By Sven Lilienström* STOCKHOLM, Apr 16 2021 (IPS) – Landmines are among the most insidious and cruel weapons of all, because they do not distinguish between armed soldiers, civilians or even children. According to the Landmine Monitor 2020, explosive devices… Continue Reading
By Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies (*) President Biden announced a removal of all U.S. troops by September 11, but he failed to include some important details An Afghan taxi-driver in Vancouver told one of us a decade ago… Continue Reading
By Tom Engelhardt – TomDispatch* By the time you read this piece, it will already be out of date. The reason’s simple enough. No matter what mayhem I describe, with so much all-American weaponry in this world of ours, there’s… Continue Reading
Phil Heimlich* – Opinion contributor, Cincinnati Enquirer I’ve noticed a disturbing trend around the world: A leader is democratically elected and then gradually transforms his country into a dictatorship. In Turkey, ruled by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “the tweet has been… Continue Reading
By Jeneé Osterheldt * The Boston Globe The killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota should not be framed as an accident. Policing is violent. As police lights glared behind him, he found a well-lit public place to pull over. Because… Continue Reading
Archie Bland* – The Guardian Exclusive: Kyaw Zwar Minn says he feels unsafe at London residence and family at home fear reprisals Myanmar’s ousted ambassador to the UK has said that friends and relatives at home have been forced into… Continue Reading
By Rafiqul Islam Cox’s Bazar Rohingya Refugee Camp had one of highest rates of primary and secondary age children out of school. Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the multilateral global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises, immediately allocated… Continue Reading
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute On March 11, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter that his government has “approved the Strategy for Deoccupation & Reintegration of Crimea.” What he referred to is a new strategy driven by… Continue Reading
By Ramesh Thakur* – The Strategist, Australia This is not an article I had expected, intended or wanted to write. I have politely declined requests to write on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in relation to the current crisis in Myanmar and the… Continue Reading
By Mark Berman* – The Washington Post The footage has played multiple times inside the downtown Minneapolis courtroom where Derek Chauvin is on trial for murder, showing George Floyd, a Black man, gasping for air under the White police officer’s knee. That video is the… Continue Reading
By Hannah Beech – SBS NEWS(*) More than 550 people have been killed on the streets and in their homes by soldiers or police officers. At least 40 were children under 18, according to a tally compiled by The New… Continue Reading
By Roy Morrison* – Wall Street International Magazine Failure to build a democratic ecological future will be catastrophic Globally, democracy is under attack and in retreat. Economic crisis, global pandemic, climate disaster raise questions about the efficacy of democracy and… Continue Reading
Editorial – The Guardian Hundreds have died since February’s coup. Civilians are defiant – but while their resistance persists, so does the military’s bloody grip on power Eleven-year-old Aye Myat Thu was buried with her dolls at the weekend, hours… Continue Reading
By !!444!!! Insight Hungary* Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will host his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, and former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini in Budapest Thursday to discuss a potential right-wing alliance on the European level, Orbán’s press secretary confirmed Tuesday. Orbán… Continue Reading
By Amy Goodman and Juan González (*) – Democracy Now! More than 500 people have been killed in Burma during protests against the February 1 military coup that toppled Burma’s democratically elected civilian government. At least 141 people were killed… Continue Reading
By Mark Lowcock* UNITED NATIONS, Mar 30 2021 (IPS) – The conflict in Syria is now ten years old. A decade of death, destruction, displacement, disease, dread and despair. I have spoken to Syrians in many parts of the country… Continue Reading
By William D. Hartung – The Nation Biden must do more to force Saudi Arabia to end its cruel blockade On March 26, 2015, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates launched an ill-fated war on… Continue Reading
By Jacob Goldberg in Bangkok, a Guardian reporter in Yangon, and agencies About 3,000 estimated to have crossed over after junta attacks areas mostly populated by Karen people military has driven thousands of people across the country’s border with Thailand,… Continue Reading
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies (*) – Common Dreams On March 18, the world was treated to the spectacle of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sternly lecturing senior Chinese officials about the need for China to respect a… Continue Reading
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner* – The Guardian Awwad al-Awwad, former aide of crown prince, denies threatening to ‘take care of’ Agnès Callamard The Saudi official who is alleged to have twice issued threats against the independent UN investigator Agnès Callamard is… Continue Reading
