By Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J. Davies(*) – CODEPINK Nine provincial capitals in Afghanistan have fallen to the Taliban in six days – Zaranj, Sheberghan, Sar-e-Pul, Kunduz, Taloqan, Aybak, Farah, Pul-e-Khumri and Faizabad – while fighting continues in four…
Editorial- The Guardian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has urged civilians to join the war against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. The nation needs peace Ceasefires are normally cause for hope, bringing respite and perhaps even peace, if not a full resolution. In Ethiopia there…
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post For the past half-decade, the comparisons wrote themselves. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former president Donald Trump were birds of an ultranationalist feather.
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute As each day goes by, the Taliban’s forces edge closer to controlling all of Afghanistan. In the first week of August, the Taliban swept through the northern provinces of the country—Jawzjan, Kunduz, and Sar-e…
Lerner* – Boston Review Public interest journalism may not be salvageable. But more than being saved, it needs to be radically rethought.
By Jacob Jarvis* – Newsweek Former President Donald Trump’s prominence in online discourse has majorly diminished since his departure from the White House, according to data shared with Newsweek. Online mentions of the former commander-in-chief…
Themba Mzingwane* – Newsweek When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged in early 2020, medical experts and journalists were flummoxed by the low rates of infection and death throughout the African continent. Despite sub-par public health systems, dense metropolitan areas and…
Othernews considers it useful to make this Italian position on WHO known: MOVE UP ON VACCINES: WE SUPPORT WHO’S DEMAND TO STOP NEW RECALLS (third doses) UNTIL MID SEPTEMBER AND TO USE ALL THE DOSES NOW AVAILABLE FOR VACCINATIONS IN POOR COUNTRIES. A PLAN TO REACH THE PRODUCTION…
By Dr Binoy Kampmark* – Countercurrents.org This week, Twitter was keen to share the news about its new arrangement with The Associated Press and Reuters “to expand our efforts to identify and elevate credible information” on its platform. The company reiterates…
BY WALDEN BELLO* During his last State of the Nation address on July 26, 2021, President Duterte appeared to have forgotten his assertion five years earlier that the WTO was principally responsible for the crisis of Philippine rice agriculture This is the first of a two-part…
