By Matthew Crain* – Boston Review Twenty-five years of neoliberal political economy are to blame for today’s regime of surveillance advertising, and only public policy can undo it The race to commercialize the Internet is over, and advertising is the big winner. This is…
Editorial – The Guardian The US policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’ might lack satisfying certainty but it has worked as a method for keeping the peace Defending the status quo can be a lonely position, especially in an age where the political tempo is set by populists and…
By Antonio Guterres Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in his address to the UN press corps while launching the third brief by the Global Crisis Response Group on Energy UNITED NATIONS, Aug 4 2022 (IPS) – The war in Ukraine continues to have a devastating…
By Simon Jenkins* – The Guardian It’s one thing to declare yourself ‘rather dead than red’, quite another to inflict that decision on the rest of us Arguments in the foothills of war are always the same. Those for war shout loudest and beat their chests, eager for tanks to…
By Michael Hudson* – Information Clearing House As in a Greek tragedy whose protagonist brings about precisely the fate that he has sought to avoid, the US/NATO confrontation with Russia in Ukraine is achieving just the opposite of America’s aim of preventing China, Russia and…
By Hameed Hakimi* The Guardian The death of the al-Qaida leader points to a potential shift in the complex dynamic between the US, Pakistan and the Taliban A decade after US Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in a special operation in Pakistan, Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a…
By Laurie Macfarlane* – openDemocracy While both Tory candidates look to the Iron Lady for inspiration, Labour is resurrecting the spirit of Tony Blair Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister has been defined by a series of contradictions. On the one hand, his approach to the…
By Ishaan Tharoor*(with Sammy Westfall) -The Washington Post A couple months after launching Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin tried to justify his war by pointing to the Western Balkans. In a meeting with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres…
By Al Jazeera Staff Thousands of teachers receive no salaries in Yemen, and many children drop out to work or fight. August has arrived, which in Yemen means that millions of students will be heading back to school.
By Simon Jenkins* – The Guardian Energy prices are rocketing, inflation is soaring and millions are being starved of grain. Surely Johnson knew this would happen? Western sanctions against Russia are the most ill-conceived and counterproductive policy in recent international…
