrested for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in online fundraising campaign for border wall. Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested on Thursday on charges that he and three… Continue Reading →

Corruption, Populism, Radical extremism, xenofobia

Trump, the Mail and the Unbinding of America

By  Paul Krugman* – The New York Times The Postal Service facilitates citizen inclusion. That’s why Trump hates it. In June the independent website Factcheck.org made a dig at Joe Biden, publishing a post titled “Biden Floats Baseless Election Conspiracy.” Biden, you… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Elections, Politics, Populism

Major General Dennis Laich: Pentagon Needs a Bad Guy

By Paul Jay * – TheAnalysis.news Paul Jay Hi, my name is Paul Jay, and welcome to theAnalysis.news podcast. It’s not often I get a chance to talk to an American general, okay, I’ve never had a chance to talk… Continue Reading →

Intelligence, militarization, Radical extremism

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