By Alberto Alemanno* – POLITICO The threat of impeding the Council of EU presidency may prove to be one of the most effective instruments for Brussels to make rebellious members fall in line. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the longest-serving current leader of any European Union…
By Alan Dershowitz* – Newsweek Brave Ukrainian soldiers are risking their lives to defend their nation and their families against Russian aggression. There’s only one problem: Many of those fighting for today’s Ukraine also seem to be fighting for a Ukrainian past that is…
By Tom Phillips – The Guardian Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were killed in the Amazon … Three assassins walked into a bar deep in the Brazilian Amazon one night last October. Beers flowed, tongues loosened and the men were overheard bragging about their latest job…
By Caitlin Johnstone* – CaitlinJohnstone.com If you watch western news media with a critical eye you eventually notice how their reporting consistently aligns with the interests of the US-centralized empire, in almost the same way you’d expect them to if they were government-run…
By Simon Tisdall* – The Guardian Recent polls in Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Finland tell the story of voters swayed by fear and prejudice. Progressive parties – take note Keir Starmer – need a clear, principled agenda to turn that tide Why does the left keep losing?
Publisher’s note: Professor Boaventura de Sousa Santos is a regular contributor to Othernews. He has been the subject of serious allegations, which have led him to distance himself rom several academics and civil society organizations.
In the spirit of stimulating debate on relevant issues, we now publish Jeffrey Sachs´s comments on Ian Bremmer’s article released yesterday by Other News. Sachs is professor at Columbia University s Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and…
By Ellen Brown*- ScheerPost A small financial transactions tax could correct a number of maladies in our economic system, from the federal debt crisis to the widening wealth divide to the rampant financialization of the economy, while eliminating taxes on income and sales. The…
By David Goeßmann* – Truthout The international guaranteed rights of refugees are eroding on both sides of the Atlantic. The European Union is waging war on refugees.
By Ian Bremmer* GZERO Media/ Jess Frampton (This article is the response of Jan Bremmer, President and Founder of GZERO Media to an article published in Othernews by Jeffrey Sachs. The function of Othernews is to stimulate debate and reflection. We therefore publish Jan…
