by Giorgio Cafiero | Jun 22, 2022 | Democracy & Governance, War & Peace
“We just wanted to live in peace and freedom. But because we’re Muslim they tried to kill all of us.” Those were the words of a Bosniak woman who spoke to me this May at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potočari, a village in Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)....
by Walden Bello | Jun 14, 2022 | Democracy & Governance, Labor, Trade, & Finance
The World Trade Organization holds its 12th Ministerial Meeting in Geneva from June 12 to 15. Yet little if anything is expected from the meeting except the usual exchanges of conflicting views between representatives of the global North and those of the global South....
by Donna Katzin, William Minter | Jun 7, 2022 | Energy, Environment, War & Peace
Media, politicians, and policymakers tend to focus on the most visible issues. The attention the war in Ukraine has received in the first half of 2022, for example, is unrivaled in the United States at least since the shock of 9/11 in 2001. The war has been highly...
by John Feffer | May 18, 2022 | War & Peace
Neutrality was once an attractive option in Europe. Switzerland made non-alignment look almost sexy, with its ski resorts, excellent chocolates, and secure banking system. Then there was Sweden, which refused to join NATO or subordinate its military policy to Moscow,...
by John Feffer | May 11, 2022 | Environment, Health, War & Peace
Imagine an Olympic final in basketball, not unlike the one last summer between the United States and France. The score is tied in the final minutes, and tension is mounting among the flag-waving partisans in the stands. France is in possession of the ball when...
