By Francine Mestrum, PhD, Brussels and Cuernavaca. The crisis caused by the coronavirus is an opportunity to think about the future. This article is about ‘the left’ or ‘progressive forces’ in a very broad sense with implications for political parties and social movements…
Dr Juro Nakagawa by DEVNET JAPAN The Thai Canal Development Project which was announced by DEVNET INTERNATIONAL (Chair & CEO Fumiyasu Akegawa) is a very important project for the post-Covid19 global economy, especially for the Asian economies. The…
By Joshua Carroll and Tin Htet Paing (*) – Columbia Journalism Review In early April, about fifteen soldiers showed up at an outdoor market in the north of Myanmar’s main city of Yangon. The country’s military staged a coup on February 1, and its response to a massive…
By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Independent Media Institute While Americans hailed the announcement that the U.S. would withdraw troops from Afghanistan after nearly two decades of war, President Biden left out the most important details about the war and how it will in fact…
Jan Mortier* – Civitatis Forum The European Commission is proposing to create a Digital Green Certificate to “facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The Commission has undemocratic powers to publish a Regulation…
By Riccardo Petrella and Roberto Savio (*) The appeal to the ’emperor’ of the world is a defeat of justice and the universal right to life It cannot be said often enough: the temporary waiver of the rules laid down in the 1995 WTO-TRIPS (Trade Related Aspects of…
Editorial – The Guardian Disillusionment among French progressives could open the door to a Marine Le Pen presidency It was less than 10 years ago that France last elected a Socialist party president, but it now seems like another age. The unpopular reign of François Hollande…
By Channing Gerard Joseph* – The Nation History must be acknowledged before justice can be done I found my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather on my mother’s side listed for sale in an old newspaper advertisement: “Stephen, 50, sawyer and sailor.” The…
By Sara Torsner and Jackie Harrison (*) – The Conversation Press freedom: A government’s fear of scrutiny and criticism often determines how repressive it is toward the press. The greater the fear, the greater the loss of press freedom.
Editorial No one can be sure how far might a radicalised Republican party go ‘Before being elected to Congress, Ms Greene peddled conspiracy theories, made racist statements and indicated support for the execution of Democratic leaders and FBI agents.’ In 1944, George Orwell…
