By Simone Galimberti* KATHMANDU, Nepal | 11 September 2026 (IDN) —What does it mean, these days, holding a special day commemorating democracy? As the 15 September is celebrated internationally as the International Day of Democracy, finding answers to this question must be a priority. As democracy as it has been practiced and experienced since the […]
The Greater Israel Delusion May Undo Israel
By Alon Ben-Meir* Israel’s accelerating drive toward a biblical “Greater Israel” is not a deviation but the culmination of decades of creeping annexation and global indulgence. If unchecked, it will entrench permanent occupation, inflame the region for generations, and may ultimately undo Israel as a viable state. NEW YORK | 11 September 2026 (IDN) — […]
Real History: After 9/11, the “War on Terror” Was a War of Terror
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 11 September 2026 (IDN) — Three days after terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush stood behind a pulpit at the Washington National Cathedral and spoke to a nation in shock. “Our responsibility to history is already clear,” he proclaimed, […]
Labor Day and the Democracy We Deny Workers
By Sam Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 9 September 2026 (IDN) — Every Labor Day, Americans perform a familiar ritual. Politicians praise the dignity of work. Corporations thank their employees. Newspapers recall the struggles of the labor movement. Families mark the unofficial end of summer with barbecues and a final long weekend. Then Tuesday arrives, and […]
25 Years of War Was the Wrong Response to 9/11
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S.Davies* NEW YORK | 9 September 2026 (IDN) — The lesson of 9/11 should be that war is not the answer to any of the problems facing the United States. After inflicting violence and chaos on country after country for twenty-five years in a “global war on terror” that […]
The Limit Of Coercion: Israel’s Strategic Delusion
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 4 September 2026 (IDN) — Comparative conflict analysis reveals clear conditions under which weaker actors concede. The Palestinian case meets none of them, underscoring Israel’s strategic futility in expecting capitulation in the absence of a political settlement. The asymmetry of power between states and non-state actors—or between dominant governments […]
25 Years Ago, 9/11 Triggered a U.S. Crusade of Torture
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 3 September 2026 (IDN) — A quarter-century has passed since the terrorist attack that killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. During the first seven years after that mass atrocity, Pentagon spending doubled. The aftermath of 9/11 was also a huge boost for “the […]
Rushed UN Resident Coordinator Restructuring Risks Guterres’s Legacy
By Mohammed Chiraz Baly The writer is a staff representative and former General Secretary of the CCISUA staff union federation. He is also a data analyst at UNCTAD focusing on investment financing in developing countries. GENEVA, Switzerland | 3 September 2026 (IDN) — At the end of a Secretary-General’s term, questions are asked about legacy. […]
LDC Watch Expresses Solidarity with the People of Nepal
By LDC Watch BRUSSELS | 3 September 2026 (IDN) — LDC Watch is shocked and deeply saddened by the devastating flash flood that struck Nepal’s Rasuwa district and the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli river corridor on 26 August 2026. The loss of hundreds of lives, the displacement of communities and the thousands of people still unaccounted for are devastating. […]
Ben Okri—a Great Novelist and an Immigrant—Hits Out
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 2 September 2026 (IDN) — “In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road, and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry.” This must be one of the best opening lines ever penned […]