By Paul Taylor* – The Guardian Progressive policies are at stake as conservatives attempt to forge alliances in the European parliament with extreme nationalists There was a time when clear blue water separated Europe’s mainstream centre-right from the Eurosceptic populists…
By Daniela Padoan – La Stampa of Turín, Italy In the ten months since the government took office, we have seen at work an institutional mode of communication made up of apodictic assertions, historical enormities, retractions, lapses, denials, reiterations, protests of…
By Uki Goñi* – The Observer ‘Jesus didn’t pay taxes’ … if he wins the election, Javier Milei of the Liberty Advances party has promised to lower taxes and disband free public health services Javier Milei, a culture war populist and sex coach who won country’s open primary, rages…
By Robert Reich* – AlterNet America’s failure to hold Richard Nixon accountable for his attacks on democracy when he was president undermined the common good and paved the way for Donald Trump to mount even worse attacks. The scandal that came to be known as “Watergate” and led…
By David Scott Mathieson* – Asia Times Six years since the vicious expulsion of the persecuted minority and everyone who played a role in the aftermath shares in the blame A bewildering factor of mass atrocity crimes is the need for so many onlookers to seek to normalize the…
By Aleks Phillips – NewsweekRussell Moore, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today and a former stalwart of the American Baptist church, said during an interview this month that he saw Christianity as being in “crisis” because the teachings of Jesus were being viewed by a growing…
By Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva* – Modern Diplomacy Establishing partnerships between private sectors is a very relevant dimension of BRICS that gives life and continuity to the relations between the countries. Our participation in the global economy has been expanding since…
By Francesco Martone* Last weekend Ecuador went to the polls to elect its next president and parliament after the decision taken by outgoing President Guillermo Lasso to dissolve Congress early by applying the ‘muerte cruzada’ mechanism provided for in the Constitution. …
By Chaitanya Davé* – Global Research “Start a war with a weak country and your chances for reelection are high”—that is what some American presidents learn from U.S. history When we look at the US history, it becomes obvious that many American presidents start a war to get…
By Jeet Heer* – The Nation Joe Biden’s empathy is admirable. But it shouldn’t just be reserved for family.
