Viewpoint by Peter Geoghegan* This extract of Peter Geoghegan’s new book Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics traces Victor Orbán’s rise to power. 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. GLASGOW | LONDON […]
Burkina Faso Faces ‘Alarming Deterioration’ in Food Security as It Grapples with COVID-19
By Radwan Jakeem NEW YORK (IDN) – Two United Nations agencies have warned that about 3.3 million people in Burkina Faso are facing acute food insecurity. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) cited alarming new data, and the World Food Programme (WFP), stressed that “urgent and sustained action” is needed to address the worsening food […]
From Lotus Goddess to Holy Basil: Transnational Racio-scapes in US Presidential Politics
By Radhika Parameswaran and Pallavi Rao * BLOOMINGTON, USA (IDN) – On June 27, 2019, the night of the second Democratic primary debate, Donald Trump Jr. shared and deleted a tweet posted by the right-wing provocateur Ali Alexander. Alexander’s social media post alleged that presidential candidate Kamala Devi Harris was “not an American Black” because […]
Helping Women Entrepreneurs in Asia and Europe to Thrive Under Lockdown
Viewpoint by UN Women, Bopinc and The DO School NEW YORK (IDN) – The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical role of collaboration in creating gender-inclusive ecosystems where women can emerge and thrive. As the European Union, UN Women and its partners Bopinc and The DO School highlight their commitment to helping more women entrepreneurs […]
Colombian Sports Hero Patrón’s Assassination Targets Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Communities
Viewpoint by Vijay Prashad and Zoe PC This article was produced by Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts (IDN) – Not much, apart from football, unites the Colombian people. If a 2014 Interior Ministry survey called “The Power of Football” is to be believed, then 94 percent of the Colombian population […]
World Leaders Call for Funds to Stop COVID-19 Generation from Being Locked Out of the Classroom
By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK (IDN) – As country lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic come to an end, an immediate priority is the fate of 30 million children who may never return to school, warns a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report. With this in view, former world leaders, […]
India’s COVID-19 Experience May Usher in a More Humane World for Women and Informal Sector Workers
Viewpoint by Lakshmi Lingam*, Tata Institute of Social Studies MUMBAI (IDN) – Women in India spend 297 minutes on unpaid domestic work each day, 245 minutes more than men who contribute only 52 minutes. Women’s work is not accounted for in the national accounting system, making their contributions unrecognised and unvalued. An Oxfam report observes […]
Uncertainty Hangs Over the Fate of Elections in Bolivia
Viewpoint by Vijay Prashad and Manuel Bertoldi * This article was produced by Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts (IDN) – On November 10, 2019, President Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia announced his resignation from the presidency. Morales had been elected in 2014 to a third presidential term, which should have […]
Nonviolent Protests in Belarus Have More Chance Than Any Violent Activities
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – There have never been such massive crowds of anti-government protestors in the countries of the ex-Soviet Union as there are this week. In Minsk, the capital of Belarus and in other major cities they stretch as far as the television cameras can see. Not even the protestors […]
COVID-19 Derails Education in Southern Africa
By Jeffrey Moyo MUSINA, South Africa (IDN) – His three teenage children play home-made paper ball on the dusty streets of Musina, exercise books scattered on the veranda of their rented home in the South African border town with Zimbabwe. Yet Gerald Gava, the children’s 47-year old father, lies on a reed mat spread on […]