By António Guterres* The UN Secretary-General, in a statement marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations UNITED NATIONS, Sep 22 2020 (IPS) – The ideals of the United Nations – peace, justice, equality and dignity — are beacons to a better world. But the Organization we…
By Raja Shehadeh – The Guardian Israel has twisted its laws and contorted its politics to protect the occupation. The UAE and Bahrain deals won’t create peace More than a quarter of a century after Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn, Israel…
Editorial – The Observer The tragedy on Moria should shame Europe into action Scenes of devastation and desperation at the burnt-out refugee camp at Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos, are powerful reminders that Europe’s migrant crisis never really ended. The response of EU…
By Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores (*) Election season is a difficult time to develop good policies towards Latin America, since both Democrats and Republicans cater to the small, but organized, conservative factions of the Latinx community in Florida, vying for their…
Maya Goodfellow – The Guardian Priti Patel’s (UK Home Secretary) recognition of a child’s humanity in death is hollow when he was stripped of it in life by cruel border policies The human cost of the government’s border policies has been made appallingly and painfully real: a…
By Ayesha Sharma – The Guardian Voter disenfranchisement is an American tradition – we look at the historical roots of civil death Civil death is a form of punishment that extinguishes someone’s civil rights. It’s a concept that has been reshaped and reinterpreted over many…
By Joseph Chamie* NEW YORK, Jul 2020 (IPS) – The world is in the midst of the Great Migration Clash, a bitter struggle between those who “want out” of their countries and those who want others to “keep out” of their countries. More than a billion people would like to move…
By Vijay Prashad* – Independent Media Institute Ahmed, who lives in Tripoli, Libya, texts me that the city is quieter than before. The army of General Khalifa Haftar—who controls large parts of eastern Libya—has withdrawn from the southern part of the capital and is now…
By Bill Powell – Newsweek Why would somebody 37 years old, with no diplomatic experience, take on the job of making peace in the Mideast? “My father-in-law asked me to do it,” Jared Kushner says.
By !!444!!! InsightHungary!!! (*) Marking the 44th anniversary of the founding of the European People’s Party, three European leaders including Prime Minister Viktor Orbán took part in a video conference on Wednesday where they laid out their visions for…
