By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Press freedom in Mozambique just got a lot less free. Under a new government decree, local and foreign journalists must now pony up thousands of dollars for the right to report in this Southern African country. The little dribble of news about Mozambique in the […]
Guevara and Marx: Critical Remake of an Old Film – 5
By Roberto Massari* This is the fifth of a nine-part series. Read Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. BOLSENA, Italy (IDN) – Second half: ORTHODOXY STORY: Scene 6 [from Havana to Moscow, 1959-63] As is well known, the revolutionary government assigned commander Guevara with tasks of great importance, but all within the economic sphere as […]
‘Right To Water’ Should Be A Major Human Right, Say Indonesian Women Activists
By Kalinga Seneviratne JAKARTA (IDN) – Indonesian women activists, fighting an uphill battle to reverse a 20-year old water privatization project signed by former authoritarian ruler Suharto with French and British companies with the support of a $92 million loan from the World Bank, argue that the United Nations and the international human rights community […]
73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN (IDN) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda recall a quote from Martin Luther King Jr – “We are always on the threshold of a new dawn” – and aver that the adoption of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in July […]
Guevara and Marx: Critical Remake of an Old Film – 4
By Roberto Massari* This is the fourth of a nine-part series. Read Parts 1, 2 and 3. BOLSENA, Italy (IDN) – Everything that happened between Guatemala and Mexico is now a known story, recounted in the main biographies; but in the late 1960s Hilda was the only direct and reliable source of Che’s Marxist training, […]
Morocco Provides ‘Safe Spaces’ for Youth
By Julia Payne MARRAKECH (IDN) – As a society, we have hopes and dreams for the future; for our children, our countries, and the global community. These aspirations rest on the shoulders of the young generation. August 12, 2018 marked the 18th celebration of the UN’s annual International Youth Day. This awareness day was a […]
‘The Elders’ Mourn the Loss of Kofi Annan
By The Elders LONDON (IND-INPS) – The Elders are shocked and deeply saddened at the passing of their dear friend and colleague Kofi Annan, who was the globally admired and respected Chair of The Elders. The Elders are shocked and deeply saddened at the passing of their dear friend and colleague Kofi Annan, who was […]
The United Nations mourns Kofi Annan
UN Determined to Protect Civilians, Humanitarian Aid Workers
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – Fifteen years ago, a bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Iraq’s capital Baghdad killed 22 humanitarian aid workers, including the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello. The Brazilian United Nations diplomat had been working for the world body’s humanitarian and political […]
Guevara and Marx: Critical Remake of an Old Film – 3
By Roberto Massari* This is the third of a nine-part series. Read Parts 1 and 2. BOLSENA, Italy (IDN) – FLASHBACK: Scene 3 [Lima, 1952] To answer, it is necessary to step back in time to the first encounter with Marxism that the young Ernesto had personally experienced in Lima, Peru, during a period of […]