Features
The message of peace from the “Poets of the World”
POETRY The second international “Poets of the World” event in Italy, dedicated to the themes of peace, solidarity, and protection of the planet, concluded […]
Archive
Analysis
From Baloney to Base: The Making of the US Military Footprint in Ghana
In February 2008, beneath the harsh afternoon sun of Accra, US President George W. Bush stood before a small gathering of journalists and dismissedswirling […]
Analysis
The Feminization of Poverty: A Socialist Feminist Perspective By Bayan Saleh
When we speak of poverty in political or academic discourse, we often tend to treat it as a neutral phenomenon, as though it […]
Art & Peace
Politics in Sports: Could Exercising the Olympic “Nuclear Option” Save Humanity?
How can one take a straight, razor-sharp steel blade, pair it with a cold, rock-hard, lifeless surface, and create an explosion of gracefully curving, […]
economy
The Narco Trap: When Power Chooses Its Criminals and Its Heroes
There are moments in geopolitics where reality becomes so absurd it feels like satire — and yet, it’s official policy. The word “narcotrafficking” has now become […]
African Union
Trump, Kagame, Tshisekedi & the Donald J. Trump Institute for Peace: A Peace Deal Short on Peace
Let’s start with the basics. We are told this is “one of the deadliest and longest-running wars on the planet.” Millions dead, villages erased, women raped […]
Editorial
Innovation without Wisdom Is like Life without Love
Technological innovation is far outpacing social, economic, and political innovation to our extreme peril. More precisely, the implementation of technological innovation, driven by profit […]
Analysis
The Caribbean Faces Two Choices: Join the US Attempt to Intimidate Venezuela or Build its own Sovereignty
US President Donald Trump has authorised the USS Gerald R. Ford to enter the Caribbean. It now floats north of Puerto Rico, joining the USS Iwo Jimaand other US […]
Activism
Afro-Descendant Communities Offer a Living Blueprint for Amazon Conservation
Lands managed by Afro-descendant peoples in the Amazon experience dramatically lower deforestation and house some of the planet’s richest ecosystems—showing how centuries-old stewardship can guide global conservation.
Activism
I Thought I Knew What Genocide Was By Biljana Vankovska
As a professor who has spent more than forty years studying questions of war and peace, international law and relations —and above all, the […]
African Union
Sudan’s split in two (again) is now more concrete
Khalid Elwalid in Khartoum ‘Hemedti’ now controls all of Darfur, continuing the genocide that began with the Janjaweed. Source: THE CONTINENT The Rapid Support […]
Activism
The Illusion of Change: When Liberation Becomes Another Chain By Raïs Neza Boneza
“A dictator is a dictator — male or female. Power wears no gender.” The Mirage of Progress They said it was a new dawn.A […]
Activism
80 Years after Hiroshima: High Time for a Fresh START By Marilyn Langlois
In On a Highway to Hell, former weapons inspector and anti-nuclear activist Scott Ritter alerted us to an ominous threshold crossed last September, warning that […]
Opinions
NATO: The No-Exit Trap of Hotel California? By Biljana Vankovska
My analysis of the beginnings of cracks in NATO had been published with a short delay, just enough to become obsolete. I pointed to the two […]
Analysis
The French Army Booted out of Senegal: Crisis of French Imperial Hubris
Campbell congratulates the Senegalese people on the eviction of the French military presence from their soil in a discussion of France’s nefarious neo-colonial practices […]
Environment
The Hidden Cost of AI: How Energy-Hungry Algorithms Are Fueling the Climate Crisis
As AI adoption accelerates, its soaring energy demands and carbon footprint raise urgent concerns about sustainability, highlighting the need for greener technologies and policies to mitigate its environmental impact.
Peace & Security
War Between Cambodia and Thailand Around an Ancient Temple
By Kay Young The long-simmering border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand has escalated into open violence, with both sides exchanging artillery and air fire […]
Human rights
The Persecution of Francesca Albanese
By Chris Hedges The sanctioning by the Trump administration of Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, is an ominous harbinger of the end of […]
Features
Rwanda: Victoire Ingabire Denied Bail, Remanded to Prison By Ann Garrison
Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire’s arrest belies Rwanda’s pretense to liberal democracy and its pretense to self-defense in DRC. Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire […]
Analysis
Somaliland, US Ally in the New Cold War
Somaliland officials, led by former President Muse Bihi, pose with US military and diplomatic officials after meeting at the Egal International Airport in Hargeisa. […]
Culture
Cuba and the “Influencers”
Poverty is, unfortunately, all too common in Our America and in even more distant latitudes. However, it tends to be under represented in media […]
Activism
State security is terrorising citizens at record levels across East Africa
Robert Amalemba in Nairobi Over the weekend, Kenyans learned that a 31-year-old teacher and blogger, Albert Ojwang, had died in police custody. He was […]
Activism
France’s final nuclear tests in the South Pacific, 30 years on
In recent months, the viability of France’s nuclear arsenal has been making headlines with talk of a French “nuclear umbrella”that might shield its allies on […]
Analysis
Rwanda’s Migration Agreement with the Trump Administration: A Carefully Calculated PR Move Amid International Pressure
Rwanda has just launched another major communication campaign by announcing that it is in talks with the Trump administration about a potential agreement to […]
Analysis
NATO Was Founded to Crush Communist, Socialist, and Anti-colonial Movements Worldwide
NATO was never a good idea gone wrong. It was founded to crush communist, socialist, and anti-colonial movements in Europe and around the world. […]