By Justin Spike – !!444!!! InsightHungary!!! (*) When the Prime Minister Said, “They Really Love Interest”, Everyone In Hungary Knew Who He Meant When Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a radio interview in late April that “they really love… Continue Reading
By John Harris*- The Guardian We don’t have to accept an archaic, hateful vision of our country. Let’s build on the diverse, multiracial place it actually is In his first speech as prime minister in the House of Commons, Boris… Continue Reading
By Amy Goodman – Democracy Now! (*) Guests : Angela Davis world-renowned abolitionist, author, activist and professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The uprising against police brutality and anti-Black racism continues to sweep across the United States and… Continue Reading
By !!444!!! InsightHungary!!! (*) The government on Monday released the 13 to questions to appear on the next National Consultation, which will ask citizens whether they agree with a number of government measures related to the coronavirus. But initial signs… Continue Reading
The Berrett-Koehler Team (1) “Ethical Markets (2) fully supports Jerroll Sanders in her tireless advocacy for justice, democratic and economic reforms in the USA to include our African-American communities. We are honored to have Jerroll Sanders, brilliant independent IT specialist and community… Continue Reading
By Robert Reich* – Newsweek History teaches that mass protests against oppression can lead either to liberation or brutal repression. This past week, Donald Trump bet his political future on repression. Much of the rest of America, on the other… Continue Reading
By Ben Smith* – The New York Times Staff members’ demands helped end the tenure of James Bennet as Opinion editor of The New York Times. And they are generating tension at The Washington Post. Part of the story starts… Continue Reading
By Michael E. Miller – The Washington Post The teenager was standing in sight of the White House, a few yards from soldiers in an armored vehicle and a few feet from a line of Secret Service officers in riot… Continue Reading
By Amy Goodman – Democracy Now! (*) Guests : Nekima Levy Armstrong, civil rights attorney, activist, founder of the Racial Justice Network and former president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP. After more than a week of nationwide protests,… Continue Reading
Kate Maltby* – The New York Review of Books At 4:30 PM local time on Thursday June 4, the church bells will toll in Budapest. Citizens are asked to stop work, stand, and bow their heads for a minute’s silence. Opposition… Continue Reading
By Vijay Prashad* – Independent Media Institute There is no need to wonder why George Floyd (age 46) was murdered in broad daylight in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. The script of his death is written deep in the… Continue Reading
By Hall Gardner* – The National Interest China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, have hoped to counter U.S. military pressures and economic sanctions in an effort to overstretch U.S. political-military and financial capabilities across the world through both symmetrical and… Continue Reading
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells* – The New Yorker I lived in Baltimore during the Freddie Gray protests in April, 2015. My apartment was in a brownstone next to a small park in a pretty neighborhood called Bolton Hill, which sits on… Continue Reading
By Jeet Heer* – The Nation Sarah Cooper has cracked the Trump code with pandemic pantomimes Sarah Cooper has become the breakout star of the pandemic by being the first comedian to figure out that Donald Trump’s absurd words are… Continue Reading
Nesrine Malik* – The Guardian The government seems unable to take the right decision unless it is subjected to a campaign of public shaming The first two doctors to die of Covid-19 on the NHS frontline were born in Sudan.… Continue Reading
Opinion / Jan Lundius, PhD STOCKHOLM / ROME, May 22 2020 (IPS) – It is easy to generalize about migration. Populist politicians often portray migrants as strangers and ”our” homeland as a stable entity, rooted in an old agricultural society.… Continue Reading
The Economist Extremists see the pandemic as the prelude to the apocalyptic “boogaloo” IN MORE THAN 30 of America’s 50 state capitals angry crowds have been gathering to protest against stay-at-home orders. Buoyed by tweets from President Donald Trump encouraging… Continue Reading
By Nanjala Nyabola* – The Nation If reporting doesn’t improve, the creativity and agency of swaths of humanity will be lost to history As Covid-19 races its way across Africa, there are two stories happening at once. The first is… Continue Reading
By Alana Lentin* – The Guardian The BAME experience during this pandemic tells us that race is not about individual morality, it profoundly shapes people’s lives As coronavirus continues to rampage across the globe, it has become apparent that, while… Continue Reading
By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Independent Media Institute The protests are a form of white privilege in action as the virus disproportionately infects and kills African Americans and people of color. When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Americans dutifully stayed… Continue Reading
