By Shane Croucher *– Newsweek Two friends of President Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, are set to dominate British politics after U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, in an emotional address, announced she would step down on June 7, her tenure derailed by her inability…
By Ralph Nader* Donald J. Trump’s presidential ambition has simmered for decades.
By Peter Maurer* STOCKHOLM, May 22 2019 (IPS) – The connection of humanitarian action to broader objectives like peace, development and human rights is understandably complex, but it is also an area in which some fresh thinking is important. The dilemma we are facing today is…
By John Nichols* – The Nation He was absolutely right to oppose the Vietnam War and the Iraq War, and he is right to now oppose war with Iran After Bernie Sanders appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press last Sunday, the program’s Twitter account announced that “Bernie Sanders said he…
Mann* – Newsweek With a climate denier occupying the White House and a Republican Senate enabling his worst impulses, it makes sense that climate activists have been focused on pushing the (increasingly large) herd of 2020 Democratic candidates toward bold climate policies. But…
By Mushahid Hussain * To mark the 40th anniversary of China’s Reform and Opening up Policy, initiated by the great visionary leader Deng Xiaoping in 1978, The New York Times started a series of articles on November 18, 2018, beginning with the title ‘The Land that Failed to…
Burrowes* On 4 April 2019, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, better known as NATO, marked the 70th anniversary of its existence with a conference attended by the foreign ministers of member nations in Washington DC. This will be complemented by a meeting of the heads of…
By Federico Mayor Zaragoza* “… Everything is still possible… but who if not all of us can make it become true?”.
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, May 20 2019 (IPS) – The UN’s longstanding mandate to promote and protect human rights worldwide –- undermined recently by right-wing nationalist governments and authoritarian regimes – has taken another hit. The Geneva-based Office of the UN High…
By Caitlin Johnstone – Information Clearing House May 17, 2019 “Information Clearing House” – The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has begun responding to queries by the press about a leaked document which contradicts official OPCW findings on an…
