By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 1 August 2024 (IDN) — Soon after the Gaza war began 10 months ago, a prominent newspaper columnist denounced Congresswoman Cori Bush under a headline declaring that “anti-Israel comments make her unfit for reelection.” The piece appeared in the newspaper with the second-largest readership in Missouri, the Kansas City […]
Religious Leaders, Academic Experts, and Tech Leaders Discuss AI Ethics for Peace
By Taro Ichikawa HIROSHIMA | 31 July 2024 (IDN) — Nearly one month ahead of the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings—by the United States—of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, representatives from 11 of the world’s major religions joined academic experts and tech leaders for an AI Ethics for Peace historic conference in […]
An Indian Business School of Administration Champions Sustainable Entrepreneurship
By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK | 31 July 2024 (IDN) — United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) has commended Chandigarh Business School of Administration (CBSA) in India, for emerging as a frontrunner in nurturing future business leaders equipped with a focus on sustainable growth and social responsibility. According to UNAI, through a series of well-curated events […]
Quad Foreign Ministers Creating Tensions in South China Sea
By Wang Qi, Global Times BEIJING | 30 July 2024 (IDN) — Top diplomats from Quad countries held talks on Monday in Tokyo, expressing so-called concerns about the situation in the East and South China Seas and vowing to uphold so-called maritime order in the “Indo-Pacific region,” which analysts viewed as another attempt targeting China’s […]
What Sets China Apart from Traditional Mediators as Peace-Broker
By Fiona Raval* This article was originally published by The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS). NEW DELHI | 30 July 2024 (IDN) — Ukrainian President Zelenskyy recently identified China as one of the few global actors with enough power and influence to help terminate the war with Russia. China’s peace proposals have garnered […]
US to Elevate Alliance with Japan to an “Unprecedented Height”
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 30 July 2024 (IDN) —The US, responding to a new nuclear alliance comprising Russia, China and North Korea, has reassured Japan protection under its nuclear umbrella and pledged to “elevate the Japan-US alliance to an unprecedented height.” At a July 28 press briefing in Tokyo, US Secretary of State […]
Josh Shapiro Would Be a Dangerous Choice for Harris Running Mate
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 29 July 2024 (IDN) — Kamala Harris has gained strong support as the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate. Putting Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on the ticket would likely fracture that support. The most divisive issue among Democrats is the U.S.-enabled Israeli war against the civilian population of […]
Western Powers Betrayed Russia by Expanding NATO Eastward
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 29 July 2024 (IDN) — U.S. Secretary of State James Baker’s famous “not one inch eastward” assurance about NATO expansion in his meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on February 9, 1990, was part of a cascade of assurances about Soviet security given by Western leaders to Gorbachev and […]
Free Speech on Campuses Needs to be Protected, not Attacked, say UN Human Rights Experts
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 29 July 2024 (IDN) — When the Israeli-Hamas conflict kept escalating in Gaza, so did the largely non-violent protests and demonstrations in American campuses—both with pro-Israeli but mostly pro-Palestinian protestors. But one of the biggest and long-drawn-out demonstrations was at Columbia University in New York—a prestigious Ivy League University—which […]
Labyrinth of Propaganda: Manipulating Political Ideologies
Decoding the intentional confusion in modern extremism, left-right polarization, and global narratives By Boaventura De Sousa Santos* This article is being republished courtesy of Meer where it was originally published. COIMBRA, Portugal | 28 July 2024 (IDN) — In periods of great social and political polarization, names, concepts and ideologies are subject to great semantic […]