Viewpoint by Sonali Kolhatkar This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Sonali Kolhatkar is the founder, host and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV and Pacifica stations. LOS ANGELES (IDN) – President-elect Joe Biden has […]
The US Has Moved to Being the Saboteur of Democracy
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – It will take a long time before America can again strut the world stage and lecture about the values of democracy, poking its finger in the eye of every authoritarian or dictatorial government it has the desire to show up. A former president, no less, is going […]
Letter to US President-elect Joe Biden
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview magazine based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) – If Nigerians had a vote, you’ll probably not be the 46th President of the United States of America. A Pew Research Centre poll in January showed that two countries – Kenya and Nigeria – were […]
The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them
Viewpoint by Roberto Savio* ROME (IDN) – Now it is clear that Joe Biden is the new president of the United States. It is unlikely that Donald Trump’s legal manoeuvring will change the election results, as when a conservative Supreme Court in 2000 decided in favour of George Bush over Al Gore, who lost by […]
Breaking the Culture of Violence to Advance Peace and Security
Viewpoint by P.I. Gomes* PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (IDN) – The Preamble to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development refers to what is called the 5P’s of People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership. They capture with such lucid precision what is referred to as “all areas of critical importance for humanity and the […]
Defending Democracy and Our Future: Biden’s Victory and the Struggles Ahead
Viewpoint by Joseph Gerson* NEW YORK (IDN) – That was one roller coaster of a week! A nasty four years! Celebrating Biden’s election with others in my hometown, there was joy as drivers’ faces lit up with smiles, women in hijabs and Central American landscapers gave us thumbs up, and hundreds of car horns rang […]
Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal Under International Law
A Landmark Victory for the United Nations Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) reached on October 24 the required 50 signatories for its entry into force on January 22, 2021. It will eventually make nuclear weapons — the most dangerous weapons of […]
Trump’s Cousins Can’t Wait to Be Born
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview magazine based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) – I suspected the pregnancy will not be carried to full term and now, it’s playing out. Even before the US electoral monster conceived by President Donald J. Trump was weaned, a few African countries […]
Far Poorer and Less Technologically Advanced Nations Than the US Have No Problem Holding Quick, Efficient Elections
Viewpoint by Glenn Greenwald* This article is being republished from Information Clearing House. NEW YORK (IDN ) – The richest and most powerful country on earth — whether due to ineptitude, choice or some combination of both — has no ability to perform the simple task of counting votes in a minimally efficient or confidence-inspiring […]
The West Is Often Ill-Informed About Islam
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – France has its back to the wall, unnecessarily so. Its coronavirus policy is in a mess. (How come the Asians and Africans can get it right and the Europeans and Americans can’t? Perhaps we are racially inferior.) And now there is the appalling act by an 18-year […]