Carden* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute On no subject is the bipartisan consensus more unshakable than on the Russian threat In his latest book, The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency, American political scientist John…
By Hilal Khashan* – Geopolitical Futures Arab identity has never been well defined The Arab uprisings briefly resurrected the idea of Arab nationalism. During the 2011 Pan Arab Games in Qatar, spectators sang the unofficial Arab national anthem, the lyrics of which promote the…
Editorial – The Guardian A ruling by the country’s constitutional tribunal is designed to undermine the European project from within An overwhelming majority in Poland support EU “We are staying!” – that was the slogan of choice for more than 100,000 protesters who marched…
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute On October 8, a terrible blast struck the worshippers attending Friday noon prayers at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in the Khan Abad district of Bandar, the capital of Kunduz, one of Afghanistan’s…
Bhadrakumar* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute The Taliban is getting many suitors lately. It is far from the “pariah” that the Biden Administration thought it was destined to be.
By Ibrahim Hirsi* – The Nation Recent images of Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians have sparked outrage, but the US has been rounding up, detaining, and deporting asylum seekers from Haiti for decades. United States Border Patrol agents on horseback swinging their reins…
BY HAZEL HENDERSON* – ETHICAL MARKETS “In the spirit of going beyond today’s polarization and trying to find areas of agreement and issues on which we can respectfully dialogue, it’s time to explore possible synergies in the current ideologies and stances on stock markets and…
By Carole Cadwalladr* – The Observer The Observer’s investigations into Facebook in 2018 exposed a toxic culture. But still the business thrived. That might be about to change A whistleblower standing before Congress.
BBC World Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fights to defend freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. The Nobel committee called the pair “representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal”.
By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Independent Media Institute New revelations by a whistleblower prove that the world’s largest social media platform understands clearly its negative impact on society, but that profits are a greater lure than preserving democracy Facebook’s former…
