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In Yemen, 6 Years of Suffering and Death in an Ill-Fated War

By William D. Hartung – The Nation Biden must do more to force Saudi Arabia to end its cruel blockade On March 26, 2015, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates launched an ill-fated war on… Continue Reading →

Armed conflicts, Human Rights, Terrorism, Violence

Myanmar airstrikes cause thousands to flee across Thailand border

By Jacob Goldberg in Bangkok, a Guardian reporter in Yangon, and agencies About 3,000 estimated to have crossed over after junta attacks areas mostly populated by Karen people military has driven thousands of people across the country’s border with Thailand,… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Immigration and Refugees, militarization, Radical extremism, Religion, Violence

U.S. Joins “Rules-Based World” on Afghanistan

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies (*) – Common Dreams On March 18, the world was treated to the spectacle of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sternly lecturing senior Chinese officials about the need for China to respect a… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, International relations, militarization, Peace, Politics, Terrorism, Violence

Water Is a Global Public Good

Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth Resolution of the World Assembly of 22 March 2021  Launching of the Campaign Water is a Global Public Good(*)   Water continues to be a commodity, ransacked, subjected to devastating commercial and financial domination.… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Environment, Inequality and Social Justice, Neo-liberalism

China Doesn’t Respect Us Anymore — for Good Reason

By Thomas L. Friedman * – The New York Times We’ve stopped following our formula for success. Sometimes a comedian cuts through foreign policy issues better than any diplomat. Bill Maher did that the other week with an epic rant on U.S.-China… Continue Reading →

Diplomacy, Economy / Finance, Globalization, Human Rights, International relations, Politics

Saudi accused of threat to Khashoggi UN investigator is human rights chief

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner* – The Guardian Awwad al-Awwad, former aide of crown prince, denies threatening to ‘take care of’ Agnès Callamard The Saudi official who is alleged to have twice issued threats against the independent UN investigator Agnès Callamard is… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Radical extremism, Terrorism, Violence

Hell hath no fury like a superpower in decline

By Graham E. Fuller – Responsible Statecraft (*) The U.S. leadership must have set some kind of new record in managing to personally insult the leadership of the two other great powers of the world within 48 hours of each other… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Intelligence, Politics

End Vaccine Apartheid Before Millions More Die

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 23 2021 (IPS) – At least 85 poor countries will not have significant access to coronavirus vaccines before 2023. Unfortunately, a year’s delay will cause an estimated… Continue Reading →

Health, Human Rights, Science and technology

That Was Fast: Blowups with China and Russia in Biden’s First 60 Days

By David E. Sanger* – The New York Times It may look like the bad old days of the Cold War, but today’s bitter superpower competition is about technology, cyberconflict and influence operations. WASHINGTON — Sixty days into his administration,… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, militarization, Politics

Orbán’s influence on the media is without rival in Hungary

By Fábián Tamás – Telex.hu (*) Over the past few weeks, the state of Hungary’s media has become the focus of intense public debate both domestically and across Europe. After the exclusively Fidesz-chaired Media Council revoked the oppositional Klubrádió’s frequency… Continue Reading →

authoritarianism, Information & Communication, Populism, Radical extremism

RIVERS IN REVOLT ENGULF THE WORLD’S STOCK MARKETS

By signatories Indicated at the end of the text* A story of rebelling water. A fantasy provocation in which rebelling rivers overflow to submerge finance exchange headquarters and free the water from the stock market It is 7 a.m. on… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Civil Society, Environment

Women in the 21st century

By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International Magazine The fight for equal rights continues The collective Las Tesis interprets the performance “A Rapist in Your Path” together with hundreds of women The present century must be the century of the… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Women

Development of The Thai Canal and establishment of DEVNET Thailand

By DEVNET JAPAN I am Dr. Thanawan Bhookphan, newly appointed as a member of board of directors of DEVNET INTERNATIONAL on February 1st 2021, and at the same time appointed as the chief of the DEVNET Thailand branch. I am… Continue Reading →

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The Massacre in Atlanta Was As Predictable as White Supremacy

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 →

Human Rights, Racism, Radical extremism, Violence, xenofobia

Biden’s New Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Is Unprecedented

By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Independent Media Institute More for Her Climate Warrior Politics Than Her Identity Indigenous Congresswoman Deb Haaland’s confirmation should not be reduced to symbolism. In her farewell address to the House of Representatives, New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland said… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Climate Change, Corruption, Economy / Finance, Racism

Draghi’s outrageous deployment of McKinsey

By Yanis Varoufakis* For Draghi bring McKinsey in as advisers makes clear whose interests will be served, and it’s not those of ordinary Italians. Last week, upon hearing that Mario Draghi, as Italy’s new PM, employed McKinsey to advise the… Continue Reading →

Corruption, Economy / Finance, Neo-liberalism

Why can’t Britain handle the truth about Winston Churchill?

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 →

History, Human Rights, Racism, xenofobia

Biden Continues the U.S. Conflict with China Through the Quad

By  Vijay Prashad* –  Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute On March 12, the heads of government of four countries, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and the United States President Joe Biden, met for… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Intelligence, militarization, Neo-liberalism

‘Bolsonaro doesn’t know the Earth is round’: how Lula can win back Brazil

By Andre Pagliarini* – The Guardian The mishandling of the pandemic has only strengthened the former president’s standing – and now he’s free to run again On Wednesday 10 March, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave a… Continue Reading →

Elections, Populism, Radical extremism

China’s Strategic Standpoint

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures  One of the hardest problems of foreign policy is developing an accurate evaluation of a potential adversary’s intentions and capabilities, which are frequently separate realities. I discussed this recently in a piece that pointed out the… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Globalization, Politics

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