All Commentaries
Maybe the World Isn’t Falling Apart?
There are several reasons to be optimistic, from repairing the ozone layer to combating COVID.
Is Mining Money Behind the Arrest of Salvadoran Water Defenders?
The five detainees include leaders of the campaign that won the world’s first metals mining ban in 2017 — a ban the cash-strapped government may be moving to overturn.
Ukraine and Secrecy
The negotiations around Germany sending tanks to Ukraine have been shrouded in secrecy. Like so many other geopolitical actions.
Israel’s Strange Ambivalence on Ukraine
So much for conspiracy theories about Jews controlling the world. We can’t even get together to control the outcome of the war in Ukraine.
The Pentagon’s Massive Intelligence Failure on China
Climate change will supersede everything.
Democracy Is on the Line in Peru
Peru’s deepening crisis is a cautionary tale about democracies that fail to deliver for ordinary people.
Is a Winning Solution in Sight in Haiti?
Military intervention is not what Haiti needs. But other countries can help Haitians help themselves.
Beyond the ‘Border Crisis’
Reducing a humanitarian crisis to an issue of “border security” puts real solutions out of reach.
What Are the Lessons of Vietnam for Ukraine Today?
As the left did in nearly all earlier cases of struggles for colonial liberation, so in this one too it should stand with the liberation movement.
From the Unsustainable Here to the Sustainable There
Economic growth is killing the planet. How do we engineer an alternative?