By Jeet Heer* – The Nation Trump is ramping up hatred of foreigners during a crisis that requires international cooperation Bigotry has always served Donald Trump well. Racism played no small part in his ascension to the White House. It… Continue Reading
Ahmet Insel* – for VoxEurop The human tragedy being played out on the Greek-Turkish border definitively buries one of the greatest achievements of international humanitarian law – and with the blessing of the European Union. The timing is good for… Continue Reading
By Antonio Martins* – Outras Palavras, Brasil Panic in the markets: the global crisis shows a tendency to be prolonged and deep. The “Davos Class” will respond with more inequality and less democracy. But a path has opened for the… Continue Reading
By John Scales Avery* A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book, which discusses the most serious dangers which the world faces today. The book may be freely downloaded and circulated from the… Continue Reading
By Marshall Auerback* – Independent Media Institute The virus has starkly exposed the dangers of offshoring all production; we have a whole series of shortages that can only be mitigated by bringing some production back home. The coronavirus will eventually… Continue Reading
By Sam Hill* – Newsweek On February 29 in Doha, Qatar, the U.S. signed a peace agreement with the Taliban. Each side gets what it wants most. The US gets to bring home the 12,000 US troops stationed in Afghanistan,… Continue Reading
By Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano (*) – Independent Media Institute Elon Musk, the head of Tesla, wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil. He was supposed to meet Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, in Miami in early… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures Since before World War I and throughout the 1970s, the people who controlled oil had a lever for controlling others. Since the 1980s, the equation has shifted; oil producers have become dependent on oil… Continue Reading
Redazione Bergamo online – Corriere della Sera «In one of the non-stop e-mails that I receive from my hospital administration on a more than daily basis, there was a paragraph on “how to be responsible on social media”, with some… Continue Reading
By Staffan de Mistura* I had the privilege of working under the leadership of Javier Perez de Cuellar when he was the Secretary General. He had some unique qualities which were not very visable during a long period because one… Continue Reading
By Ben Judah* – The Guardian Leaders in the late Soviet Union wilfully ignored the need for structural reform. The Democratic contender should take note Despite being frail and confused, he won the trust of an oligarchic party nomenklatura in… Continue Reading
Barry R. Posen* – Boston Review Despite claims to the contrary, the Trump administration wants regime change in Iran and is risking a full-scale war in order to get it The Prussian strategic theorist Carl von Clausewitz once observed that… Continue Reading
By The Editorial Board* – The New York Times Paid sick leave could slow the spread of the disease and its impact on the economy The Federal Reserve did what it could Tuesday to offset the growing economic impact of… Continue Reading
By Farhana Haque Rahman* ROME, Mar 5 2020 (IPS) – The narrative surrounding women’s rights in 2020 carries much hope and possibility. A new decade is ushering in important anniversaries and milestones: 25 years since the Beijing Platform for Action, 110… Continue Reading
By David Brennan* – Newsweek Former Vice President Joe Biden capped off a stunning week of electioneering with an impressive showing on Super Tuesday, emerging as the front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination despite his sluggish start to the… Continue Reading
UN News UNITED NATIONS, Mar 4 2020 – Twenty-five years after the historic Beijing women’s conference in China – a milestone in advancing equal rights – violence against women and girls is not only common, but widely accepted, a new… Continue Reading
By Farhana Haque Rahman* The world has lost a champion of human rights with the passing of Idriss Jazairy, a former Algerian diplomat and head of multi-lateral institutions who won praise for his work defending the under privileged and his commitment to international law. The Geneva Centre for… Continue Reading
By M.K. Bhadrakumar* – Independent Media Institute The chasm between illusion and reality in politics remains perennial. Wars seldom ended according to the script of peace agreements. The fall of Saigon in April 1975 ending the Vietnam War, with defeated Americans hastily… Continue Reading
By Lili Bayer – POLITICO Activists condemn ‘censorship’ revealed in leaked emails. Hungarian journalists working for state media were told they need permission before they even start writing about sensitive topics such as Greta Thunberg Hungarian state media bosses told… Continue Reading
Editorial – The Observer Despite the fears about his electability, Bernie Sanders is the man to beat on Super Tuesday and could yet pose a real threat to Trump The battle for the US Democratic party’s presidential nomination will reach… Continue Reading
