By Baher Kamal* – Human Wrongs Watch The migration of some 1.4 million people every week to cities around the world “can strain local capacities, contributing to increased risk from natural and human made disasters’” according to the United Nations Secretary-General António…
Jake Johnson – Common Dreams/ Truthdig As Brazilian women, the LGBTQ community, workers, and people of color reacted with horror to the election of fascist Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency on Sunday after a campaign dripping in bigotry and militarism, Western corporate…
Burrowes* The continuing rise of fascism around the world is drawing increasing attention particularly as it takes firmer grip within national societies long seen to have rejected it. Some recent studies have reminded us of the characteristics of fascist movements and…
Simon Tisdall* – Analysis, The Guardian Brazil’s voters followed a trend evident in embattled democracies around the world, and a wholesale rejection of politics-as-usual Jair Bolsonaro’s hard-right campaign for Brazil’s presidency shocked outside observers, who asked how a…
By Claire Stam*| EURACTIV.com – Human Wrongs Watch Only sixteen countries out of the 197 that have signed the Paris Agreement have defined national climate action plan ambitious enough to meet their pledges, according to a policy brief released on Monday (29 October), ahead of…
By Yula Rocha – Fast Company Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who openly longs for the return of military dictatorship, has gained in the election due to a swarm of fake news spread by the popular platform With just two days to go before the run-off vote on Sunday, Jair…
Al Jazeera As probe into journalist’s killing progresses, Erdogan ramps up pressure on Riyadh and says Turkey has more evidence Turkey has ramped up pressure on Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, demanding Riyadh reveal who gave the order to kill the journalist in…
David Nemer* – The Guardian WhatsApp has proved to be the ideal tool for mobilizing political support – and for spreading fake news If the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s charge to the White House were jet-propelled by Facebook, the rise of Brazil’s likely next president, the…
By Dr. Lee Ying-yuan* Oct 23 2018 – Continued growth in emissions of greenhouse gases around the world has caused abnormal and extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, and catastrophic torrential rains. These events are no longer just abstract future scenarios; they…
Analysis, by Adam Harvey* – ABC News The murder of one man has diminished two world leaders and revived the standing of a third. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reputation has been trashed by the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
