By Daniel Boffey , the Guardian’s Brussels bureau chief Exclusive: ‘The question is how big,’ says Dr Andrea Ammon, who thinks March skiing breaks were pivotal to spread The prospect of a second wave of coronavirus infection across Europe is no longer… Continue Reading
By David Nabarro and Joe Colombano (*) GENEVA, May 19 2020 (IPS) – When the COVID-19 virus travelled from Wuhan, China halfway across the world through Europe, the Americas and beyond in the space of a few weeks, it gave… Continue Reading
Abby Maxman* BOSTON, USA, May 11 2020 (IPS) – NGOs, at the international, national – and most of all local – level are on the frontlines every day. I just heard from Oxfam staff in Bangladesh, that when asked whether… Continue Reading
Cees Hamelink’s Opinion* Government policy is based on expert advice. But experts are not scientists, argues Cees Hamelink. As a scientist it is of course gratifying for me to hear that government policy on covid-19 takes science seriously. And it… Continue Reading
Fritjof Capra and Hazel Henderson (*) – ETHICAL MARKETS MEDIA Imagine, it is the year 2050 and we are looking back to the origin and evolution of the coronavirus pandemic over the last three decades. Extrapolating from recent events, we… Continue Reading
FROM PILLAGE TO SECURITY. LIFE FOR ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH Three scourges are devastating the life of the Earth’s Inhabitants – the Covid-19 pandemic ( more than 230,000 deaths). The explosion and spread of the coronavirus are, according… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures A riot broke out in a poor, predominantly Muslim neighborhood north of Paris over the weekend. The immediate cause was a traffic offense and a violation of the coronavirus lockdown. The deeper cause was… Continue Reading
He was a faithful reader of Othernews, as well as a partner and supporter, and we would like to express our grief over his disappearance here. Giulietto Chiesa (*), the journalist who knew better than anyone else the final stages… Continue Reading
Deepak Nayyar* – The Hindu It is surprising that South Asia has far fewer infections and deaths compared with North America and Western Europe The oldest and largest democracies in the world are often compared. This time is different. The… Continue Reading
Riccardo Petrella* “Science (and economics) for the health of the earth’s inhabitants.” For a common, public, free worldwide coronavirus vaccine. Proposal for a transnational alliance. Humanity does not need any vaccine war. There is no valid reason for the future… Continue Reading
By Jan Lundius* Epidemic diseases are not random events that afflict societies capriciously and without warning, on the contrary, every society produces its own specific vulnerabilities. To study them is to understand the importance of a society’s structure, its standard… Continue Reading
Viewpoint by Roberto Savio* CASAPROTA, Rieti, Italy – The letter of 7 April 2020 calling for immediate international action to address issues arising from the Covid-19 crisis sent to the G20 by more than 200 former world leaders, leading economists… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures A few weeks ago, I laid out a model for thinking about the coronavirus crisis. I argued that there were four structures operating: medical, economic, social and military, with the political structure attempting to… Continue Reading
By Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Roberto Savio, Rosa María Artal, Emilio Muñoz, María Novo, Vicente Larraga and Enrique Santiago (*) It has become obvious that the G20 –founded in 2008 to reduce the scandal produced by the autarchic G6, G7 and… Continue Reading
Boaventura de Sousa Santos* 6 April 2020 – Today’s cultural, political and ideological debates are imbued with a strange opacity, the result of their remove from the concrete day-to-day experience of the vast majority of people — ordinary citizens, or… Continue Reading
Riccardo Petrella* I hope not. Guido Viale has written some wise things about this, explaining why a “return to normal” would be a return to catastrophe. And yet, in China and, recently also in North Korea, the return to the… Continue Reading
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram* PENANG, Apr 3 2020 (IPS) – Martin Khor Kok Peng passed away just after the end of the first quarter of 2020. He leaves behind an unusually rich legacy. Atypically for people mainly working in the… Continue Reading
By Jan Zielonka* -Social Europe (London) While initial responses to the coronavirus crisis have favoured national sovereignty and public authority, effective solutions will only emerge from a complex network of multi-level governance. From Madrid to Paris, Berlin to Warsaw, the… Continue Reading
By Riccardo Petrella* Public water. Starting from the universal public security of water, the first world common good for life. It’s evening. Today more than 21,000 children under the age of five have died in the world (7.9 million every… 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
