By Shadi Hamid* – The Atlantic Shiite clerics in earlier centuries could never have imagined so intrusive a system The islamic republic of Iran has survived longer than anyone had a right to expect. Today great revolutions are rare, because revolutions require the unflinching…
by Cecilia Capanna * The Ayatollah says it’s an US-Israel conspiracy. What will happen?
By Suzanne Lynch and Ilya Gridneff – POLITICO Ursula von der Leyen’s whirlwind tour of the United States started in New York at the United Nations General Assembly, where she rubbed shoulders with the world’s most senior leaders, from U.n. Secretary-General António Guterres to…
By Richard Heinberg*- Independent Media Institute With the Inflation Reduction Act, the federal government is illogically encouraging the increasing use of fossil fuels—in order to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) constitutes…
Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth This week we have started an action to denounce on an international scale the irresponsibility, culpability and punishability of the main actors of global finance and the highest political leaders (heads of state and government) of the…
By Barbara Moens and Cornelius Hirsch (*) – POLITICO Shunned for decades as politically poisonous, far-right parties scored big wins this year. Now they’re in the mainstream.
By Kaamil Ahmed – Global development, in The Guardian (*) International organisations cite 60% fall in civilian casualties over six months, but critics say benefits of truce have been exaggerated The expiry of a six-month ceasefire in Yemen has thrust the country back into war…
By Jason Fields* – Newsweek If NATO went along with it, a war would start like none we’ve ever seen: Endless troops, streams of tanks, a sky blotted out by warplanes. And that’s the best-case scenario.
By Frieda Afary* – Truthout The current popular protests in Iran against the compulsory hijab and state violence are being led by young women and capturing the attention of the world. Masses of women have come out throughout the country to burn their hijabs.
Margolis* – Newsweek On Sept. 7, 2022, the Bicentennial of Brazil’s independence from Portugal, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greeted many thousands of his acolytes in Rio de Janeiro, hoping to boost his chances for re-election to the Brazilian presidency. Yet, in an…
