by Phyllis Bennis | Nov 16, 2020 | Democracy & Governance, Health, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
The 2020 election will have enormous consequences for the pandemic, the planet, the economy, our democracy and people’s lives. And that will be true even before the next Congress and administration take office. After the vote, the current Congress will have another...
by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies | Nov 16, 2020 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
People all over this pandemic-infested, war-torn, and poverty-stricken world — who were shocked by the brutality and racism of the Trump administration — are anxiously wondering whether Joe Biden’s presidency will open the door to the kind of international cooperation...
by John Feffer | Nov 11, 2020 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
America may well be divided about Donald Trump, but the rest of the world isn’t. The soon-to-be-former president has gotten high marks in the Philippines and Israel, a passing grade in a couple African countries and India, and dismal reviews pretty much everywhere...
by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies | Oct 28, 2020 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Less than a year after the United States and the U.S.-backed Organization of American States (OAS) supported a violent military coup to overthrow the government of Bolivia, the Bolivian people have reelected the Movement for Socialism (MAS) and restored it to power....
by John Feffer | Oct 21, 2020 | Environment, Health, Redev
If the current pandemic is a test of the global emergency response system, the international community is flunking big time. It has done just about everything wrong, from the failure to contain the virus early on to the lack of effective coordination thereafter. As...
