Opinion, Mark Gevisser – The Guardian Corruption still sadly plays a part in public life here, but we’re making steps in the right direction On Wednesday night, at 45 minutes to midnight, Jacob Zuma blinked. In what was the most consequential moment for the rule of law in…
By José Carlos Llerena Robles and Vijay Prashad (*) – Globetrotter.Independent Media Institute The campaign to overturn Peru’s presidential election results is one of “unconventional warfare.” Half an hour’s taxi ride from the House of Pizarro, the presidential palace in Lima…
By Ben Cohen* – The Toronto Star Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, 53, was assassinated at his private home Wednesday in a “highly co-ordinated attack by a highly trained and heavily armed group,” according to interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph. The assailants remain…
By Michela Wrong – The London Review of Books Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad The theme? of the latest Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (it was meant to take place in June but has been postponed because…
Editorial The ousting of Benjamin Netanyahu, if it occurs, will be an opportunity. But Naftali Bennett’s government will struggle to build the new politics the nation badly needs There were 38 minutes left when eight very disparate Israeli opposition parties announced, just…
By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Independent Media Institute More for Her Climate Warrior Politics Than Her Identity Indigenous Congresswoman Deb Haaland’s confirmation should not be reduced to symbolism. In her farewell address to the House of Representatives, New Mexico…
By Yanis Varoufakis* For Draghi bring McKinsey in as advisers makes clear whose interests will be served, and it’s not those of ordinary Italians. Last week, upon hearing that Mario Draghi, as Italy’s new PM, employed McKinsey to advise the government on how to spend the…
By !!444 InsightHungary!!! (*) Hungary and Poland on Thursday launched a challenge with the European Court of Justice over a so-called rule of law mechanism in the European Union’s budget that would link payment of EU funds to upholding of…
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 2021 (IPS) – A sign outside a laundry in New York City had a frivolously flippant slogan: “We launder dirty clothes, not dirty money.” And a 2019 movie titled “Laundromat,” based on a book ‘Secrecy World’ by Pulitzer Prize winning…
By Justin Spike – !!444!!! InsightHungary!!! (*) As millions of Hungarians struggle with the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and many workers, especially in the tourism and hospitality sectors, complain of little or no help from the…
