Prabir Purkayastha* – Independent Media Institute After his disastrous handling of the COVID-19 epidemic, Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gilead’s stock of remdesivir The U.S. has bought up almost all of the stock of…
Paolo Lembo, Khalid Malik, Arsenio Rodriguez – WE THE PEOPLES Recently, at one of his daily addresses on Covid-19, the New York Governor Mario Cuomo posited that ‘government is essential to humanity’. Arguably, one can claim, so is global cooperation, as the virus knows no…
The Economist –The way we live now –The world is not experiencing a second wave: it never got over the first It is astonishing how rapidly the pandemic has spread, despite all the efforts to stop it. On February 1st, the day covid-19 first appeared on our front cover, the…
Alex Vitale, Scott Casleton (*) – Boston Review In this interview, sociologist Alex Vitale explains how the policing crisis in the United States begins with politics—the decision to embrace neoliberal austerity and to turn the social problems it creates over to police. On May 25…
By Alastair Crooke* – The Strategic Culture Foundation It was always a paradox: John Stuart Mill, in his seminal (1859), On Liberty, never doubted that a universal civilisation, grounded in liberal values, was the eventual destination of all of humankind. He…
By Samira Sadeque UNITED NATIONS, Jul 3 2020 (IPS) – An additional 5.6 million child marriages can be expected because of the coronavirus pandemic, which resulted in a short-term increase in poverty and the shutdown of schools. The current pandemic is also expected to have…
Editorial Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans will compound the suffering of Palestinians. International condemnation should be accompanied by consequences Annexation looks like the executioner of the two-state solution. Israel has changed the facts on the ground, with the rapid…
Opinion by Brad Parscale*, in The Washington Post “Bush’s Rating Falls To Its Lowest Point, New Survey Finds,” read a bold headline on the front page of the New York Times on June 29, 2004. The Times described a fraught atmosphere among the electorate…
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jul 1 2020 (IPS) – The ongoing battle between China and the United States is threatening to paralyze the most powerful body at the United Nations – the 15-member Security Council (UNSC)—which has virtually gone MIA (missing in action) on some of…
By Jason Murdock * – Newsweek The Facebook advertising boycott has expanded to include more big-brands this week, with carmaker Ford, clothing giant Adidas, tech firm HP and U.S. retailer Best Buy each temporarily pausing spending on the social network. While social…
