authoritarianism

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 for…

Civil rights

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 December 7, 2021.

Civil rights

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 definitive liberation of women…

English

Development of The Thai Canal and establishment of DEVNET Thailand

By DEVNET JAPAN Dr.Thanawan Bhookphan 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 very delighted and proud of being…

Human Rights

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 women, in Atlanta was sadly predictable.

Civil Society

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…

Corruption

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 government on how to spend the…

History

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. You may enthuse endlessly about Winston…

Economy / Finance

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…