DePetris* – Newsweek If there is one tool policymakers and lawmakers in Washington are almost always predisposed to use, it is the economic stick commonly known as sanctions. Power and predominance in the global financial system gifts the United States an extraordinary amount of…
By Adam Taylor with Claire Parker – The Washington Post Two of the most important events on the global diplomatic calendar take place at the end of this month. The Group of 20 summit, a meeting of the leaders of the world’s most advanced economies, will take place in Rome on the…
By Tom Phillips* – The Guardian Brazilian president savaged for ‘macabre’ and ‘slovenly’ response to pandemic and ‘deliberate neglect’ of indigenous people Jair Bolsonaro should be charged with crimes against humanity and jailed for his “macabre” reaction to a Covid…
By John Scales Avery * A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book which presents the reasons why we urgently need immediate and drastic clinate action The book may be freely downloaded and circulated from the following link…
By Nick Thorpe – BBC News, Hungary Peter Marki-Zay has emerged as the first serious opposition challenger to Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban since 2006 The 49-year-old conservative father of seven is an independent, untainted by association with the pre-2010…
Carden* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute The long unheeded and potentially bipartisan policy advocated by thinkers like the late Sherle R. Schwenninger, co-founder of the New America Foundation and my friend, may finally have its moment.
By Angela Giuffrida – The Guardian Roberto Gualtieri has a clear lead over his rival Enrico Michetti of the far-right Brothers of Italy Exit polls in Rome’s mayoral election runoff indicate a clear advantage for the centre-left candidate over a contender from the far-right…
Posted by Yves Smith – Naked Capitalism Yves here. While Rosser is correct to depict Biden foreign policy as an ongoing train wreck (Rahm to Japan?
Al Jazeera Media Network More than 20 million Yemenis – two-thirds of the population – need humanitarian assistance. Aid agencies are now helping nearly 13 million people across the country, already 3 million more than just a few months ago, the UN says.
Kahn* – Boston Review The Haitian migrant crisis at the southern border is only the latest stage in a decades-long legacy of brutal mistreatment by the U.S. government, much of which unfolded at Cuban detention facilities When photos of mounted U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
