By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, USA | 15 November 2024 (IDN) — When some leading thinkers at the London School of Economics saw fascism take hold in the 1930s, Oxford history professor Ben Jackson said in a recent BBC interview, they “argued that in those circumstances the people with economic power in society, the property […]
A New Report Finds Israel’s Warfare Methods in Gaza Consistent with Genocide
By J Nastranis NEW YORK |14 November 2024 (IDN) — A UN Special Committee has found that Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there. The report of The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human […]
Opportunities and Challenges of AI for Journalism
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Editor-In-Chief of LEADERSHIP and the author of Writing for Media and Monetising It. This modified version of AI-Generated Storytelling: Opportunities and Challenges was based on my presentation at the 20th Annual Conference of the NGE on 8 November 2024. ABUJA | 14 November 2024 (IDN) — One year […]
Media’s Adversarial Culture Triggers Geo-Political Tensions, Argues New Book
By Kannan Salazar BANGKOK | 14 November 2024 (IDN) — Today geo-politics drives the news agenda in the Asian region where many countries have seen a dramatic rise in their economic prosperity in the past three decades that have catapulted nations and societies from the ‘third world’ to the ‘first world’ within a generation that […]
Will a Rogues Gallery of Saber-Rattlers under Trump Escalate Biden’s Wars?
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK | 13 November 2024 (IDN) — When Donald Trump takes office on January 20, all his campaign promises to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours and almost as quickly end Israel’s war on its neighbors will be put to the test. The choices […]
UNESCO Chairs Co-Organize Dialogue of Civilizations and Cross-Cultural Cooperation
By Dr. Yuri A. Goryachev* MOSCOW | 13 November 2024 (IDN) — The coveted International Seminar entitled Dialogue of Civilizations and Cross-Cultural Cooperation is scheduled to take place from 5 to 6 December 2024 in Moscow, Russia. This will be its XVI International Seminar. As in the past, all events of the seminar are carried […]
Ukraine War: Will Biden Succeed in Ensuring US Support?
By Stepehen Bryen* This article was issued by Weapons and Strategy and is being republished with their permission. WASHINGTON, D.C. | 13 November 2024 (IDN) — According to Jake Sullivan who heads President Biden’s National Security Council, President Biden will ask Congress for more money for Ukraine. The fate of this request, if it is […]
USA: Stunning Defeat Should Prompt Soul-Searching Among Democrats
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 12 November 2024 (IDN) — The Democrats’ stunning electoral defeat will be debated for months if not years. Recrimination and finger-pointing will abound. The Democrats must search their souls, carefully study what went wrong, and develop a compelling new domestic and foreign policy agenda while cooperating with the Republicans […]
Haiti: Children Face Unprecedented Crisis Amid Escalating Violence
By Vibhu Mishra NEW YORK | 12 November 2024 (IDN | UN News) — This year has seen a staggering 1,000 per cent or ten-fold surge in sexual violence against children in Haiti, during an unprecedented crisis which has seen armed gangs continue to terrorize communities amid a growing humanitarian disaster. Virginia Gamba, UN Special […]
Ocean Climate Crisis: Acidification, Deoxygenation and Warming
By Dr. Kirsten Isensee, Dr. Katherina School, Professor Steve Widdicombe and Jeremy Sterling* PARIS | 11 November 2024 (IDN) — Governments meeting in Baku for the COP29 Climate Summit have many mountains to climb in their quest to raise ambitions and accelerate action. They must not, however, forget about the ocean. Because the blue part […]