Editorial – The Guardian The US is now backing plans that could help billions more access vaccines. The UK should follow suit The rapid emergence of Covid vaccines has been a remarkable yet bittersweet success, pointing to both humanity’s scientific… Continue Reading
By Riccardo Petrella* Will the US emperor consent to the suspension of vaccines patents or will the principle of private property and the defence of American supremacy prevail? Is there any hope? One wonders: what influence will the recent decision… Continue Reading
By Fábián Tamás – Telex (*) With a year left until what looks to be a tight election, the government is reallocating considerable amounts of public assets away from the state and into, e.g., foundations. The goal could be to… Continue Reading
By Michael De Dora* WASHINGTON, Apr 30 2021 (IPS) – When Myanmar’s military seized power from the elected government in February, one of its first actions was to further squeeze the already restricted free flow of information in the country.… Continue Reading
By Max Eden* – Newsweek Last week, the Senate voted 94-1 in favor of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, intended to address anti-Asian racism. Senator Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) lone “no” vote was covered by CNN, The Hill, HuffPost, Slate, the… Continue Reading
By Lambert Strether* of Corrente – Naked Capitalism Our political class does not believe that Barack Obama is a candidate for rehabilitation (“revered by liberals, moderates and even some Republicans“) despite recently pivoting to a consensus that his response to… Continue Reading
By Francine Mestrum, PhD, Brussels and Cuernavaca. The crisis caused by the coronavirus is an opportunity to think about the future. This article is about ‘the left‘ or ‘progressive forces’ in a very broad sense with implications for political parties… Continue Reading
Jan Mortier* – Civitatis Forum The European Commission is proposing to create a Digital Green Certificate to “facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The Commission has undemocratic powers to publish a Regulation, which is a law by decree,… Continue Reading
By Riccardo Petrella and Roberto Savio (*) The appeal to the ’emperor’ of the world is a defeat of justice and the universal right to life It cannot be said often enough: the temporary waiver of the rules laid down… Continue Reading
By Channing Gerard Joseph* – The Nation History must be acknowledged before justice can be done I found my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather on my mother’s side listed for sale in an old newspaper advertisement: “Stephen, 50, sawyer and sailor.” The announcement, headlined… Continue Reading
By Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies (*) President Biden announced a removal of all U.S. troops by September 11, but he failed to include some important details An Afghan taxi-driver in Vancouver told one of us a decade ago… Continue Reading
By Héloïse Hakimi Le Grand* WASHINGTON DC, Apr 15 2021 (IPS) – Gender stereotyping in the media has a significant impact on how women and gender minorities are perceived. In turn, it affects their opportunities to fully and effectively participate… Continue Reading
By Nicolas J. S. Davies – Common Dreams (*) Denis Halliday is an exceptional figure in the world of diplomacy. In 1998, after a 34-year career with the United Nations—including as an Assistant Secretary-General and the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in… Continue Reading
By Jeneé Osterheldt * The Boston Globe The killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota should not be framed as an accident. Policing is violent. As police lights glared behind him, he found a well-lit public place to pull over. Because… Continue Reading
By Matthew Karnitschnig* – POLITICO. A mustachioed Turk, two gilded high-back chairs and a plush sofa. Turns out that’s all it takes to conjure Europe’s ever-elusive cohesion. Turkish president put EU’s fragile psyche on the couch. Turkish leader Recep Tayyip… Continue Reading
By Karla Loya-Stack* – The Washington Post I have struggled with how to describe or define my identity since moving to the United States from Mexico at age 10—a struggle that was internalized and personal for years. After migrating to… Continue Reading
By Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth David Maria SASSOLI President@ep.europa.eu david.sassoli@ep.europa.eu and to the Presidents of the Parliamentary Groups of the EP Manfred WEBER Président, EPP Manfred.weber@ep.europa.eu Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ Présidene, PA S&D Président, Renew Europe Dacian.ciolos@ep.europa.eu Marco… Continue Reading
By Mark Berman* – The Washington Post The footage has played multiple times inside the downtown Minneapolis courtroom where Derek Chauvin is on trial for murder, showing George Floyd, a Black man, gasping for air under the White police officer’s knee. That video is the… Continue Reading
Opinion, Celso Amorim* – The Guardian As Covid deaths climb the president seems to be throwing the country into an abyss that will be difficult to escape from It is no exaggeration to say that Brazil is going through the… Continue Reading
Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth Resolution of the World Assembly of 22 March 2021 Launching of the Campaign Water is a Global Public Good(*) Water continues to be a commodity, ransacked, subjected to devastating commercial and financial domination.… Continue Reading
