Armed conflicts

On Israel’s Colonial Occupation of Palestine: The Final Solution Without End

By Boaventura de Sousa Santos

By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* Yet another ceasefire like so many others before it, in Israel’s colonial occupation of Palestine; yet another death count for the archives of oblivion; yet another occasion to ease the conscience of the international community, especially in North…

17 June 2021 · 17 min read

Diplomacy

Biden to Putin: Help me help you

By Nahal Toosi — POLITICO

By Nahal Toosi* – POLITICO In a summit of self-interest, the U.S. president tried to make Putin understand that it’s in Russia’s interest to play nice with the United States. More than once on Wednesday, as President Joe Biden described his meeting with Vladimir Putin, he tried…

17 Jun 2021 · 8 min read

Democracy

Why Democracies in G7 & NATO Should Reject U.S. Leadership

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK The world has been treated to successive spectacles of national leaders gathering at a G7 Summit in Cornwall and a NATO Summit in Brussels.

16 Jun 2021 · 7 min read

Civil rights

Harry Potter, 'Friends' may fall victim to Hungary's anti-LGBT law: broadcaster

By Marton Dunai — Euronews

By Marton Dunai – Euronews BUDAPEST – The largest broadcasters in Hungary criticised a new law banning the “display and promotion of homosexuality” among under-18s as a threat to freedom of expression, and one said it could impact showings of some Harry Potter films and classic…

16 Jun 2021 · 4 min read

Armed conflicts

Doctor-Activist Defiant Against Myanmar Military

By Tommy Walker — Voice of America

By Tommy Walker – Voice of America MAE SOT, THAILAND – When Myanmar’s military shocked the world by announcing a coup earlier this year, many people inside the country were stunned at the news. After decades under military rule…

15 Jun 2021 · 6 min read

Diplomacy

Behind the spectacle of the G7 summit, global tax reform was the big event

By Simon Jenkins — The Guardian

By Simon Jenkins* – The Guardian Before world leaders met in Cornwall, finance ministers had made an agreement that could spell the end of tax havens G7 summits nowadays are mostly fields of the cloth of gold. They are about showing off, with Boris Johnson in full Henry VIII rig.

14 Jun 2021 · 3 min read

Armed conflicts

U.S. Senators Urge President Biden To End Saudi Blockade Of Yemen

By Josh Collins — Organization for World Peace

By Josh Collins – Organization for World Peace (*) A group of U.S. Senators have called on President Joe Biden to take “immediate and decisive action” in ending the Saudi Arabian blockade of essential items such as food, medicine, and fuel meant to aid Yemen. The conflict has…

14 Jun 2021 · 4 min read

Diplomacy

The G7 helped to build this low-tax world. Are they really ready to change it?

By Mark Blyth — The Guardian

By Mark Blyth* – The Guardian Finance ministers finally seem willing to crack down on avoidance. But the rich may just slip through the loopholes Back in the 1980s there was a New York hotelier named Leona Helmsley.

11 Jun 2021 · 6 min read

Children

A Staggering 160 Million Are Victims of Child Labour

By Simone Galimberti

By Simone Galimberti* The international community commemorates World Day Against Child Labour on June 12 KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 11 2021 (IPS) – Among the many daunting issues leaders of the G7 will have to discuss in their upcoming summit in idyllic Cornwall on June 11-13, child…

11 Jun 2021 · 6 min read