Traditional way of life protects Amazonian People from Covid-19
The pandemic of the new coronavirus Covid-19 is forcing indigenous populations of the Amazon to…
Browsing: Current Affairs
TEXTILE MOUNTAIN: The Hidden Burden of our Fashion Waste
Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM (IST), Documentary Filmmaker Fellipe…
Fear and Loathing in the Time of Covid-19
Fear plays a major role in influencing the decisions we make and the actions we…
The End of American Leadership
First there was: ‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.’ Then there…
Covid-19: Dispatch from Atlanta
What the hell? Most people in the U.S. appear to be freaking out about Georgia…
Reflections on Covid-19
Déjà Vu As Covid-19 sweeps through Ireland, I can’t help experiencing a feeling of déjà…
Covid-19: A View from Sweden
Editor’s Note: In avoiding a lockdown, and allowing most schools, restaurants and other businesses to…
The Final Frontier: Post-Capitalism and the Economics of the Future
I have always loved Star Trek. The utopian future was at odds with most other…
Do Not Resuscitate
Holy Gawd, we’re back to Charles Darwin and his interpreters. In the mid-19th century Darwin…
China Under Lockdown: Another Cultural Revolution?
Editor’s Note: A long-term Western resident in China responds to conspiracy theories about the country…
Covid-19: What Twitter is Saying
Despite a mortality rate not far off Ireland’s (107 v 150 per million), Sweden has…
Covid-19: E.U. Teeters on the Brink
The five hundred billion euro rescue package agreed by E.U. Finance Minister, subject to approval…
Under Lockdown in Piedmont
Imagine a world where people live isolated in underground one-person apartments, talk to each other…
Barcelona Under Lockdown
It all happened too fast, so quickly that we didn’t have time to fully understand.…
Journeys of Displacement – a Personal Reflection
In October of 2013, a ship carrying hundreds of women, men and children, mainly from…
Ireland’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
The total number of deaths attributed to the Coronavirus in Ireland had reached 22 by…
It is Time for a Renewed Deal
U.S. President (1932-45) Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born into one of the most aristocratic families…
The Rocky Road to a Republic
You might think of the film ‘The Rocky Road to Dublin’ as some dated artifact,…
What Next for Rojava?
Donald Trump’s abrupt announcement of a U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria last October brought dire…