By Baher Kamal ROME, May 3 2017 (IPS) – The cultures and very survival of indigenous peoples in Africa are seriously threatened. They are ignored, neglected and fall victims of land grabbing and land dispossession caused by extractive industries, agribusiness and other forms of…
BY JAMES CHAU – NEWSWEEK As Pope Francis entered Chinese airspace on a flight to South Korea in August 2014, he sent a note to Chinese President Xi Jinping: “I extend best wishes to your excellency and your fellow citizens, and I invoke the divine blessings of peace and…
By Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah LONDON, May 2 2017 (IPS) – Images of protestors flooding the streets – whether in Caracas, Bucharest, Istanbul or Washington DC – send a powerful message to those in power, especially when they are plastered across newspaper front pages. In far too…
By BROOK LARMER* – The New York Times Magazine The rising superpower has built up enormous holdings in poor, resource-rich African countries — but its business partners there aren’t always thrilled Every weekday before dawn, a morning migration takes place near the desert on…
By PANKAJ MISHRA – The New York Times, Opinion section MASHOBRA, India — “The world is going America’s way,” Fareed Zakaria wrote in 2008. “Countries are becoming more open, market friendly and democratic.” Since the fall of communism, American leaders in politics, business and…
Pillar* – Lobelog With the wide path of destruction that Donald Trump has been cutting—in which the damage is affecting matters ranging from principles of nondiscrimination to ethical integrity of government officials to reliable health care for Americans—it is easy to lose…
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 2017 (IPS) – Indigenous women, while experiencing the first and worst effects of climate change globally, are often in the frontline in struggles to protect the environment. A forum organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Action…
by Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge Since at its core, yesterday’s 1-page “tax plan” was a Goldman creation – and was presented to the world by two former Goldman employees – who better to explain what Trump had in mind than Goldman Sachs itself, which it did overnight in a far…
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Apr 26 2017 (IPS) – In the politically-risky world of professional journalism, news reporters are fast becoming an endangered species. The numbers are staggering: some 1,236 journalists have been killed since 1992, according to the New York-based…
Halle Jørn Hanssen* Norway The Norwegian Labour Party concluded recently its last congress before the coming elections in September this year with the adoption of a political programme that takes the party to the left in some important fields. The aim is to win the elections, be…
