By Hazel Henderson* – Wall Street International Magazine I am deeply worried about today’s unhealed political divisions in United States of America As a native Brit, I am deeply worried about today’s unhealed political divisions in my beloved adopted country, the still United…
By Francis Ghiles* – CIDOB The bold move by Tunisia’s president, Kais Saied, to dismiss the government and Freeze parliament, on Sunday 25th of July, is the biggest challenge this fledgling democracy is facing since the 2011 revolution. The Tunisian army has backed the…
Sachs* – Project SyndicateAs a powerful complement to the United Nations, the G20 has acquitted itself well by representing most of the world’s population and economic output with a limited membership. By expanding to include the African Union, it would overcome its biggest…
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2021 (IPS) – Hopes for an inclusive global economic recovery are fast fading. As rich countries have done little to ensure poor countries’ access to vaccines and fiscal resources, North-South…
Editorial- The Guardian The increasingly draconian approach to irregular migration betrays the spirit of the 1951 refugee convention Seventy years ago, the 1951 UN refugee convention established the rights of refugees to seek sanctuary, and the obligations of states to protect…
By Justin Podur* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute After mass graves full of Indigenous children have been found, how can Canada justify ongoing land theft? Canada is developing a new image: one of burning churches, toppling statues, and mass…
Carden* – Independent Media Institute “If there were a moral to be drawn from the Crimean War which might apply to the present it would be this: in a war between Russia and the West, it is the powers which keep out who will be the the real gainers…” AJP Taylor, February 1951 The…
By Mushahid Hussain*As the longest war in American history comes to an inglorious end, the impact of the post-9/11 era will be felt far and wide, but more so in Pakistan, which has been in the eye of the storm since the 1979 Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan spawned…
By Tom Phillips* – The Guardian With former president’s political rights restored, polls suggest he would thrash Jair Bolsonaro if he stands for election Rio de Janeiro , Fri 30 Jul 2021 – Anazir Maria de Oliveira has a simple message for the man they call Lula. “Comrade…
By Prabir Purkayastha* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute. Spyware like Pegasus is dangerous not only because it gives hackers complete control over an infected phone, but also because it introduces the skills and knowledge of nation-states into the civilian…
