Armed conflictsHuman RightsIntelligencemilitarizationNeo-liberalismRadical extremismViolence 11 min read“He Was a Disaster”: Andrew Bacevich on Rumsfeld’s Legacy as Architect of Iraq War 1 July 20210By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Guests: Ret. Col. Andrew Bacevich, president and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible... Read More
Armed conflictsChildrenHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesmilitarizationRadical extremismViolence 13 min readThe Human Cost of 10 Years of Conflict in Syria 30 June 20210By John Washington* – The Nation A decade after the first shots were fired, cities are in ruins, over half... Read More
BooksCorruptionHuman RightsViolence 13 min readOne Foot out of the Grave . Adewale Maja-Pearce 29 June 20210By Michela Wrong – The London Review of Books Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone... Read More
Armed conflictsHistoryHuman RightsmilitarizationPeaceRadical extremismViolence 10 min readWHY WAR? 28 June 20210By John Scales Avery* A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book, which... Read More
ChildrenHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesViolence 6 min readUN’s Double Standard on Human Rights Abusers Protects Big Powers 28 June 20210By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2021 (IPS) – When the UN’s annual report on Children and Armed Conflict was... Read More
Armed conflictsHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesPeacePoliticsRadical extremismViolence 6 min read“The Creation of a Palestinian State Is Inescapable” 25 June 20210By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK, Jun 25 2021 (IPS) – Every Israeli will sooner than later realize that the creation... Read More
DemocracyEducationHuman RightsLGBTPopulism 5 min readHungary’s classrooms have become the new battleground for the war on ‘LGBT ideology’ 23 June 20210By Mark Gevisser* – The Guardian Viktor Orban has used a new law to equate gay people with paedophiles. He’s... Read More
Economy / FinanceHealthHuman RightsNeo-liberalism 4 min readVaroufakis: Capitalist Nations Bailed Out Banks While Skimping on Funds to Vaccinate Humanity 22 June 20210By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! More than 2.6 billion COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, but many countries have... Read More
Armed conflictsChildrenHuman RightsViolence 3 min readFamine in Ethiopia: food must not be a weapon 21 June 20210Editorial – The Guardian People are starving in the Tigray region. The culprit is the devastating war In the early... Read More
Armed conflictsHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesPopulationViolence 2 min readMozambique – Update, Cabo Delgado Situation, 29 May – 11 June 2021 21 June 20210By ReliefWeb* As of April, 732,000 persons were displaced in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala and Zambezia... Read More