By Ishaan Tharoor * – The Washington Post “You will not replace us!” went the guttural cry from a small, torch-wielding crowd of American white nationalists and neo-Nazis. They marched in August through a leafy Virginia town in defense of monuments to Confederate leaders…
“The Geneva Centre” 20 December 2017, GENEVA – On the occasion of the 2017 International Day of Human Solidarity observed on 20 December, the Chairman of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue H. Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim* calls for peace for…
By Baher Kamal + MADRID, Dec 20 2017 (IPS) – If you are in Madrid and have some spare time, just go to an area which residents consider a “high class” neighbourhood situated in a district bordering Barrio de Salamanca, one of the richest areas in the Spanish capital. There you…
Editorial – The Guardian The US faces serious challenges. The document presented by the US president is not a blueprint for responding Ignore the title: it is not really a strategy.
By FRANK CHEN – Asia Times China media accuses former White House chief strategist of poisoning America’s understanding of the country and says it is happy that such a demagogue is now a Washington ‘outcast’ Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon unleashed a volley…
Kaushik Basu * – Project Syndicate As inequality continues to deepen worldwide, we do not have the luxury of sticking to the status quo. Unless we confront the inequality challenge head on – as we have just begun to do with another existential threat, climate change – social…
Mirela Sula* – The Guardian Women who come to the UK as migrants are at higher risk of abuse, but shame and isolation prevents them receiving the support they need With no family support, no friends, no finance, no confidence, and often feeling isolated, many migrant women feel…
Halle Jørn Hanssen* The beautiful beginning On 9th of July 2011 the people of South Sudan gathered to celebrate their new won independence and freedom. State leaders from many African countries, heads of governments, foreign ministers, UN top officials and other dignitaries from…
By Nicole Goodkind – NEWSWEEK It’s been a good year for Democrats, and they have one man to thank for their success: President Donald J. Even as activists fight over the direction of the party and relitigate the 2016 election, the left is riding high on its first Senate win in…
Giles Fraser* The Guardian It’s the object of overwhelming projection, a place of dreams and longing. There can be no political peace there until Jerusalem the golden is understood Trying to organise parish pilgrimages to the Holy Land, I have often come across church people who…
