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 […]
Southeast Asia Rejects Confrontation to Tame ‘Increasingly Aggressive’ China
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) – Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne during a joint press conference in Washington on July 29 with her U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo bluntly remarked that although the two countries often hold common positions because they share fundamental values, yet “we don’t agree on everything”. She not only refrained from echoing […]
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 […]
“Target Women in All Aspects of Economic Recovery and Stimulus Plans in Southeast Asia”
Viewpoint by António Guterres Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General on the occasion of his latest policy brief titled The Impact of COVID-19 on South-East Asia. It examines how the eleven countries of South-East Asia are addressing the immediate impacts of COVID-19, focusing on the subregion’s socio-economic response. NEW YORK (IDN) – As […]
The Risk of Democracy Compromising Democracy
Viewpoint by Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. and Ritesh Tandon Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. is an ex-diplomat and Ritesh Tandon is the Republican Party candidate for the US Congress from California’s 17th District. CALIFORNIA (IDN) – Politics makes strange bedfellows where one snores aloud and the other one turns a blind eye to it. The paradox goes beyond […]
‘Heart-Breaking’ Accounts of Women Detained in DPRK
By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA | SEOUL (IDN) – A new UN report says that women forcibly returned to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are subjected to torture, ill treatment, sexual abuse, and other violations. The report published by the UN Human Rights office (OHCHR) on July 28 is based on 100 first-hand accounts […]