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Has the Putin-Prigozhin Confrontation Opened a Door for Negotiation?

Goodman* – CounterPunch website The war between Russia and Ukraine has become more complex in the wake of the past weekend, which found Yevgeny Prigozhin marching his troops toward Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin finding a safe haven for Prigozhin in Belarus. The…

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A failed coup but what now?

By Cavan Hogue*- Pearls and Irritations, Australian platform Jun 26, 2023. Russian Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner Group of mercenaries broadcasts a tirade against Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu accusing the military command of starving his forces of ammunition…

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What links Meloni, Mussolini and Mediterranean refugee deaths?

Belén Fernández* – Al Jazeera columnist The answer: a fascination with fascism that shows in Italy’s politics, no matter what the PM says Sometime in the mid-1990s, a half-Italian cousin of mine who resided in a real, live castle outside Florence took a break from majestic…

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A Titanic Disparity in How the World Responds to Maritime Disasters

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan (*) – Democracy Now! Titan and Adriana are two vessels recently lost at sea, four days and 4,000 miles apart. The five men who lost their lives on the Titan have been getting wall-to-wall coverage in the media worldwide.

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Myanmar: Military Junta Gets a Free Pass

By Andrew Firmin* LONDON, Jun 23 2023 (IPS) – The violence keeps coming in Myanmar, under military rule since February 2021. The junta stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, with evidence of systematic use of killings, rape, torture and other gross human…

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No Limits to Learning

by Gunter Pauli* On June 4 to 6, 1979 The Government of Salzburg and UNESCO hosted over 100 academics and pedagogues to debate the Report to the Club of Rome entitled “No Limits to Learning: Bridging the Human Gap”. It was my first Club of Rome meeting. As guest of Dr…

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Danger at sea: looking out for all those in peril

Editorial – The Guardian The contrast between the frantic hunt for a missing submersible and the failure to save migrants drowning in the Mediterranean is illuminating A massive operation is under way to find and save a stricken vessel and its passengers. As time passes, anxious…