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 the brink of a nuclear catastrophe? Throughout the struggle…
By Jim Lobe* – LobeLog The ongoing war in Yemen, called the world’s “worst humanitarian disaster” by the United Nations and independent aid agencies since early last year, received a grand combined total of 20 minutes of coverage on the ABC, NBC, and CBS weekday evening news…
By Tom Engelhardt* – TomDispatch Veni, Vidi, Tweeti (I Came, I Saw, I Tweeted) . An Obituary for the Republic What dreamers they were!
By Halle Jorn Hanssen* – Hakim Dario Moi South Sudan During the Liberation Struggle ISBN: 978-82-91385-61-7 © 2017 Skyline publishing Book Review: By Hakim Dario Moi, PhD Book Review Author contact: press@pdm-rss.org Date: 11th February 2019 I read this book and kept going over…
By Asoka Bandarage* – Asia Times The 71st anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence from British rule was celebrated on February 4 in a “gallant ceremony” at the Galle Face Green in Colombo. Geopolitical rivalry, foreign intervention and constitutional reform for political…
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Vladimir Popov (*) KUALA LUMPUR and BERLIN, Feb 12 2019 (IPS) – Economic recovery efforts since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis have mainly depended on unconventional monetary policies. As fears rise of yet another international financial…
By Tom O’Connor – Newsweek A senior Russian diplomat has hit out at the United States’ reported attempts to oust the Venezuelan government by turning the Latin American state’s armed forces against it. The U.S. has recognized National Assembly head Juan Guaidó’s claim to the…
By Mohammad Zaman* – The Daily Star Jan 2019 (The Daily Star, Bangladesh) – To date, much has been written and said about the Rohingya crisis. The regime in Naypyidaw has literally flouted all international laws and evaded pressures from the international community.
Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International Magazine To democratize the international system for a governance that can save the planet Developed countries presume that in their societies the rule of law which guarantees the separation of powers, respect for the law, human rights…
By Ishaan Tharoor * – The Washington Post Last month, President Trump stunned his allies — and possibly his own advisers — by announcing the imminent withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. Critics feared Trump was playing into the hands of Russia and Iran; others lamented what…
