by Russ Wellen | Apr 12, 2011 | Energy, Environment, Labor, Trade, & Finance
New radiation leaks at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant spurred Japanese nuclear regulators to raise the level of how great an accident it is from five to seven (“major”). Since that’s the highest on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s scale,...
by John Feffer | Mar 15, 2011 | Human Rights
The world is convulsed in protest. In recent months, people have filled the streets in the Middle East, the Balkans, Africa, and many parts of the United States. Their targets are local: autocratic leaders, corrupt politicians, and dismal economies. They’re not...
by Michael Klare | Jan 25, 2011 | Democracy & Governance, Environment, Food & Farm
Get ready for a rocky year. From now on, rising prices, powerful storms, severe droughts and floods, and other unexpected events are likely to play havoc with the fabric of global society, producing chaos and political unrest. Start with a simple fact: the prices of...
by Stephen Zunes | Jan 13, 2011 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights
The regime U.S.-backed Tunisian dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali has been the target of a nationwide popular uprising in recent weeks, which neither shooting into crowds of unarmed demonstrators nor promised reforms has thus far quelled. Whether this unarmed revolt...
by Jayati Ghosh | Jun 10, 2010 | Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance
Of the many undesirable effects of the ongoing — and increasingly policy-induced — recession in Europe, has received relatively less public attention: the resurgence of racist and xenophobic attitudes. This was already something of a problem, especially in...
