Not Just Rihanna or Greta, Indian Farmers are Inspiring the World
What exactly is moving so many around the world to take a stand on a fight over the future of agriculture in faraway India?
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Two Tweets that Rattled a Global Superpower: Indian Sovereignty and Desi Celebrity Outrage
The response to tweets by Rihanna and Greta Thunberg reveals a deep national insecurity and anxiety about India’s place in the world.
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Wall Street Admits Curing Diseases Is Bad for Business
Goldman Sachs is openly saying in financial reports that curing people of terrible diseases is not good for business.
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Why We Can’t Give Up on the Idea of a World Free from Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear disarmament has a long history. In 1961, the U.S. and the USSR signed an agreement calling not only for “general and complete disarmament” but also that war should “no longer [be] an instrument for settling international problems.” Gone is that spirit. It needs to be revived.
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Defending Apartheid
In 2017 the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) issued a report on the conditions of Palestinians under Israeli rule, that concluded “Israel has established an apartheid regime that dominates the Palestinian people as a whole.”
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Revisiting the Indonesian Massacres of 1965-1966
Of all the tragic events of the 20th Century, the 1965-1966 campaign of mass killing in Indonesia is among the least known in the U.S. Researchers estimate that the Washington-backed Indonesian military and its civilian militias killed up to one million people.
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Sixty Teens Announce Refusal to Serve in Israeli Army
Dozens of Israeli teens sign a public letter objecting to military service over Israel’s policies of apartheid, neoliberalism, and denial of the Nakba.
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The Arab Spring Ten Years On: “The People Demand the Fall of the Regime!”
The 2011 Arab spring should be understood not as an epic mobilisation that ultimately failed but rather as the opening round of a longer-term process to build a new, democratic, equitable world where the people can lead dignified lives.
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The Pentagonization of America – Two Articles
As the enthusiasm for war on terror ebbs in America, Pentagon hawks have been searching for new wars and escalations – the new targets are China and Russia. While this guarantees more money for the Pentagon, it hasn’t made the US safer; the wars are also coming back home.
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Germany Draws Another Line in the Sand for the U.S.
By giving the goahead for the completion of the Nord Stream 2 AG project, Germany has signalled that it will not yield to pressure from Washington in their dispute over the pipeline project even after the transfer of power in the U.S. in January.
