Posted by Yves Smith* – Naked Capitalism Not only have our soi-disant leaders apparently not learned anything since the start of Covid, they are acting as if the disease will bend to their wishful thinking and commercial/political needs. As we’ll explain below, the…
By Karen Day – Global Government Forum (*) In recent years and decades, a number of civil services have been accused of institutional racism. Some countries have since taken steps to ensure the government workforce is ethnically diverse and inclusive.
By Michael von der Schulenburg* In a changing world, Europe must act according to its own security and economic interests When the Cold War ended peacefully in 1990, Europe was its main beneficiary. Today, only 30 years later, we seem on the verge of yet another Cold War.
By David Folkenflik – National Public Radio (NPR) NPR’s David Folkenflik talks with Fatima Hassan, founder and director of the Health Justice Initiative in South Africa, about the omicron variant and inequity in the global vaccination campaign. DAVID FOLKENFLIK, HOST: Health…
Attachments / Anexos, In English and Spanish-En inglés y español Inventar el futuro El poeta y científico Federico Mayor ha vuelto a dar voz al anhelo que alberga la humanidad de que se produzca un cambio en las prácticas y en la mentalidad, que nos aleje del pensamiento…
By Katya Adler – Europe editor BBC France has so far rejected British calls for joint border patrols on the French coast In France, in Brussels and the UK, there have been expressions of remorse and sadness at the loss of human life in the Channel. Yet, at the same time…
InsightHungary!!! (*) The government has taken three blows from the EU in the last few days, all of which makes its position in the long disputes with Brussels over the rule of law less and less tenable. First, the European Commission has written to Hungary – and also to…
By Arwa Ibrahim* – Al Jazeera Even if Belarus and the EU reach a deal, analysts say refugees may be long left in limbo at the border or in detention centres. Ali has been held at a detention centre in Lithuania along with six members of his family since they fled southern Iraq…
By Johann Ivanov – Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung /IPS ACCRA, Ghana, Nov 25 2021 (IPS) – The Covid-19 pandemic aggravated Africa’s already severe employment crisis. The solution lies in a long-term political and economic transformation. Africa is facing a severe…
By Yanis Varoufakis * – Project Syndicate A year that began hopefully is ending grimly. Western political elites, unable (and perhaps unwilling) to turn a deadly pandemic and climate crisis into a life-preserving opportunity, have only themselves to blame.
