By Halle Jorn Hanssen* – Hakim Dario Moi South Sudan During the Liberation Struggle ISBN: 978-82-91385-61-7 © 2017 Skyline publishing Book Review: By Hakim Dario Moi, PhD Book Review Author contact: press@pdm-rss.org Date: 11th February 2019 I read this book and kept going over…
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 2019 (IPS) – When the Security Council, the most powerful body at the United Nations, met last month to discuss the growing new threats to world peace and security, the discussion veered away from international terrorism, nuclear Armageddon…
By Asoka Bandarage* – Asia Times The 71st anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence from British rule was celebrated on February 4 in a “gallant ceremony” at the Galle Face Green in Colombo. Geopolitical rivalry, foreign intervention and constitutional reform for political…
By Roger Harris – ZeroHedge, via Counterpunch.org Donald Trump imagines Juan Guaidó is the rightful president of Venezuela. Guaidó, a man of impeccable illegitimacy, was exposed by Cohen and Blumenthal as “a product of a decade-long project overseen by Washington’s elite regime…
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Vladimir Popov (*) KUALA LUMPUR and BERLIN, Feb 12 2019 (IPS) – Economic recovery efforts since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis have mainly depended on unconventional monetary policies. As fears rise of yet another international financial…
By Tom O’Connor – Newsweek A senior Russian diplomat has hit out at the United States’ reported attempts to oust the Venezuelan government by turning the Latin American state’s armed forces against it. The U.S. has recognized National Assembly head Juan Guaidó’s claim to the…
By Tyler Durden* – ZeroHedge Nobel laureate Paul Krugman is possibly the world’s most famous Keynesian economist thanks to his position on the New York Times editorial board. And he just joined the growing chorus of voices calling for a US recession in the next two years.
By Greg Palast* – Truthout On January 23, right after a phone call from Donald Trump, Juan Guaidó, former speaker of Venezuela’s National Assembly, declared himself president. No voting. When you have official recognitionfrom The Donald, who needs elections?
Human Wrongs Watch* More than six in 10 children globally lack access to social protection, leaving them particularly vulnerable to falling into chronic poverty, the UN said on Wednesday [6 February 2019], warning also that some governments are cutting State cash entitlements…
By Farhad Manjoo* – The New York Times A radical idea is gaining adherents on the left. It’s the perfect way to blunt tech-driven inequality.
