By Jorge Elbaum* – Professor, University of Buenos Aires The American political system, promoted by the globalized media as the imitable paradigm of the democratic system, is being corroded by the multiplication of scandals and accusations of corruption directed against its top…
By Nesrine Malik* – The Guardian Artists killed, journalists silenced, libraries and mosques destroyed. What will be left to bind the survivors together? I will start this column with a question for you, dear reader.
Editorial – The Guardian The scale and sheer horror of the war in Gaza has rightly captured the world’s attention. But surging violence in the occupied West Bank should sound the alarm too. Last year was the bloodiest since 2005.
By Andrew Firmin* – IPS / Civicus It’s recently been reported that the two main protagonists of Sudan’s current conflict – leaders of the armed forces and militia at war since April – have agreed to face-to-face talks. The Intergovernmental Authority on…
Boaventura de Sousa Santos* Primo Levi used to say that every era has its own fascism. What is the fascism of our time?
Joseph Samuel Nye, Jr*- Project Sindicate Americans have long seen their country as morally exceptional, but their exceptionalism actually comprises three distinct views. Whichever prevails in next year’s presidential election will have significant implications for ongoing…
The life of the planet in question. A proposal Agora of the inhabitants of the Earth Dear Secretary General, whatever the global issues and problems under consideration, a dramatic fact emerges: humanity is not capable of giving concrete, immediate and common answers. The…
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – Codepink On Friday, December 8, the UN Security Council met under Article 99 for only the fourth time in the UN’s history.
By Fiona Harvey* – The Guardian He was personally vilified, but Sultan Al Jaber has managed what no other Cop presidency has ever done As temperatures broke records around the world this summer, António Guterres, the UN secretary general, warned in September: “Humanity has…
By Ishaan Tharoor * – The Washington Post For civilians in Gaza, there’s increasingly nowhere to go. Israel’s campaign against the militant group Hamas has already driven out most of the population in the territory’s north, turning some of the densest urban areas on the planet…
