By Jaya Ramachadran GENEVA (IDN) —A landmark report focuses on the health and future of children and adolescents worldwide who are under immediate threat from ecological degradation, climate change and exploitative marketing practices that push heavily processed fast food, sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco at children. The report by a Commission of over 40 child […]
A High-Optics, Low-Outcome Trump Trip to India
Viewpoint by Bharat Karnad * NEW DELHI (IDN) — It’s unclear what Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said to U.S. President Donald Trump when the former called the White House on February 11. Reportedly what sealed the presidential trip to India was Modi’s promise that some 5-7 million people would be lining the route from […]
America’s Christian Right, Republicans and Donald Trump – 4
Viewpoint by John Newsinger* This is the fourth of a six-part article originally published in International Socialism under the title The Christian right, the Republican Party and Donald Trump. Click here for part three of the series. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of […]
Drying Lake Chad Basin Triggers Humanitarian Crisis
By Leon Usigbe; Africa Renewal LAGOS (IDN) — Twenty-year-old Phoebe Musa remembers the day Boko Haram militants stormed her village of Gwoza in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, five years ago. They came in on horseback, motorbikes and screeching military vehicles and attacked everyone in sight. Amid bursts of gunshots, they set fire to dozens of […]
Epidemic of Domestic Violence Shocks Australia
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) —The gruesome murder of a 31-year-old mother Hannah Clarke and her three small children aged 6, 4 and 3 years, by her estranged 42-year-old husband Rowan Baxter, a former footballer, has shocked the nation and brought into the spotlight an epidemic of domestic violence in Australia that has gone largely […]
East-West Divide Marks the Munich Security Conference
Viewpoint by Pepe Escobar, Global Research MUNICH (IDN) – Few postmodern political pantomimes have been more revealing than the hundreds of so-called “international decision-makers,” mostly Western, waxing lyrical, disgusted or nostalgic over “Westlessness” at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) from February 14-16, 2020. “Westlessness” sounds like one of those constipated concepts issued from a post-party […]
America’s Christian Right, Republicans and Donald Trump – 3
Viewpoint by John Newsinger* This is the third of a six-part article originally published in International Socialism under the title The Christian right, the Republican Party and Donald Trump. Click here for part two of the series. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of […]
Mauritanian Anti-Slavery and Iranian Women Rights Activist Presented Awards
By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN) – Biram Dah Abeid, a descendant of former slaves who has been called “the Nelson Mandela of Mauritania”, and Shaparak Shajarizadeh, a prominent Iranian women’s rights activist have been honoured for their courage to fight gross violations of human rights Abeid, founder of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the […]
America’s Christian Right, Republicans and Donald Trump – 2
Viewpoint by John Newsinger* This is the second of a six-part article originally published in International Socialism under the title The Christian right, the Republican Party and Donald Trump. Click here for part one of the series. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of […]
2020 Is Election Season Across Africa
By Franck Kuwonu, Africa Renewal NEW YORK (IDN) – Voters across the continent will be heading to the ballot box this year to choose their leaders in presidential, parliamentary and local elections ending with Ghana in December. Comorians will be electing a new 33-member national assembly following presidential elections in 2019 while Ghanaians will […]