Viewpoint by Prabir Purkayastha The writer is the founding editor of Newsclick.in, a digital media platform. He is an activist for science and the free software movement. This article was produced in partnership by Newsclick and Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. NEW DELHI (IDN) – Microbes do not recognize borders. We are […]
Every Step the EU Takes Toward Financial Unity Sows New Seeds of Its Potential Collapse
Viewpoint by Marshall Auerback The writer is a market analyst and commentator. This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. NEW YORK (IDN) – Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” is a play featuring two characters waiting for a character, Godot, who never arrives. As such, it is a […]
‘We Will Coup Whoever We Want’: Elon Musk and the Overthrow of Democracy in Bolivia
Viewpoint by Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano * This article was produced by Globetrotter, project of the Independent Media Institute. NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts (IDN) – On July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that a second U.S. “government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people.” Someone responded to Musk soon […]
A New Social Class of Voluntary Workers of Social Networks
Viewpoint by Glauco Benigni* ROME (IDN) – The hierarchical and exploitative structure of the feudal era seems to have reappeared today on the Internet of the digital era. Regardless of any constitution and workers’ statute, neither politics nor trade unions are intervening. It is accepted that globalisation rhymes with ‘glebalisation’. The scene can be described […]
Even If Joe Biden Wins in a Blowout, the ‘Global Economy’ Is Not Coming Back
New economic imperatives are forcing nations to make a choice. Viewpoint by Marshall Auerback The writer is a market analyst and commentator. This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. NEW YORK (IDN) – COVID-19 has not only presented the global economy with its greatest public health challenge […]
“Target Women in All Aspects of Economic Recovery and Stimulus Plans in Southeast Asia”
Viewpoint by António Guterres Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General on the occasion of his latest policy brief titled The Impact of COVID-19 on South-East Asia. It examines how the eleven countries of South-East Asia are addressing the immediate impacts of COVID-19, focusing on the subregion’s socio-economic response. NEW YORK (IDN) – As […]
The Risk of Democracy Compromising Democracy
Viewpoint by Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. and Ritesh Tandon Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. is an ex-diplomat and Ritesh Tandon is the Republican Party candidate for the US Congress from California’s 17th District. CALIFORNIA (IDN) – Politics makes strange bedfellows where one snores aloud and the other one turns a blind eye to it. The paradox goes beyond […]
HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 Require Global Solidarity
Kester Kenn Klomegah* Talks to UNAIDS Expert MOSCOW (IDN) – For over three decades, Africa has fought HIV/AIDS and is now battling another pandemic, COVID-19, that has shattered the continent’s economies. While adequate measures have been taken to halt the spread of the pandemic, Coronavirus has increased the financial burden. But HIV/AIDS experts say strengthening […]
What Is Morally Wrong With Discrimination? A Kantian Analysis
Viewpoint by Dr Sam Ben-Meir Dr Sam Ben-Meir is a professor of philosophy and world religions at Mercy College in New York City. NEW YORK (IDN) – The Supreme Court decided on June 15 that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. Discrimination ‘because of sex’ is unlawful. […]
A Warrior for Nuclear Peace Dies But His Message Reverberates
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Bruce Blair, one of the great unsung heroes of the nuclear bomb age, died on July 19 at the age of 72. In his twenties he had been an intercontinental nuclear rocket launch officer, spending his days or nights deep down in a below-ground bunker waiting for […]