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“PANDEMICS — LESSONS LOOKING BACK FROM 2050”

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 offer the following scenario for…

Democracy

Italy, democracy and COVID-19

 By Francesco Martone* The crisis triggered by COVID-19 is challenging the very meaning of coexistence and cohabitation and redesigning the boundaries of public space in an absolutely unprecedented way, with unpredictable results Measures to contain free movement and…

Civil Society

“Letter to the G20”: The same response? Not again

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 G8– has been a complete failure, since…

Civil rights

“PREVENTING AN INTERNET CRASH: CONSERVING PRECIOUS BANDWIDTH!“

By Hazel Henderson* – Ethical Markets Media Now everyone and every organization on the planet is going virtual, we can observe some simple rules and etiquette in all our online communications, so as to preserve our internet and ensure priority access for our children trying…

Corruption

Hungary’s Leader Grabbed Powers to Fight the Virus. Some Fear Other Motives.

By Benjamin Novak and Patrick Kingsley – The New York Times Prime Minister Viktor Orban can now rule by decree. Doctors worry he won’t use that power to improve the country’s coronavirus response BUDAPEST — In the days since the Hungarian Parliament gave Prime Minister Viktor…

Civil Society

The nation-state strikes back

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…

Democracy

Trump Must Be Investigated For Negligent Homicide, Manslaughter

By Tyler Durden* – ZeroHedge* Authored by Jonathan Turley We recently discussed how an American University professor called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Not to be outdone, MSNBC legal analyst Glenn…

Children

Refugees held hostage by Turkey, Greece and the EU

Ahmet Insel* –  for VoxEurop The human tragedy being played out on the Greek-Turkish border definitively buries one of the greatest achievements of international humanitarian law – and with the blessing of the European Union. The timing is good for the autocrat Erdogan…