Dag Hammarskjold, the former UN secretary-general, once said that the UN “was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell,” writes Mona Ali Khalil.
COVID-19: UN Security Council MIA as Coronavirus Ravages the World
Category: Commentary
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: An Extension of the US War on Terror
Nozomi Hayese looks back at the calamitous events and tyrannical forces that, since 9-11, have turned a whistleblower and her publisher into the enemies of empire.
COVID-19: Our Leaders Are Terrified. Not of the Virus — of Us
Governments will try to conceal for a little longer the fact that capitalism is entirely incapable of solving the very crises it has created, writes Jonathan Cook.
COVID-19: The Need for the World to Come out of Diplomatic Quarantine
Tony Kevin finds it remarkable that the U.S. and its partners are frozen in diplomatic quarantine while the pandemic afflicts countries around the globe.
COVID-19: How Corona Broke the System
The corona crisis sends shockwaves through political, economic and social systems. The status quo simply cannot continue, writes Marc Saxer.
COVID-19: Re-Prioritizing Our Lives & Our Thinking
I spent some time yesterday overwhelmed with grief when I realized I won’t get to hug my elderly parents for months, at best, writes Caitlin Johnstone. This is happening all around the world right now, with all of us.
COVID-19: Prepared for the Wrong War
In the War of the Worlds a microorganism felled the Martian invaders the U.S. military (in Orson Welles’ version) couldn’t defeat. The U.S. may dominate the world, but it isn’t an army threatening its demise, says Joe Lauria.
COVID-19: Use Stimulus Packages for Longer Term Progress
Anis Chowdhury says governments should recalibrate their policies for longer-term resilience, sustainability, social cohesion and shared prosperity.
Is the DNC Repeating History in Derailing a Socialist Candidate?
When FDR died in 1945, Truman took over as president. Had it been Henry Wallace, history may have taken a much different course, writes Marjorie Cohn.
COVID-19: Digital Divide Leaves Millions in US at a Disadvantage During Pandemic
Some of the most vulnerable Americans lack access to the real-time information people need to respond to COVID-19, writes Gregory Porumbescu.