Civil rights

Women Activists Escalate Demand for “Bodily Autonomy” as 19 Nations Dissent

By Thalif Deen

By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jan 17 2020 (IPS) – The United States and 18 other UN member states have come under fire for denying a woman’s legitimate right to “bodily autonomy”—the right to self-governance over one’s own body without coercion or external pressure. The…

17 January 2020 · 6 min read

Elections

In First All-White Democratic Debate, CNN Didn’t Ask a Single Question About Immigration

By AMY GOODMAN – Democracy Now! (*) As the federal government plans to divert an additional $7.2 billion from the military budget for the construction of President Trump’s promised border wall, and tens of thousands of asylum seekers from Central America, the Caribbean and other…

16 Jan 2020 · 3 min read

Economy / Finance

The Science of (Not) Ending Global Poverty

By Aparna Gopalan — The Nation

By Aparna Gopalan* – The Nation The 2019 Nobel Prize winners in economics represent a new strain of neoliberal thought. In 1974, the neoliberal Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek was awarded the newly instituted Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred…

15 Jan 2020 · 13 min read

Armed conflicts

Evaluating the Importance of Recent Events

By George Friedman — Geopolitical Futures

By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures There are moments when the entire world seems to be coming apart, as if Armageddon itself were upon us. Public attention tends to be able to handle just one Armageddon at a time, and even though the end of the world would probably…

15 Jan 2020 · 6 min read

Armed conflicts

U.S. Might Pull Troops from West Africa, but Who Will it Affect?

By Samira Sadeque UNITED

By Samira Sadeque UNITED NATIONS, Jan 2020 (IPS) – While the United States is busy with foreign operations such as killing Qasem Soleimani, a key figure in Middle East Politics, behind the scenes it is reportedly considering a change that experts worry might be of grave concern…

14 Jan 2020 · 3 min read

Armed conflicts

Trump First OK'd Killing Soleimani 7 Months Ago "If Americans Killed"

Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge (*) There’s been a number of theories to emerge surrounding President Trump’s incredibly risky decision to assassinate IRGC Guds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, including that it was all the brainchild of hawkish Secretary of State and former…

14 Jan 2020 · 3 min read

Elections

Spain’s far-right Vox stages marches against “traitor” PM Pedro Sánchez

Josep Catà – EFE, El País in english The third-largest force in Congress says the Socialist leader is betraying the nation over his deal with Catalan separatists, who endorsed his government in exchange for talks Spain’s far-right party, Vox, on Sunday called…

13 Jan 2020 · 3 min read

Armed conflicts

Rambo Politics from Reagan to Trump

By Bonnie Honig — Boston

By Bonnie Honig* – Boston Review In linking the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani to the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, Trump invokes a fantasy of poetic justice—positioning himself as Rambo, the avenger of American humiliation abroad. Last week, after ordering…

13 Jan 2020 · 7 min read

Armed conflicts

Bacevich: Trump Sparked “Unnecessary Crisis” by Killing Soleimani, Barely Avoiding War

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10 Jan 2020 · 10 min read