By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 1 July 2024 (IDN) — In a move that surprised observers, Kenya’s President William Ruto has agreed to scrap a highly controversial finance bill that sparked two days of police violence against mostly young protesters demonstrating against unaffordable tax increases. Ruto said he would seek new […]
Food Insecurity in Nigeria At Its Worst State in Years
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 1 July 2024 (IDN) — The United Nations has announced the allocation of $11 million to address the food crisis surging in Nigeria’s north-east. The UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffith, who disclosed this on X, the microblogging site, said the allocation was drawn […]
How to Confront War Summit of NATO in Washington?
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK | 1 July 2024 (IDN) — After NATO’s catastrophic, illegal invasions of Yugoslavia, Libya and Afghanistan, on July 9 NATO plans to invade Washington DC. The good news is that it only plans to occupy Washington for three days. The British will not burn down […]
Flashback US-Iraq: When Rose Petals Turned Out to be Landmines
After the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003, in what transpired as a fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that did not exist, IDN’s Editor-at-Large Thalif Deen, a senior UN correspondent, wrote a series of articles strongly critical of the invasion and the foreign policy of the Bush administration. The articles obviously […]
After the Election: What Next in India?
By Herbert Wulf* India has voted in a new parliament. The strongman, Prime Minister Modi, suffered a setback, as the opposition did very well, beyond all expectations. With the support of smaller parties, Modi has received a third term in office. Will these results change India’s foreign, economic and socio-political policies? This article was issued […]
History: Bogged Down in Iraq, US Crawls Back To UN
By Rodney Reynolds UNITED NATIONS | 30 June 2024 (IDN) — After the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003, in what transpired as a fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that did not exist, IDN’s Editor-at-Large Thalif Deen, a senior UN correspondent, wrote a series of articles strongly critical of the invasion […]
Netanyahu Is Israel’s Most Dangerous Enemy
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 30 June 2024 (IDN) — None of Israel’s enemies pose a greater danger to Israel than Netanyahu and his messianic government. I make the case against him based on his policies, actions, and public statements, which consistently and unequivocally demonstrate that he alone is responsible for the perilous state […]
The Racial Wealth Gap is Persistent — and Growing
By Amber Holland* This article is being republished under a Creative Commons 3.0 License from Inequality.org, a project of the Institute for Policy Studies DURHAM, North Carolina, USA | 29 June 2024 (IDN) — Jake MacDonald/Minneapolis Fed Jake MacDonald/Minneapolis Fed Jake MacDonald/Minneapolis Fed The data is clear—the racial wealth gap in the United States is […]
This Hair on Fire Moment
By James E. Jennings* ATLANTA, Georgia | 29 June 2024 (IDN) — Patriot hero Paul Revere risked his life to warn American colonists in 1775 that British troops were coming to impose the monarchy and take away their liberties. A month earlier Patrick Henry roused patriots in the Virginia Assembly when he shouted, “Give me […]
What Will it Take for Joe Biden to Step Aside?
By Sam Rosenthal* WASHINGTON DC | 29 June 2024 (IDN) — In February 2023, I stood outside the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting handing out flyers. It was a bright, sunny day in downtown Philadelphia, but bone-chillingly cold; within just ten minutes I had lost feeling in my toes and fingers. I, along with a […]