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 […]
South Africa Struggles To Contain Exploding Rate of Coronavirus Infections
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – South Africa, with a population of about 58 million, has the fifth-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. It has become the country with the highest number of infections on the continent. Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize […]
Bronx Zoo Issues Apology for Displaying African Man In Cage
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – ‘Black Lives Matter’ can take credit for the scores of apologies from around the world for racist statues, discriminatory corporate policies and now from the Bronx Zoo for its cruel and racist display of an African man in a cage in 1906. “In the name […]
Zimbabwe To Pay White Farmers for Lands Taken Under Mugabe
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – “The compensation of land is a settled issue, and we are not revisiting it.” Those were the words of government spokesman Nick Mangwana defending a $3.5 billion agreement to compensate white farmers whose properties were confiscated by the Mugabe regime to be redistributed to the […]
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 […]
Japanese and American Catholics Take on the Bomb
By Drew Christiansen Writer Drew Christiansen, S. J., is Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. He is the co-editor with Carole Sargent of A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament (Georgetown University Press, […]
‘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 […]