He was a faithful reader of Othernews, as well as a partner and supporter, and we would like to express our grief over his disappearance here. Giulietto Chiesa (*), the journalist who knew better than anyone else the final stages of the Soviet Union, has died suddenly.
By Aarti Narsee* JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 27 2020 (IPS) – Censorship, smear campaigns and harassment. These are just some of the daily struggles that media professionals are facing in Hungary.
by Roberto Savio Roberto Savio, President of Othernews Dear Othernews Readers, Othernews has entered into an agreement with Devnet International. Devnet was founded in 1984 as a project of cooperation among developing countries, financed by the United Nations Development Plan…
By Allyson Chiu, Katie Shepherd and Brittany Shammas -The Washington Post After a presentation Thursday that touched on the disinfectants that can kill the novel coronavirus on surfaces and in the air, President Trump pondered whether those chemicals could be used to fight the…
By Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written to two United Nations special rapporteurs asking them to formally condemn governments that have violated the right to information in connection with the coronavirus epidemic, thereby putting public…
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…
By Vijay Prashad, Weiyan Zhu and Du Xiaojun (*) – Independent Media Institute In the early weeks when the virus emerged in Wuhan, the Chinese government neither suppressed evidence nor did their warning systems fail. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a…
By Tim Schwab* – The Nation Bill Gates Gives to the Rich (Including Himself). His renowned charitable activities seem to serve mainly private interests, namely his own. A Nation investigation illustrates the moral hazards surrounding the Gates Foundation’s $50 billion…
By Oliver Darcy* – CNN Business New York, March 18, 2020 – Two polls released this week show the troubling effects that weeks of dismissive and conspiratorial coverage of the novel coronavirus from Fox News and other right-wing media outlets and personalities had on…
Redazione Bergamo online – Corriere della Sera «In one of the non-stop e-mails that I receive from my hospital administration on a more than daily basis, there was a paragraph on “how to be responsible on social media”, with some recommendations that we all can agree on…
