By Anis Chowdhury* SYDNEY, Jan 17 2023 (IPS) – Inflation worries topped Ipsos’s What Worries the World survey in 2022 overtaking COVID concerns. The return of inflation caught major central banks, e.g., the US Federal Reserve (Fed), Bank of England, European Central Bank “off…
Editorial – The Guardian The violent attack on government buildings in Brasília following Lula’s inauguration should set off alarm bells outside the country too The shock at the storming of Brazil’s democratic institutions by violent supporters of former president Jair…
By Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen (*) SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jan 13 2023 (IPS) – The current notion of a “moderate Republican” is an oxymoron that helps to move the country rightward. Last week, every one of the GOP’s so-called “moderates” voted to install House Speaker Kevin…
Editorial – The Guardian Even some on the right are having second thoughts as a government of extremists attacks the country’s institutions Almost half of Israelis now believe that their country’s democracy is in grave danger. The assault upon its institutions is not merely the…
By Sara Cincurova, Edit Inotai, Tim Gosling and Claudia Ciobanu – Reporting Democracy* Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw. The Hungarian government said it was unaware that the EU’s threat to cut off funds to Hungary would also affect its universities’ access to…
By Chloe Bryer, Azza Karam, Ruth Messinger and Negina Yari (*) NEW YORK, Jan 2023 (IPS) – Can you imagine what it would be like if women were simply not allowed to step outside of their homes, let alone to work for a living? When women choose to do so, and they can afford…
Rahman* – Modern Diplomacy Years after years pass by. A new year arrives, but does it bring any changes to the distress and vulnerability of the world’s most persecuted refugees around the world?
Zimmermann and Victoria Vernon (*) – openDemocracy Europe wastes money on futile border fences when better solutions are staring it in the face It’s time to rethink EU migration policy. New walls are being built in Europe, but they will not solve the present crisis – and…
By Eddy Wax – POLITICO In a sprawling criminal investigation, all roads lead to the European Parliament’s subcommittee on human rights. The Socialist MEP, who chairs the European Parliament’s human rights committee, accepted a trip to Qatar — and then failed to declare properly…
By Richard Lapper* The Guardian The real threat from Brazil’s radical right is not from showy coup attempts, but from less deluded ultra-conservatives playing the long game Clad in canary yellow football shirts or draped in the colours of the Brazilian flag, pro-Bolsonaro…
