Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf The writer is former Head of Nuclear Verification and Security Policy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, former Alternate Head of the IAEA Delegation to the nuclear non-proliferation Treaty (NPT); Senior Advisor on nuclear disarmament to the Chairs at the 2015 NPT Review Conference and 2014 NPT PrepCom; […]
75th Anniversary of the Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte The author is Ambassador, President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. NEW YORK (IDN) –Seventy-five years ago, on August 6, 1945, a nuclear attack razed the city of Hiroshima. Three days later, Nakgasaki suffered identical fate. More than 200,000 men, women and […]
Unlike the Pandemic, Nuclear War Can Be Blocked before It Begins
Viewpoint by Marina Martinez* This article was originally published on WagingNonviolence and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. NEW YORK (IDN) – Nuclear weapons have been posing a threat to humanity for 75 years – ever since the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. These days, our […]
We Need A One-World Monitoring System to Watch and Destroy Viruses
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Almost forgotten in the story about the Coronavirus is the story of AIDS. The drive to deal with it, the search to find medicine to cure it, and the self-discipline by homosexuals only began in 1981, when the disease was discovered, and its causes understood. It was […]
Warfare or Community-Building: Which Way Forward?
Viewpoint by Michael Edwards* 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 NEW YORK (IDN) – “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what […]
Trump’s Withdrawal From WHO: A Cover-Up for His Abject Failure on COVID-19
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 […]