By Jan Servaes* BRUSSELS, Oct 14 2022 (IPS) – The update on September 26, 2022, of the human rights situation in Myanmar to the UN Human Rights Council says it all: “The people of Myanmar have been caught in a rapid downward spiral, with growing suffering, fear, and insecurity…
By Branko Marcetic* – Jacobin A series of Saudi snubs against Joe Biden — including its latest move to cut world oil production — could finally accomplish what has been stubbornly hard up to now: ending the US backing of the Saudis’ brutal war against Yemen. If you’re going to…
ACLI – Trentino* Dialogue with Roberto Savio and Giuliano Rizzi To the energy dilemma assaulting families and businesses are added the dramatic unknowns of this period with the return of topicality of the war, the devastating repercussions of the pandemic and now of the…
Klare* -TomDispatch Mounting Tensions Over Taiwan Thanks to Vladimir Putin’s recent implicit threat to employ nuclear weapons if the U.S. and its NATO allies continue to arm Ukraine — “This is not a bluff,” he insisted on September 21st — the perils in the Russo-Ukrainian…
By John Ross* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute An inflationary tsunami is passing through the world economy, creating economic disorder—in some cases acute political crisis—in every country it touches. This is gathering momentum as the U.S., which is leading other…
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK On March 11, 2022, President Biden reassured the American public and the world that the United States and its NATO allies were not at war with Russia. “We will not fight a war with Russia in Ukraine,” said Biden. “Direct…
By Matthew Karnitschnig – POLITICO While paying lip service to European solidarity, the chancellor blazes his own trail for his country BERLIN — As twilight envelopes the German capital, Olaf Scholz stands on the balcony of his chancellery, peering into the distance past a…
By Michael von der Schulenburg* In search of securing a positive roadmap In today’s world that is packed with weapons of mass destruction, hypersonic delivery systems, cyber warfare, space warfare and artificial intelligence capabilities, next to other awful things, any…
by Chris Hedges* – ScheerPost The judicial proceedings against Julian Assange give a faux legality to the state persecution of the most important and courageous journalist of our generation. This is the speech given by Chris Hedges outside the Department of Justice in…
By Lili Bayer* – POLITICO Hungary OKs sanctions packages and negotiates reforms in Brussels. But back home, it demonizes the EU and spreads pro-Russian narratives.
