Opinion

Brewing pandemic pestilence

Evaggelos Vallianatos: Where does the pandemic come from? THE 2020 coronavirus plague has three possible origins. It could be an accidental release from the Virology Laboratory in Wuhan, China, though

How bad can it get?

by Robert Hunziker: HOW bad can it (climate change) get? The sky’s the limit! No pun intended. Still, the general public is tired of negative articles about climate change. It

Islamist paramilitaries gain ground in Africa

Western focus on Ukraine has eclipsed reporting on escalating Jihadist activity across the Sahel and East Africa, writes Paul Rogers TOWARDS the end of the chaotic and violent departure of US

The Ukraine imbroglio

Imran Khalid: AFTER half a year of the blitzkrieg invasion of Ukraine, Russia now ostensibly appears to be, as per majority of western analysts, sinking deeper into this quagmire, as

Afghan refugees on racism they’ve faced in Europe

Many feel unsupported by EU governments and can’t help but compare their treatment to that of Ukrainian refugees, writes Deepa Parent ‘Europe is just the greener side of the same hell,’

Why the US and Israeli right really hate the Iran nuclear deal

Both the American right wing and the Israeli right wing want Iran’s government to be overthrown and replaced by a pro-western puppet, writes Juan Cole RIGHT wing Israeli politicians such as

It’s all political

Binoy Kampmark: JULIAN Assange’s legal team has taken its next step along their Via Dolorosa, filing an appeal against the decision to extradite their client to the United States to

Indian workers defend steel with their lives

by Vijay Prashad: What we have here, writes Vijay Prashad, is a government adhering to the religion of privatization and eager to cannibalize Visakha Steel THE long and distant epoch of