By Andrei Grachev* His legacy after 30 years of the disintegration of the USSR Two books were published practically simultaneously in Great Britain and France to commemorate the forthcoming 30th anniversary of the breakup of the Soviet Union. They had almost… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio* In a robustly entertaining – and thoroughly informative – book on the lighter side of the United Nations, Thalif Deen, a former UN Bureau Chief and Regional Director for Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency, has just… Continue Reading
By Sue Stephenson * – Wall Street International Magazine The entire process of how books are chosen is too secretive considering its societal impact The books we read influence our thinking and our opinions—sometimes for generations. Yet as readers and… Continue Reading
By Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins* – Boston Review In his new memoir the former president makes clear he had no intention of being a savior. In October 2008, a month before the historical election that would make him the first Black president… 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 Dino Lencioni* The new edition of this book is entitled The Jerusalem Helix. Imagine an Atheist, a Catholic, a Protestant, a Muslim, a Jew, a Hindu, and a Buddhist who are all part of the same book club. They… Continue Reading
By Amy Goodman – Democracy Now! (*) “House of Absolute Horrors” Guests : David Cay Johnston, founder and editor-in-chief of DCReport.org. In a new book, Mary Trump — the president’s niece — describes Donald Trump as a “sociopath” who… Continue Reading
The Berrett-Koehler Team (1) “Ethical Markets (2) fully supports Jerroll Sanders in her tireless advocacy for justice, democratic and economic reforms in the USA to include our African-American communities. We are honored to have Jerroll Sanders, brilliant independent IT specialist and community… Continue Reading
By Marshall Auerback* – Independent Media Institute Germany’s highest court issued a ruling that could threaten the existence of the euro with a constitutional court decision that said the European Central Bank’s bond-buying operations exceeded the ECB’s legal remit, and… Continue Reading
By John Scales Avery* A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book, which discusses the most serious dangers which the world faces today. The book may be freely downloaded and circulated from the… Continue Reading
By Corey Robin* – New York Review of Books It has been more than two weeks since the Iowa caucuses, and we still don’t know who won. That should give us pause. We don’t know in part because of a… Continue Reading
Book on Climate Change Naomi Klein is perhaps the currrently most outstanding international climate and environmental justice activist of the world ! Of her, famous peer Greta Thunberg, has said: “Naomi Klein’s work has always moved and guided me. She… Continue Reading
By Felix Dodds * NEW YORK, Jul 29 2019 (IPS) – As some of you will know I have a new book out Stakeholder Democracy: Represented Democracy in a Time of Fear. (other contributors to the book were: Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, Carolina Duque Chopitea,… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Robert J. Burrowes* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869: 150 years ago this year There will be many tributes to Gandhi published in 2019 so I would like to add one of my own This reflects not… Continue Reading
Paul Raskin* We are bound together on a precarious passage to a land unknown and unnamed. Even a stray dog, as Hannah Arendt once noted, has better odds of surviving when given a name. Likewise, the global future—the place we… Continue Reading
