By Mark Gevisser* – The Guardian Viktor Orban has used a new law to equate gay people with paedophiles. He’s not the first to use this tactic Last week, the Hungarian parliament banned any portrayal of homosexuality or transgenderism to minors, in educational material…
By Sam Daley-Harris* The dire warnings of democracy’s demise can be heard in the U.S. and around the world. Headlines taunt us with their warnings. While many people believe democracies are in trouble, I’m not interested in bemoaning a collapse, but in pointing…
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK The world has been treated to successive spectacles of national leaders gathering at a G7 Summit in Cornwall and a NATO Summit in Brussels.
By Steve Phillips* – The Nation From the Democrats of the Civil War era to the Republicans of the Trump years, the white party has always posed the greatest threat to our political system Alarm bells are ringing about the dangerous implications of the behavior of the Republican…
By John Bartlett -The Guardian Victories for leftist and independent candidates over rightwingers paves the way for a long-awaited progressive settlement Chile’s established political elite has been roundly rejected at the polls six months ahead of a pivotal presidential…
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 most serious crisis in its history. With nearly…
By Roy Morrison* – Wall Street International Magazine Failure to build a democratic ecological future will be catastrophic Globally, democracy is under attack and in retreat. Economic crisis, global pandemic, climate disaster raise questions about the efficacy of democracy…
Mikhail Gorbachev’s dreams, hopes and difficulties revealed by Andrey Grachev in an interview on the occasion of the 90th birthday of the last President of the Soviet Union. Michail Gorbachev, President of the USSR from 1985 to 1991 By Cecilia Capanna Mikhail Gorbachev is…
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 identical…
By Michael von der Schulenburg* – Wall Street International Magazine A letter to Roberto Savio The impeachment process in the US Congress is over, with former President Trump being acquitted. Both sides of America’s political divide now claim victory. Michael…
