By Scott Burchill – Pearls and Irritations (*) Despite celebrating 12 months of surviving the Russian onslaught, promises of more money and military equipment (including tanks) from the West, and a chorus of support for the courage and resilience of the people, the war appears…
By Louis René Beres* – ModernDiplomacy “Credo quia…
By Baher Kamal* Chronic underinvestment in agriculture is a key cause of the widespread hunger experienced in 2022, according to Oxfam report MADRID, Mar 3 2023 (IPS) – The data is shocking: three-quarters of African Governments have already reduced their agricultural budgets…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute Intellectuals do not have a monopoly on culture, on values, or on truth, much less on the meanings attributed to any one of these “domains of the spirit,” as they used to be termed. But intellectuals…
By Dominique Soguel * – The Christian Science Monitor Tucked away in an unassuming apricot building, the Kurdish library in Stockholm is a place where Kurds can celebrate their culture, literature, and language. More importantly, it represents what many Kurds long and fight for…
By Eli Clifton and Ben Freeman – The Guardian Some of Washington’s most powerful lobbyists provide their services to Ukraine for free, but they also have financial incentives for helping the country. This article was co-published with Responsible Statecraft.
By Richard Heinberg* – Independent Media Institute The Wall Street Journal called China’s slowdown “disappointing.” But for the environment, it is welcome news. On January 17, 2023, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that the country’s population fell in 2022…
By Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs* We are not at the 1-year anniversary of the war, as the Western governments and media claim.
By Chris Hedges /* – ScheerPost The media caters to a particular demographic, telling that demographic what it already believes — even when it is unverified or false. This pandering defines the coverage of the Trump-Russia saga Reporters make mistakes.
By Joe Lauria* – Special to Consortium News The German and French leaders have told Ukraine they must seek peace with Russia in exchange for a post-war defense pact, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Western leaders privately told Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
