By Justin Podur* – Globetrotter / Independent Media Institute Two interesting things happened at the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. Several new members were invited to join BRICS in 2024: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
Editorial – The Guardian Ethnic Armenians are pouring out of the enclave. But the US and Europe must press Azerbaijan to respect the rights of those who remain The self-declared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist on New Year’s Day 2024, its ethnic Armenian…
By Nils Adler* – Al Jazeera Politicians from across the political spectrum engage in anti-migrant language ahead of October 15 polls. Warsaw, Poland – Dressed in a sharp suit, Rafal Pankowski, the amicable head of Never Again, a renowned Polish anti-racism organisation…
By Seymour Hersh* – Modern Diplomacy The Biden administration has acknowledged neither its responsibility for the pipeline bombing nor the purpose of the sabotage I do not know much about covert CIA operations—no outsider can—but I do understand that the essential component…
By Tarik Cyril Amar* – Newsweek In the modern world, things connect. But often not the way we expect.
By Paul Taylor* – The Guardian From Orbán in Hungary to Fico in Slovakia, populists are looking to a Trump win to boost their power in the EU When Donald Trump lost the White House in 2020, Europe’s strongmen, populists and climate change deniers lost a powerful ally…
Francine Mestrum* – MEER Taking the opportunity of the upcoming UN summit meetings ‘We need to put the world back on track’! The objective of the SDG-summit to be held at the UN General Assembly Meeting in September in New York is very clear.
By Alfred de Zayas* – CounterPunch website Progress and retrogression characterize the reality of international law, international relations, and the concrete enjoyment of human rights by women and men throughout the planet. We hail the tides of opportunity, the times of…
By Binoy Kampmark* – CounterPunch website One particularly bad habit the news is afflicted by is a tendency to fall into discussions about itself. Its members, some of them at least, used to call it the “Fourth Estate,” an unelected chamber of scribblers supposedly…
By Emily Tamkin*- The New Republic The central European country isn’t exactly the right-wing paradise many Republicans portray it as “Keep on fighting, Mr. President!” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told former U.S.
