Opinion

Overcoming Lanka economic rut

Jehan Perera: SLOWLY but surely the ruling party is beginning to reassert itself. An indication is the removal of professor GL Peiris from the chairmanship of the ruling party and

American universities are appendages of the corporate state. Educators are increasingly poorly paid, denied benefits and job security while senior administrators pay themselves obscene salaries, writes Chris Hedges HERE are some

Are Indian Muslims doing fine?

by Jawed Naqvi: A SENIOR Indian minister has made an unusual claim about the well-being of Indian Muslims. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told a conference in Washington that Muslims couldn’t

A path to peace in Yemen

A meaningful end to the war can only take place when all Yemenis who fought on either side of the war face one another in direct talks and draft a

The World Economic Forum

THOSE of us in this movement sometimes forget that for most people, the World Economic Forum is a meeting in Davos where the rich and famous like to hang out

World looks at Bangladesh for free, fair elections

THE much-awaited Momen-Blinken meeting was held at the US state department on April 10 without any dramatic outcome. The formal meeting with both delegations present had been held for an

The war machine keeps turning

Ron Jacobs : THE war in Ukraine continues without mercy. Like every war in my lifetime (and like almost very war in history), the day-to-day media coverage of the conflict

Saudis aren’t afraid of us any more

Now that the main Arab producers have supported Russia’s decision to reduce oil production, MK Bhadrakumar says the Biden administration is left with limited options in responding to the surprise move. THE