By Charles Derber and Suren Moodliar* This excerpt is adapted from Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It, by Charles Derber and Suren Moodliar (Routledge, 2023), and produced for the web by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Source: Globetrotter. BOSTON, […]
Behind the Dangerous Resurgence of ‘Al Qaeda’ in Bangladesh
Analysis by Jennifer Hicks* HONGKONG | 22 January 2024 (IDN) — During the Spring of March 2002, Osama bin Laden’s second man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, set foot in Bangladesh at the invitation of leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) that had been attempting to turn the country into a global jihadist launchpad. Giving a detailed […]
The West – Morally Bankrupt and Complicit in Ethnic Cleansing – Part 2
By Seevali Abeysekera* LONDON | 21 January 2024 (IDN) — However, they first need to flatten Gaza, ethnically cleanse the population or “transfer” as the Israelis refer to that process and defeat the Palestinian resistance on the battlefield. They will achieve their first objective due to their cutting-edge weaponry and the Dahiya Doctrine. They will, […]
The West – Morally Bankrupt and Complicit in Ethnic Cleansing – Part 1
By Seevali Abeysekera* LONDON | 20 January 2024 (IDN) —The destruction of Gaza by the modern-day equivalent of a medieval killing machine called the IDF has not only highlighted the absolute barbarity and bloodlust of the state of Israel, but also exposed the grotesque values of its sycophantic acolytes in the West and other parts […]
It Is Time For A Reckoning
Dr Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 19 January 2024 (IDN) — My recent article, “Why the Two-State Solution is the Only Viable Option to the Exclusion of Any Other,” solicited many different reactions. It became clear to me that many who read it have succumbed to the pervasive narrative that such a solution is simply […]
Middle East: Two-State Solution is the Only Viable Option
By Alon Ben-Meir * NEW YORK | 16 January 2024 (IDN) — Although the two-state solution has been all along the only viable option that best serves Israel’s national security and political interests and meets the Palestinians’ national aspiration for statehood, the Israel-Hamas war has only reaffirmed that there is no other option The Israel-Hamas […]
Five Conflicts to Keep an Eye On in 2024
By Tobias Ide* This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. PERTH, Australia | 16 January 2024 (IDN) — From a peace and conflict perspective, 2023 was not a good year. In July, the Uppsala Peace and Conflict Data Program revealed that the past few years saw […]
MLK Would Have Backed a Ceasefire in Palestine, Daughter Bernice Maintains
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 15 January 2024 (IDN) — The many familiar words and deeds of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most important and influential civil rights leaders in the United States, will be recalled this month by people of diverse ages, beliefs and nationalities. King also advocated […]
China’s Grassroots Democracy Paves Path to Sustainable Development
By Kalinga Seneviratne HUANGSHI, Hubei Province, China | 12 January 2024 (IDN) — About 30 minutes drive from this city in Hubei Province are villages that are providing a model of village-based grassroots democracy that is paving the path to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs), adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015, which […]
New Bangladesh Govt. May Face Oxymoronic Hegemon from the US and UK
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury* DHAKA | 11 January 2024 (IDN) — Although the 7 January 2024 general election in Bangladesh has been free, fair, and peaceful, which has already been applauded by foreign and local election observers and media, policymakers at the US Department of State are not willing to admit this fact. Instead, […]