By Vijay Prashad* When you look at your computer screen, or the screen on your smartphone or the screen of your television set, it is a liquid crystal display (LCD). An important component of the LCD screen is indium, a… Continue Reading
By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka* UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 2019 (IPS) – If I could have one wish granted, it might well be a total end to rape. That means a significant weapon of war gone from the arsenal of conflict, the… Continue Reading
Al Jazeera and news agencies Violent confrontations, highway blockades cause supply shortages as Anez moves to revise Morales-era policies. A Bolivian official said a United Nations envoy is urging the government of the Andean country’s interim president and supporters of… Continue Reading
The crisis in Bolivia fits no easy political narrative By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post The dramatic resignation of Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales and his flight to asylum in Mexico have turned into something of a Rorschach test… Continue Reading
The xenophobic nationalists of Vox made disturbing progress in Spain’s fourth election in as many years There was one major beneficiary of Sunday’s inconclusive election in Spain, but it was not Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist prime minister. Mr Sánchez hoped… Continue Reading
By José Gabriel Feres* – Pressenza International Press Agency The resignation of Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, and of Vice-President Álvaro García Lineras is undoubtedly a regrettable fact, not only for Bolivia, but for all democratic processes on the continent… Continue Reading
By Alexandra Marvar – The Nation In times of conflict, war, and climate change, hydropower is state power Since the early 2000s, a massive hydropower project in southeastern Turkey has been mired in controversy, moving forward in fits and starts.… Continue Reading
By Vijay Prashad* -Globetrotter., New Frame, Johannesburg The Political Tide Sweeping South America Won’t Accept Predatory Capitalism Neoliberalism has wrecked the world. It is why the people of South America are taking to the streets and the ballot box to… Continue Reading
By Editorial Board – The Washington Post SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears confident he has overcome the international backlash that followed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi 13 months ago. Last week, the annual investment conference the kingdom… Continue Reading
By Selam Gebrekidan, Matt Apuzzo(*) and Benjamin Novak – The New York Times The European Union spends $65 billion a year subsidizing agriculture. But a chunk of that money emboldens strongmen, enriches politicians and finances corrupt dealing. CSAKVAR, Hungary — Under Communism,… Continue Reading
Harrison Stetler* – The Nation As extremist ideas enter the mainstream, “clash of civilizations” rhetoric is crowding out more nuanced approaches to the very real problem of terrorism “The combined forces of the state will not be able to overcome… Continue Reading
David Miliband and Luis Alberto Moreno (*) – Newsweek By the end of 2019, more than 40 million people from Latin America and the Caribbean will be living outside their countries of birth according to estimates from the United Nations,… Continue Reading
By Audrey Wilson – Foreign Policy Chile Move Jeopardizes U.N. Climate Summit President Sebastián Piñera’s decision to back out of hosting the U.N. COP25 summit may aggravate tensions with protesters in Santiago Grappling with mass protests, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera… Continue Reading
By Patrick Kingsley* and Benjamin Novak- The New York Times FELCSUT, Hungary — The Pancho Arena stands about 20 yards from the country home of Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister. The professional soccer stadium has a heated pitch, a museum,… Continue Reading
ZeroHedge – Authored by Patrick Buchanan * (via Buchanan.org) Imperial Capital But America-First Nation “Let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand,” said President Donald Trump in an impassioned defense of his decision to cut ties to the Syrian… Continue Reading
By Stuart Schrader* – Boston Review During the Cold War, the “police apparatus” was held up as a prime example of Soviet repression. Yet in its efforts to fight subversives, the United States ended up with its own carceral state. Imagine an… Continue Reading
By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International The Yugoslav civil war, 1991-2001: 150,000 dead in Europe The future does not belong to globalists, but to patriots …. We are the most powerful power in the world, but I hope I… Continue Reading
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* As its very name suggests, Ecuador is geographically located in the middle of the world. And now, from all appearances, neoliberalism has decided to carry out its end-ofthe-world maneuvers in this country. That is perhaps… Continue Reading
By Vicki Robin* – Other News After waging war comes building peace, right? Not in US politics. Not now. Now we have palace intrigue worthy of the Saud family. What we need is political sanity, a team of allies, not… Continue Reading
By Jon Henley* – The Guardian Analysts say tactic of cooperation against nationalist parties appears to be working A narrower-than-expected win for Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) and a serious setback for Hungary’s governing Fidesz show eastern Europe’s… Continue Reading
