By Steven Hahn* – The Nation Is the groundswell of popular discontent in Europe and the Americas what’s really threatening democracy? There is, many believe, a specter haunting the Euro-American world.
By Phillip Orchard – Geopolitical Futures The new trade agreement has the same goals as its predecessor – but it’s missing one key member The Trans-Pacific Partnership may have life in it yet. On his first day in office, nearly two years ago, U.S.
Chairman: Roberto Savio Opening with the 13 documents of the working groups – Chairman: Roberto Savio On Friday, December 14, thirteen reports from the working groups carried out in different parts of the world were presented to the Plenary of the Agora in Sezano, in preparation…
Roberto Savio* ROME, Jan 8 2019- The person most qualified to write the foreword for this latest work by Riccardo Petrella, In the Name of Humanity, would actually be Pope Francis, who, using other words but speaking of values and making denouncements, has often argued what the…
Phillip Inman – The Guardian / The Observer Jim Yong Kim has announced he is stepping down as the head of the World Bank, in a move that sent shockwaves through the international aid community. He will leave by 1 February, three and a half years before the expiry of his term in…
By Ishaan Tharoor * – The Washington Post Last month, President Trump stunned his allies — and possibly his own advisers — by announcing the imminent withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. Critics feared Trump was playing into the hands of Russia and Iran; others lamented what…
By Tom Engelhardt* – The Nation/TomDispatch.com Washington’s wars have unsettled the planet in much the same way a giant asteroid did 66 million years ago Sixty-six million years ago, so the scientists tell us, an asteroid slammed into this planet. Landing on what’s now…
By Ernesto Londoño – The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, who has compared indigenous communities living in protected lands to animals in zoos, took a major step toward undermining the rights of indigenous people just hours after taking office…
BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post British Prime Minister Theresa May may be on her last legs. Last month, she delayed a parliamentary vote on her much-maligned Brexit deal with Brussels, fearing it would go down in flames — and take her government with it.
By Dom Phillips – The Guardian Executive order transfers regulation and creation of indigenous reserves to agriculture ministry controlled by agribusiness lobby Hours after taking office, Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has launched an assault on environmental and Amazon…
