BY CLEA CAULCUTT, MAÏA DE LA BAUME AND LILI BAYER – POLITICO Far-right leader pushes international strategy and hopes for domestic dividends Marine Le Pen nabbed a high-profile handshake — and some international limelight — with Hungary’s prime minister on Tuesday as she seeks…
By Tom O’Connor* – Newsweek China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan and others in the region surrounding Afghanistan have set out to establish unity in confronting the crises enveloping the nation since the U.S. military withdrawal. In their second such meeting, the senior…
By Phillip Inman* – The Guardian Charity says lower income countries handing over billions of dollars in debt is impeding their ability to tackle crisis Lower income countries spend five times more on debt than coping with the impact of climate change and reducing carbon…
By Mujtaba Rahman* – POLITICO The battle is no longer between Brussels and Warsaw but between the Germans and the Dutch If last week’s European Council clarified one thing, it is the horrible mess that the European debate over Poland’s rule of law crisis has…
By Riccardo Petrella, Roberto Morea, Roberto Musacchio, respectively Agora degli Abitanti della Terra, transform.eu , transform.it The system that dominates the world today is inspired and guided by the logic of power and domination. The Other World Agenda must be inspired and…
Observer editorial Aided by his app, the great liar could yet return as the Republicans’ next presidential nominee. Abusing truth as only he can’ In the life story of Donald Trump, to his mind an epic saga of unrivalled achievement, these are the wilderness years.
By Yves Smith* – Naked Capitalism The Wall Street Journal just published a detailed story substantiating what many have suspected of Facebook, that it’s been censoring right-wing content. Admittedly, this finding is in “dog bites man: terrain. Gizmodo had ascertained that…
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive leaders in the U.S.
By Greta Thunberg* Like other rich nations, the UK is more talk than action on the climate crisis. Something needs to change in Glasgow The UN secretary general, António Guterres, called the recent IPCC report on the climate crisis a “code red” for humanity. “We are at the verge…
