By Raoni Metuktire * – The Guardian You destroy our lands, poison the planet and sow death, because you are lost. And soon it will be too late to change For many years we, the indigenous leaders and peoples of… Continue Reading
The Economist The outside world is right to worry, but must show finesse in its dealings with Brazil PICTURES OF FIRES raging in the rainforest. A social-media storm in which #AmazonIsBurning dominated what passes for the global conversation. A war… Continue Reading
THE ECONOMIST His achievements are bad for Hungarian liberty—and an object lesson in what is possible for would-be autocrats elsewhere BUDAPEST AND DEBRECEN, Aug 29th 2019. “Aking”, Bruce Springsteen has pointed out, “ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.” It was to… Continue Reading
By Carol Pires – The New Yorker As fires have surged in the Amazon, the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s disdain for environmental-protection measures has drawn international attention. In January, 2012, Jair Bolsonaro, who was then a retired military officer and… Continue Reading
Editorial Brazil’s far-right populist president has encouraged the wanton destruction of the world’s greatest forest. He has been humbled but not stopped As Donald Trump’s America retreats from global leadership, coalitions of like-minded nations are attempting to limit the damage.… Continue Reading
By Mario Osava* RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 2019 (IPS) – August is the month of major political crises in Brazil, but no one suspected that an environmental issue would be the trigger for the storms threatening the government of President… Continue Reading
By Paul Krugman* – The New York Times Are Democrats hexing the Trump boom with bad thoughts? For voodoo economics isn’t just a doctrine based on magical thinking. It’s the ultimate policy zombie, a belief that seemingly can’t be killed… Continue Reading
By John Scales Avery* A new book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Fascism, Then and Now”. It can be freely downloaded from the following link: http://eacpe.org/app/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fascism-then-and-now-John-Scales-Avery.pdf Please circulate the link to your friends… Continue Reading
By The Editorial Board* – The New York Times I want to buy Greenland, said President Trump. No way, said the Danes and Greenlanders, who share control over the giant frozen island and its rich mineral treasures. Then I’m not… Continue Reading
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte opted to resign Tuesday rather than face a no-confidence vote he was likely to lose. In doing so, Conte confirmed the collapse of one of the more intriguing recent political… Continue Reading
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis – The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Tuesday that any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat is guilty of ignorance or “great disloyalty,” intensifying his efforts to drive in a partisan… Continue Reading
BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post Axis and allies (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post and Melina Mara/The Washington Post) Earlier this summer, President Trump tweeted at four female lawmakers of color to “go back” to their countries of origin. Trump’s… Continue Reading
By Michelle Goldberg* – The New York Times Trump torched America’s foreign policy infrastructure. The results are becoming clear Earlier this week, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Asad Majeed Khan, visited The New York Times editorial board, and I… Continue Reading
Editorial Boris Johnson’s government is hastening towards a no-deal Brexit. All MPs who oppose this catastrophic national danger must cooperate in the cause of preventing it Britain’s exit from the European Union without a withdrawal deal would be an unequivocal… Continue Reading
By Alexandra Stevenson*, Amie Tsang and Matt Phillips – The New York Times Stocks in the United States swerved up and down on Thursday after China sent conflicting signals about how it would respond to President Trump’s threats of new… Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Aug 2019 (IPS) – When Yassir Arafat was denied a US visa to visit New York to address the United Nations back in 1988, the General Assembly defied the United States by temporarily moving the… Continue Reading
By Julie Zauzmer * – The Washington Post BRANDON, Fla. — Three years ago, Rickey Halbert was torn about whether to vote for President Trump. On the one hand, he had read about Trump’s extramarital affairs and the women who alleged… Continue Reading
By Jan Lundius* STOCKHOLM / ROME, Aug 2019 (IPS) – We live in different worlds. The ones of friends, family and work colleagues. Worlds which are overshadowed by other, much bigger ones. Global spheres of international finance, politics, climate change,… Continue Reading
By Jim Tankersley* – The New York Times WASHINGTON — From tax cuts to relaxed regulations to tariffs, each of President Trump’s economic initiatives is based on a promise: to set off a wave of investment and bring back jobs… Continue Reading
B Steve H. Hanke * – ZeroHedge.com In a purely political move, the Trump administration (read: the U.S. Treasury) has branded China as a currency manipulator. This is an act of war. After President Trump announced that even more tariffs… Continue Reading
