Health

A COVID-19 VACCINE QUICKLY AND CHEAPLY

By John Scales Avery

By John Scales Avery* The urgent need for a vaccine Public health experts say that if the COVID-19 epidemic is not successfully contained, it could become a global pandemic, perhaps spreading to 80% of the world’s population. With a 1% mortality rate, this would mean that 70…

16 Mar 2020 · 6 min read
Armed conflicts

Afghanistan: Failure of the US or Curse of History

By Saber Azam              GENEVA, Mar

By Saber Azam*              GENEVA, Mar 16 2020 (IPS) – The fourth and last presidential election in Afghanistan on 28 September 2019 was yet another setback to the democratic process. Not only did it take months…

16 Mar 2020 · 6 min read
Health

Republican Xenophobia Is Going to Make the Pandemic Much Worse

By Jeet Heer — The Nation

By Jeet Heer* –  The Nation Trump is ramping up hatred of foreigners during a crisis that requires international cooperation Bigotry has always served Donald Trump well. Racism played no small part in his ascension to the White House.

13 Mar 2020 · 10 min read
Children

Refugees held hostage by Turkey, Greece and the EU

Ahmet Insel* –  for VoxEurop The human tragedy being played out on the Greek-Turkish border definitively buries one of the greatest achievements of international humanitarian law – and with the blessing of the European Union. The timing is good for the autocrat Erdogan…

13 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
Civil rights

Capitalism in chaos!

By Antonio Martins — Outras Palavras,

By Antonio Martins* – Outras Palavras, Brasil Panic in the markets: the global crisis shows a tendency to be prolonged and deep. The “Davos Class” will respond with more inequality and less democracy.

12 Mar 2020 · 15 min read
Books

LINKED DANGERS TO CIVILIZATION

By John Scales Avery

By John Scales Avery* A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book, which discusses the most serious dangers which the world faces today. The book may be freely downloaded and circulated from the following link…

12 Mar 2020 · 9 min read
Globalization

Coronavirus Reveals the Cracks in Globalization

By Marshall Auerback — Independent Media Institute

By Marshall Auerback* – Independent Media Institute The virus has starkly exposed the dangers of offshoring all production; we have a whole series of shortages that can only be mitigated by bringing some production back home. The coronavirus will eventually pass, but the same…

11 Mar 2020 · 10 min read
Armed conflicts

In the Taliban-U.S. Agreement, Everybody Wins—Except the Women

By Sam Hill — Newsweek

By Sam Hill* – Newsweek On February 29 in Doha, Qatar, the U.S. signed a peace agreement with the Taliban. Each side gets what it wants most. The US gets to bring home the 12,000 US troops stationed in Afghanistan, as well as a promise from the Taliban to never again allow…

11 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
Commerce

Elon Musk Is Acting Like a Neo-Conquistador for South America’s Lithium

By Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano 

By Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano (*) – Independent Media Institute Elon Musk, the head of Tesla, wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil. He was supposed to meet Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, in Miami in early March, but he was too busy; instead…

10 Mar 2020 · 7 min read