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In 2008, in the depths of the Great Recession, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for ā€œinvestment that fights climate change, creates millions of green jobs and spurs green growth.ā€ He

This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about this terrific new book. It is called CAST OUT: A Call for a Forgiving Society in an Age of Incarceration.

French students’ demonstrations are on the front pages now. But the real story isn’t being reported. It’s about funding – and much more. To understand what’s happening in education globally

The Nobel Peace Prize is an institution long stuffed with straw. Established by the inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel, its very creation suggested less contrition than a dark sense humour

[Prefatory Note: The post below is the text of remarks I made as President of the International Gaza Tribunal at the opening of the Palestine Day observance organized by the

After a three-decade absence of Orange feet on Portadown’s Garvaghy Road, the once historic dispute at Drumcree has reignited. On 25 September, the Parades Commission gave members of the Orange

From Gaza City in occupied Palestine to the Marble Hill neighborhood in New York, a disturbing parallel has become visible between the daily militarized violence inflicted on Palestinians and the

The student protests in France are set to reach a new height on October 17. That date will see not only students in the streets, but other social sectors as

In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dissect Trump’s Russian diesel deal to expose the collapse of Western unity, while debunking the myth of French fiscal

Porno, Putin, Criminals, AI Nazi Songs, Corruption, Rape & Antisemitism In the September 2026 election in the East-German mini-state of Saxony-Anhalt, the neofascist AfD received 44% of the popular vote,

Yemen’s civil war reignited in early October, as Saudi Arabia brought in Turkish and Pakistani military support to fight the Houthi rebels, who have governed much of northern Yemen as

Anecdotally,  I’ve seen an increasing number of animal activists define themselves in opposition to factory farming, as opposed to nonhuman slaughter in general, because the former position has more popular support.

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