By Wameedh Shakir*- InDepthNews (IDN) UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — I stand before you today with a heavy heart, pleading for your urgent attention to the ongoing crisis in Yemen that has unfolded for far too long, devastating countless lives, particularly women, girls, and…
Sachs* The Democrats and the Republicans are outdoing each other to prove who can get us to World War III fastest. Joe Biden and the Congressional Democrats are making a convincing bid to be the leading warmongers. The Congressional Democrats just voted…
by Medea Benjamin* – CodePink The non-violence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, we were briefed about what we might encounter on this voyage. “We have to be ready for every…
By Mandeep S.Tiwana* CIVICUS-IPS NEW YORK, Apr 22 2024 (IPS) – Today, the spectre of a major regional conflict, and even a possible nuclear conflagration, looms large in the Middle East. Despite stark warnings issued by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, the…
By Rajan Menon* – Boston Review On stopping the fighting and building the peace. Over the last year Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a flood tide of commentary, with largely unconstructive volleys back and forth.
By Richard E, Rubenstein* – TRANSCEND Media Service David Brooks has written a lengthy New York Times article on the war in Gaza that boils down to one proposition: “If this war ends with a large chunk of Hamas in place, it would be a long-term…
By IPS / Aimable Twahirwa* ABU DHABI, Apr 2024 (IPS) – Investors, regulators, researchers, policymakers, and representatives of renewable energy companies, acknowledged the key challenges of shifting away from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Africa when they gathered in Abu…
Sachs & Sybil Fares – Common Dreams (*)This week, the U.S. and U.K. have the chance to correct decades of their blatant geopolitical errors in the Israel-Palestine conflict by welcoming Palestine as the 194th United Nations member state. More than any…
By Ingeborg Breines* – World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Last time I wrote about the militarization in the Arctic was in July 2023 under the heading NATO’s Northern expansion – encircling of Russia – consequences and threats. This time I will concentrate on NATO and US-bases…
Pousadela* MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Apr 16 2024 (IPS) – The Darién Gap is a stretch of jungle spanning the border between Colombia and Panama, the only missing section of the Pan-American Highway that stretches from Alaska to southern Argentina. For good reason, it used to be…
