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) – Joe Biden’s pick of […]
5G Is Only One of Many Battle Arenas in U.S. Tech War in Which China Holds the Cards
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) – The U.S. tech war on China continues, […]
Pandemic Yet Another Test for Colombian Human Rights Defenders
Viewpoint by Luz Marina Bernal* This article was originally published on openDemocracy. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of IDN-InDepth News BOGOTA (IDN) – I am Luz Marina Bernal. I live in Soacha, a municipality neighbouring Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, which is the main destination […]
UN Women Bashed for Indiscriminate Partnership with Unilever
Viewpoint by Sharanya Kanikkannan The writer is Legal and Policy Adviser at AIDS-Free World and its Code Blue Campaign. NEW YORK (IDN) – Like so many Indian girls, I learned at an early age that light skin was feminine, precious, and desirable. Pink tubes of Fair & Lovely cream—a product that comprises 40 percent of […]
The UN at 75: A Glass Half Full or One Draining Through the Cracks – Part Two
Viewpoint by Dr Palitha Kohona This is the second of a two-part article by Dr Palitha Kohona, Former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, Former Chair of the UNGA Sixth Committee and the Former Co-Chair of the UN Ad Hoc Committee on BBNJ. Click here for Part One. COLOMBO (IDN) – The […]
The UN at 75: A Glass Half Full or One Draining Through the Cracks – Part One
Viewpoint by Dr Palitha Kohona This is the first of a two-part article by Dr Palitha Kohona, Former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, Former Chair of the UNGA Sixth Committee and the Former Co-Chair of the UN Ad Hoc Committee on BBNJ. COLOMBO (IDN) – As the United Nations enters its […]
Reviewing U.S. Failure of Its Foreign Policy Toward Venezuela
Viewpoint by Vijay Prashad and Érika Ortega Sanoja * This article was produced by Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts (IDN) – On August 4, 2020, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on Venezuela. Appearing before the committee was U.S. State Department Special Representative Elliott Abrams. Abrams, who […]
Death Cult Appears to Be Part of Trump’s Reelection Strategy
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) – When President Donald Trump […]
Soviet Advance Not U.S. Atomic Bombings Forced Japan To Surrender
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Seventy-five years ago the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima on August 6 and on Nagasaki on August 9 was premeditated mass murder. President Harry Truman had a workable alternative to using the atom bomb – to cooperate with Stalin, as Roosevelt and Churchill had done on the Western […]
Challenging the Dogma of Community Approach to Development
Viewpoint by Dr Yossef Ben-Meir The writer is a sociologist and president of the High Atlas Foundation, a U.S.-Moroccan not-for-profit organization dedicated to sustainable development in Morocco. MARRAKECH (IDN) – Systems devised to organize local community participation in development emerged more than 70 years ago as a means to address poverty by involving people in […]