By John Scales Avery* A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book, which reviews the lives and thoughts of some of the women and men who have addressed the crucial problems of ecology and sustainability that we are currently facing. I have…
By Sasha Abramsky* – The Nation That, plus Supreme Court clearance for a white-nationalist asylum policy, and GOP dirty tricks in North Carolina—all in a week’s work for the Trumpists While many in the media were fixated on Trump’s Twitter spat with Chrissy Teigen, or laughing…
By Jan Lundius* STOCKHOLM / ROME, Sep 2019 (IPS) – When I in 1980 first arrived in America it was a new world to me. I went from New York to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and like so many visitors and migrants before me I was overwhelmed by both familiar and strange…
By Maria Michela D’alessandro – The Globe Post Known as an epicenter of the migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea, the island of Lampedusa is a popular Italian tourist destination. The island is the southernmost part of Italy, closer to Tunisia – 70 miles away – than Italy –…
The Economist As the courts are drawn into the Brexit crisis, there is still no sign of an alternative proposal to the rejected deal IT IS UNUSUAL for European diplomats and officials to become obsessed with British constitutional niceties. But recently they have watched…
Editorial Many will rightly celebrate the departure of the US national security adviser. But however welcome the news, it reflects the deeper problems with this administration No sensible observer of international affairs could lament Donald Trump’s announcement that he has…
William Mebane* – The Wall Street International Magazine A sustainable development scenario must take place Since the Paris Agreement bank loans for investments by the oil, gas, and coal companies have been steadily increasing; from $612 billion in 2016, $646 in 2017 and $654…
By Paul Krugman* – The New York Times Sharpies, auto emissions and the weaponization of policy Democracies used to collapse suddenly, with tanks rolling noisily toward the presidential palace. In the 21st century, however, the process is usually subtler.
By Ben Ehrenreich* – The Nation What Extinction Rebellion, the grassroots civil disobedience movement, teaches us about transforming hopelessness into action The day I arrived in London a few weeks back, temperatures cracked 100 degrees at Heathrow airport. It was the hottest…
John Feffer* – Lobelog** Doesn’t idiocy ever take a vacation? As August wound down, the populist troika of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and Jair Bolsonaro proved once again that the United States, the United Kingdom, and Brazil would be better off with no leaders rather than the…
