By Selam Gebrekidan* – The New York Times Leaders around the world have passed emergency decrees and legislation expanding their reach during the pandemic. Will they ever relinquish them? LONDON — In Hungary, the prime minister can now rule by… Continue Reading
By Lili Bayer – POLITICO While the new legislation remains in place, no elections can be held and Orbán’s government will be able to suspend the enforcement of certain laws The Hungarian parliament on Monday voted by a two-thirds majority… Continue Reading
Sasha Abramsky* – The Nation This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes In emergencies, things are done at speed, often without due process. That has become apparent as the coronavirus… Continue Reading
By Jeet Heer* – The Nation Trump is ramping up hatred of foreigners during a crisis that requires international cooperation Bigotry has always served Donald Trump well. Racism played no small part in his ascension to the White House. It… Continue Reading
By Daniel Trilling* – The Guardian Politicians across Europe have been quick to exploit the outbreak by heaping suspicion on the most marginalised When I give talks on Europe’s “refugee crisis” I often start by showing a photograph of a… Continue Reading
By Robert Jago* – The Nation When pipeline protesters shut down Canada’s railways, the prime minister stopped pretending to care about reconciliation. As we speak, Canadian paramilitary and police forces are occupying parts of the sovereign territories of the indigenous… Continue Reading
By Vijay Prashad* – Independent Media Institute At Obock, Djibouti, 2,000 migrants gather each day along the waters of the Gulf of Aden; they look for boats to get them to Yemen. Over the past two years, more migrants from Africa… Continue Reading
By Mukul Kesavan* – The Guardian The riots have been driven by a ruling party intent on painting its largely peaceful opponents as seditious sectarians Since Sunday violent mobs in north-east Delhi have killed 21 people including a police constable,… Continue Reading
By Jason Stanley* – The Guardian The two strongmen favour immigration and citizenship policies designed to demonise minority groups The US president, Donald Trump, has delighted a stadium of 125,000 cheering Indians in Gujarat by declaring: “America loves India. America… Continue Reading
By Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Sheila Katz (*) – Newsweek Senate Must Hold Him Accountable History tells us that we cannot ignore the insidious cruelty of white supremacist ideology. It grows from whispers to proud proclamations, then is distilled into… Continue Reading
By Vijay Prashad* – Independent Media Institute. On May 3, 2020, the Bolivian people will go to the polls once more. They return there because President Evo Morales had been overthrown in a coup in November 2019. Morales had just won… Continue Reading
By Ishaan Tharoor, with Ruby Mellen(*) – The Washington Post It says a lot about this fraught moment in U.S. politics that President Trump’s move to slap immigration restrictions on almost a quarter of Africa’s population transpired with little more… Continue Reading
By Amy Goodman – Democracy Now! (*) The Trump administration has expanded its contested travel ban to six additional countries — most of which are African nations. Under the new restrictions, nationals of Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan will no… Continue Reading
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post President Trump called his plan for Middle East “peace” an “unprecedented” development that swept past “even the most well-intentioned plans” of his predecessors. It is in keeping with the guiding animus of his… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures At the end of this week, the United Kingdom, the second-largest economy in Europe, will exit the European Union. Meanwhile, Poland is under intense attack by the bloc for violating EU regulations by attempting… Continue Reading
By AMY GOODMAN – Democracy Now! (*) As the federal government plans to divert an additional $7.2 billion from the military budget for the construction of President Trump’s promised border wall, and tens of thousands of asylum seekers from Central… Continue Reading
Josep Catà – EFE, El País in english The third-largest force in Congress says the Socialist leader is betraying the nation over his deal with Catalan separatists, who endorsed his government in exchange for talks Spain’s far-right party, Vox, on… Continue Reading
By Bonnie Honig* – Boston Review In linking the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani to the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, Trump invokes a fantasy of poetic justice—positioning himself as Rambo, the avenger of American humiliation abroad. Last week, after ordering… Continue Reading
By Letícia Duarte* -The Atlantic Olavo de Carvalho’s anger has inspired a number of Brazilian far-right politicians, the country’s president among them. PETERSBURG, Virginia—Talking with Olavo de Carvalho can be an exercise in self-restraint. As I walked into his house… Continue Reading
Roberto Savio* In a world shaken by so many problems, it is difficult to look at 2020 and not make some kind of holistic analysis. While enormous progress has been made on many fronts, it is clear that the tide… Continue Reading
