Opinion by Isheba Cornwall (mona, jamaica) Friday, June 17, 2022 Inter Press Service MONA, Jamaica, Jun 17 (IPS) – On Monday June 20, there will be an informal high-level UN meeting to mark the commemoration of the first International Day for Countering Hate Speech.Hate speech is a phenomenon that can be…
The potential shortages of some commodities may generate internal instability in many countries, increasing internal and external migratory flows. Credit: FAO Opinion by Mario Lubetkin (rome) Thursday, June 16, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Jun 16 (IPS) – This is an op-ed by Mario Lubetkin, Assistant Director-General at FAOIf the war…
Peatland Forest in DRC. Credit: Daniel Beltrá / Greenpeace Opinion by Tal Harris, Raphael Mavambu (kinshasa) Thursday, June 16, 2022 Inter Press Service KINSHASA, Jun 16 (IPS) – Nine of the 16 oil blocks to be auctioned in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) next month overlap Protected Areas, according to…
Hunger and food insecurity impact more than 38 million Americans. Black and Hispanic families and other minority groups including LGBTQ folks, consistently and disproportionally experience food insecurity. Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Inter Press Service Hunger and food insecurity impact more than 38 million Americans….
Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jun 15 (IPS) – “The illegal military junta provides further evidence to the international community of its disregard for human rights as it prepares to hang pro-democracy activists,” said Thomas Andrews and Morris Tidball-Binz, UN special rapporteurs in…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 14 (IPS) – US-led sanctions are inadvertently undermining the dollar’s post-Second World War dominance. The growing number of countries threatened by US and allied actions is forcing victims…
Credit: European Commission Opinion by Reghina Dimitrisina (brussels) Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jun 14 (IPS) – The fast-changing environment requires Europe’s energy system not only to adapt but to also find the right mechanisms to ensure its unity in the face of turbulent challenges. In March 2022,…
Souta Oshiro, Seoul, Korea. “This is a meme that I created. It is about donating foods that you overbought to food banks. I tried to make it funny and effective.” Opinion by Sungjoon Ham – Souta Oshiro – Alex Yoon (seoul, tokyo, boston) Monday, June 13, 2022 Inter Press Service Seoul,…
Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Monday, June 13, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 13 (IPS) – The writer, a retired professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University (NYU), taught courses on international negotiation and Middle Eastern studies for over 20 years.I…
NGOs call for Europe to opt for citizen-controlled renewable energy in Brussels. Credit: FoE Europe/Lode Saidane Opinion by Jagoda Munic (brussels) Friday, June 10, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jun 10 (IPS) – Jagoda Munic is Director, Friends of the Earth EuropeThis month marks the mid-point of the much-heralded European Green…
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