By Charles Derber and Suren Moodliar* – Independent Media Institute We are closer to nuclear disaster than ever before The Cuban missile crisis of 1963 is etched into the minds of anyone old enough to experience the terror it triggered. For the first time, our leaders had…
By Marjorie Cohn* – Truthout, The Houthis say their attacks in the Red Sea will continue until there is a ceasefire in Gaza In response to Israel’s assault on the people of Gaza in early October, Yemen’s Houthi movement, Ansar Allah, began mounting attacks on commercial ships in…
By Scott Burchill* – Australian platform Pearls and Irritations Last week the French government joined the German government in claiming that the Genocide Convention does not apply to Israel. Because the convention was created in response to the Shoah, Israel should have…
Timothy Garton Ash* – The Guardian After eight years of populist chaos, Donald Tusk must rebuild trust in the state and resist the urge to simply turn the tables “Evolution or revolution?” The question being asked in Poland today captures the dilemma of trying to restore…
Mark Townsend*- The Observer Aid agencies warn multiple conflicts putting unprecedented pressure on lives of people in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Gaza For a region that is no stranger to geopolitical turmoil, UN agencies believe the Middle East is experiencing an “apocalyptic”…
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 2024 (IPS) – In a bygone era, public executions of condemned prisoners were common in certain parts of the United States where the death penalty, mostly with lethal injections, is still in force now. The hangings, at the turn of the…
By Hall Gardner* – MEER Assessing risks and urgent diplomatic solutions Speaking to the American Congress, President Joe Biden warned, “If Putin takes Ukraine, he won’t stop there… Putin will attack a NATO ally, and then “we’ll have something that we don’t seek and that…
By Oscar Arias Sánchez* On various occasions I have said that if politics is my profession, art is my true passion. Within that wonderful region of beauty, poetry has occupied a preponderant place in my life. Rubén Darío was my Virgil, my Baquian in this exploration of literary…
Riccardo Petrella* When Black Rock buys GIP, the infrastructure giant (Global Infrastructures Partners) On 14 January, the world’s No. 1 private equity giant Black Rock announced the purchase of another infrastructure giant, Global Infrastructures Partners (GIP). In cash…
By Leo Ensel* – IDN InDepthNews Two years ago, in December 2021, Russia formulated its security interests in separate letters to NATO’s Secretary General Stoltenberg and to US President Biden in no uncertain terms. The West’s reaction: no response!
