Polychroniou* – Truthout Russia’s War on Ukraine in an Age of Escalating Imperial Tensions Russia’s war in Ukraine has gone on for nearly nine months, and it has now escalated to highly lethal levels. Putin is targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and has repeatedly raised…
Paweł Wargan – Mail & Guardian Since 1975, thousands of Sahrawi people have lived in five refugee camps in the Algerian Sahara. They named these camps after cities in Western Sahara: Ausserd, Boujdour, Dakhla, Laayoune and Smara.
by Joan E Greve* – The Guardian The former president consistently painted a misleading image of his years in office, recalling nonexistent global peace, secure borders and a strong economy Donald Trump’s announcement that he will run for president again in 2024 was met with joy…
By Guy Standing* – Ocean Rebellion On December 10 this year it will be forty years since the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was adopted, after a quarter of a century of negotiations. The UN Secretary General at the time described it as ‘possibly the most…
Ruehl * – Globetrotter At the recent Commonwealth for Independent States (CIS) summit held on October 14 in Astana, Kazakhstan, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon expressed previously inconceivable remarks. His public admonishment of Russian President Vladimir Putin to treat Central…
By Kathleen Mogelgaard* The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022, and India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, according to World Population Prospects 2022, released on World Population Day commemorated…
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*)If the powerful leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senators Jack Reed (D) and Jim Inhofe (R), have their way, Congress will soon invoke wartime emergency powers to build up even greater stockpiles of Pentagon weapons.
Editorial – The Guardian The tournament may highlight the Gulf state’s money and power – but it has also further exposed its human rights abuses If sportswashing was once a novel concept, it now appears standard for major international events. But the World Cup, which kicks off…
By Chris Walker- Truthout Former President Donald Trump is reportedly “fuming” over the midterm results, as at least 14 of his endorsed GOP candidates lost to their Democratic counterparts in elections this week. Sources who were present at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm…
By Rufo Guerreschi* Elected officials, prime ministers, front-line journalists and news editors are increasingly hacked on their phones. So are hundreds of thousands of law-abiding citizens.
