Southern Nigeria’s Hypocrisy Will Produce Another Northern President

Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — After the primary by Nigeria’s opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which produced former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s candidate for next year’s presidential election, political leaders in the South of the country have […]

Suddenly Awake. About ‘Cancel’ And ‘Woke’ Culture

Viewpoint by Jan Servaes BRUSSELS (IDN) — Several years ago, when I provoked a discussion about the word “ho” during my hitherto popular “Hip hop for social change” course at the University of Massachusetts, nearly half of the enrolled students immediately cancelled me. They didn’t show up again the following week. “How could I, a […]

War Monger Henry Kissinger Has Become A Peacenik

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Henry Kissinger used to be a totally different kettle of fish than he is these days. It was Kissinger who helped engineer a coup d’état in democratic Chile that led to a great deal of torture and suffering. Second, turn to the war in Vietnam, Cambodia and […]

Ukraine War: Germany Stops Appeasing Russia

Viewpoint by Franz Baumann This article was issued by Meer and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK (IDN) — The “special military operation,” launched on 24th February by the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, did not go as planned. It also had unexpected consequences. For instance, Ukraine defended itself fiercely, indeed heroically, against […]

Gun Violence is a Fact of Life in America

Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN) — Once again, for the umpteenth time, another massacre of young school children shocked the United States of America (US), and the heart-breaking news reverberated across the world. On Tuesday (5/24) in a deadly rampage, an 18-year-old shooter slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at the Robb Elementary […]

Is It Time for Austria to Re-Evaluate Its Neutrality?

Viewpoint by Robert Misik Robert Misik is a writer and essayist. He publishes in many German-language newspapers and magazines, including Die Zeit and Die Tageszeitung. This article was issued by International Politics and Society (IPS) and is being republished courtesy of the Brussels-based journal. VIENNA (IDN) — ‘Black Thursday’—February 24—the day Putin’s army fell upon […]

Did US Biotechnology Help to Create COVID-19?

Viewpoint by Neil Harrison and Jeffrey D. Sachs This article was issued by Project Syndicate and is being republished with the authors’ permission. NEW YORK (IDN) — When US President Joe Biden asked the United States Intelligence Community to determine the origin of COVID-19, its conclusion was remarkably understated but nonetheless shocking. In a one-page […]

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