Viewpoint by India Walton* BUFFALO, NEW YORK (IDN) — When I ran for mayor of Buffalo, New York, last year, my past-due parking tickets became a major reason for reduced favorability among voters. When Stacy Abrams ran for governor of Georgia in 2018, there was a lot of talk in the mainstream media about how […]
Climate Action Is a Matter of Global Justice
By Annalena Baerbock Following is the text of a speech by Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs at the “Sustaining Peace amidst the Climate Crisis: The Role of Data Science, Technology & Innovation” Conference on May 2-3 in Berlin. BERLIN (IDN) — The climate crisis is a threat to our world, to our lives. Many of […]
Sweden Is Playing with Fire as It Plans to Join NATO
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power This article builds on a column of 1974 the author wrote for the New York Times. It was the most prominent article printed that day on the op-ed page. Over a long career, he has developed those ideas and the following is the result. LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Sweden has been […]
US Progressives Can’t Depend on the Congressional Progressive Caucus
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, USA (IDN) — Sometimes one decision speaks volumes. And so it was when the Congressional Progressive Caucus—with 98 members in the House—recently chose to have its PAC endorse a corporate “moderate” against the strong progressive candidate Nina Turner. In the process, the Progressive Caucus underscored its loyalty […]
The Ukraine Conflict Is Leading to the Suicide of Reason
Viewpoint by Roberto Savio * This article was issued by Meer and is being re-published with the author’s permission. ROME (IDN) — It seems to me that after six weeks of conflict we have to take stock of the conflict, looking at which of the actors have got any profit: the famous latin cui prodest… […]
US Strategic Goal Of “Weakening Russia” Is Playing with Fire
Viewpoint by John Burroughs This article was issued by Common Dreams and is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. The author is a Senior Analyst for the New York City-based Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy. NEW YORK (IDN) — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin provided a revealing and disturbing glimpse into a darker element […]
The Media Needs a Total Reformation—Not Just a Reform Here and There
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power This article builds on a column of 1974 the author wrote for the New York Times. It was the most prominent article printed that day on the op-ed page. Over a long career, he has developed those ideas and the following is the result. LUND, Sweden (IDN) — A famous Fleet […]
Russian and US Parallel Pathways to a Nuclear Conflict
This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. Viewpoint by Ramesh Thakur CANBERRA, Australia (IDN) — In the 2020 election, President Donald Trump’s supporters looked beyond manifest character flaws to domestic and foreign policy results but opponents couldn’t overlook his character to assess any policy achievements. Joe […]
A Staged Default: Sri Lanka’s Sovereign Bond Debt Trap and IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War – Part 3
This is the second in a series of three articles. Please click here for Part 2. Viewpoint by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake * An Unsinkable Aircraft carrier? Asset stripping a strategic island COLOMBO (IDN) — Former US Under Secretary for South and Central Asia, Alice G. Well, a few years ago called Sri Lanka a “valuable piece […]
A Staged Default: Sri Lanka’s Sovereign Bond Debt Trap and IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War – Part 2
This is the second in a series of three articles. Please click here for Part 1. Viewpoint by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake * Sri Lanka a theatre of US proxy war in the Indian Ocean Region? COLOMBO (IDN) — Like Lebanon, once known as the Paris of the Middle East, Sri Lanka is a relatively wealthy country […]