By Jonathan Easley* – The Hill Most pollsters show Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden with a sturdy and stable lead over President Trump at a time when tens of millions of people have already voted and there is almost no time to change the… Continue Reading
By Boyan Stanislavski* – Barricade The recent ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland is the latest episode in the 30-year long war on women in that country. It is disgusting and enraging but it is a part of a… Continue Reading
The Guardian view, Editorial Donald Trump’s presidency has been a horror show that is ending with a pandemic that is out of control, an economic recession and deepening political polarisation. Mr Trump is the author of this disastrous denouement. He… Continue Reading
By Nadia Batok* – Wall Street International There are no signs of a halt There are no signs of a halt to the arms race… on the contrary, production of the most modern 5th and 6th generation technological weapons and the most… Continue Reading
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* The new coronavirus pandemic has called into question many of the political certitudes that seemed to have been consolidated over the past forty years, especially in what is known as the global North. The main… Continue Reading
By Michael Hirsh* – Foreign Policy Paul Krugman has never suffered fools gladly. The Nobel Prize-winning economist rose to international fame—and a coveted space on the New York Times op-ed page—by lacerating his intellectual opponents in the most withering way. In a series… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* International conferences for people in my profession are generally a thing of the recent past, having been replaced by virtual conferences via platforms like Zoom and Webex. I’ve attended three this month alone and many more in… Continue Reading
By Thomas Neuburger* – DownWithTyranny! I’m working on a book-length project that includes a look at our soon-to-be post-Trump world. These are preliminary notes for that part of the project. 1. The World Without Trump won’t be a world without… Continue Reading
By Charis McGowan* – The Guardian A plebiscite called in response to street protests in 2019 sees 78% of people back a new charter to replace one imposed by military dictator Chile has voted overwhelmingly in favor of rewriting the country’s… Continue Reading
By Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth The world upside down The aberration is obvious. On 16 October, the WTO (World Trade Organisation), an institution independent of the UN, rejected the proposal to suspend WTO rules on patents for… Continue Reading
Jill Filipovic, Art Cullen, Lloyd Green and Malaika Jabali (* ) – The Guardian Trump offered little vision and barely any policy, while Biden was solid. The president needed a win, and he didn’t get it Fri 23 Oct 2020… Continue Reading
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post Centuries ago, Christendom was accustomed to the periodic existence of “antipopes.” They were clerics who, whether through spiritual conviction or political machinations, challenged the designated pontiff with rival claims to the top seat in the… Continue Reading
By Charles H. Clavey* -Boston Review The Frankfurt School on the appeal of authoritarianism—and how to counteract it. A number of recent books have put the methods of the social sciences in the service of understanding Trump, his movement, and… Continue Reading
Michael von der Schulenburg* Although almost unnoticed today, 75 years ago, on 24 October 1945, the probably most important international treaty, the United Nations Charter, came into effect. Its aim was not only to end WWII, but to save, once… Continue Reading
By Justin Podur* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute The Minneapolis City Council’s attempt to defund police may have fizzled out for the moment, but the problem of police violence across the United States is unresolved—and much of it stems from the institution’s… Continue Reading
By Jennifer Senior* – The New York Times ——————————- We reproduce below an analysis of The New York Times, from November 2016, after the election of Donald Trump, which we have recovered because he lucidly designs our time. Kind regards,… Continue Reading
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Former Bolivian President Evo Morales’s political party MAS has claimed victory in the country’s presidential election, with Morales’s handpicked successor Luis Arce securing over 50% of the vote, according to exit polls. If confirmed,… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon stepped into the political and social chaos wrought by the Johnson administration and compounded it substantially. Hence, when I visited Europe during the late Nixon years, all of… Continue Reading
By Anwar Mhajne, Crystal Whetstone(*) – Foreign Policy Around the world, emergency powers are chipping away at democracy—sometimes with public support As the pandemic’s death toll rose throughout the spring, many countries took aggressive measures to control the spread of COVID-19. Governments instituted national emergencies and travel… Continue Reading
By Peter Carbonara and Scott Reeves – Newsweek With two weeks to go before the election, the nation’s financial health is top of mind for Americans. According to a recent Gallup poll, nearly nine out of 10 registered voters say… Continue Reading
