By Al Jazeera UN says people fleeing military’s ‘brutal, indiscriminate attacks’ in eastern Kayah are in dire need of food and water. A United Nations rights expert has warned of “mass deaths from starvation, disease and exposure” in eastern Myanmar… Continue Reading
By Mikhal Dekel* – Boston Review Not all research is at stake, however, only work that reveals the role of ethnic Poles in the persecution of Poland’s Jews. By This year, for the first time in history, an individual used… Continue Reading
By Journalists from The Guardian* Dozens of grassroots people’s defence forces have emerged to take on brutal military Myanmar is on the verge of a new civil war, a spokesperson for the country’s parallel government has warned, as communities increasingly… Continue Reading
Opinion, by Jonathan Freedland* – The Guardian Thanks in part to a global focus more intense than on any other conflict, western attitudes to the Middle East may be shifting It’s not over, because it’s never over. But there is… Continue Reading
By María Martín |Carlos E. Cué – El País Morocco has resumed control of the border with the North African city after receiving public and private calls from the EU and foreign ministries across Europe, but hundreds of minors remain… Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen* Escalated hostilities in the Gaza Strip have resulted in heavy casualties and large-scale displacement. More than 50 children have been killed in the current crisis in the Middle East, a senior UN official, said May 16. UNITED… Continue Reading
By Carlo Aldrovandi* – The Conversation The recent violence at the al-Aqsa mosque/Temple Mount area and in the Old City of Jerusalem has spiralled into something bigger and more dangerous. Clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters at the… Continue Reading
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded after Israeli forces raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the second time in four days, with reports showing police fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at Palestinian… Continue Reading
Editorial – The Guardian Disillusionment among French progressives could open the door to a Marine Le Pen presidency It was less than 10 years ago that France last elected a Socialist party president, but it now seems like another age.… 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 Alf Gunvald Nilsen* – Boston Review Narendra Modi’s government has used lockdown to force further neoliberalization and continue its assault on pro-democracy activists. “From midnight tonight onwards, the entire country, please listen carefully, the entire country shall go under… Continue Reading
By Elie Mystal* – The Nation There are lots of people working overtime to try to prove that the mass shooting of six Asian women wasn’t motivated by bigotry. It was This week’s massacre of eight people, including six Asian… Continue Reading
By Priyamvada Gopal* Nothing, it seems, can be allowed to tarnish the national myth – as I found when hosting a Cambridge debate about his murkier side A baleful silence attends one of the most talked-about figures in British history.… Continue Reading
Analysis, by Eszter Zalan – EUobserver’ Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán on Wednesday (3 March) announced his Fidesz party’s MEPs are leaving their centre-right faction in the European Parliament, marking a major breaking point in the more than two-year-long saga… Continue Reading
By Michael von der Schulenburg* – Wall Street International Magazine A letter to Roberto Savio The impeachment process in the US Congress is over, with former President Trump being acquitted. Both sides of America’s political divide now claim victory. Michael… Continue Reading
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! In a landmark decision, judges at the International Criminal Court say the body has jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories, opening the door to possible criminal charges against Israel and militant… Continue Reading
A REPORT BY THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Democracy was dealt a major blow in 2020. Almost 70% of countries covered by The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index recorded a decline in their overall score, as country after country locked down… Continue Reading
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! ——————————————————— Guests: Bee Nguyen Democratic state representative in Georgia whose district includes Atlanta. Michael Edison Hayden senior investigative reporter and spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Republicans face increasing pressure to strip Georgia… Continue Reading
By Michael von der Schulenburg* – Wall Street International Magazine An open letter to Mark Leonard Europe faces fundamental geopolitical changes caused by a decline in US global power, the rise of China and Asia, a re-assertive Russia, the emergence… Continue Reading
By Ishaan Tharoor* – The Washington Post Myanmar’s fragile, flawed democracy has collapsed. In the early hours Monday, the country’s military initiated a coup, arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians, including ministers from her National League… Continue Reading
