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Inside the Paris Climate Agreement: Hope or Hype?

December 30, 2015

Inside the Paris Climate Agreement: Hope or Hype? It has become a predictable pattern at the annual UN climate conferences for participants to describe the outcome in widely divergent ways. This was first apparent after the high-profile Copenhagen conference in 2009, when a four-page non-agreement was praised by diplomats, but denounced by well-known critics as […]

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UN chief warns climate change could have link with terrorism

November 28, 2015

UN chief warns climate change could have link with terrorism Ban Ki-moon tells CBC’s Margo McDiarmid social disruption could lead to more ‘terrorist fighters’ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in an interview with CBC, said the effects of climate change will lead to social disruption, fuelling the frustration of the young and unemployed, who may […]

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It’s Always the Same War

November 5, 2015

It’s Always the Same War    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry give a news conference after a meeting in Vienna on Oct 30. (Ronald Zak / AP) Barack Obama originally ran for president as the anti-war candidate. Now, as his second […]

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Ban Ki-Moon Condemns The American Stand On Syria, Endorses Putin’s

November 2, 2015

Ban Ki-Moon Condemns The American Stand On Syria, Endorses Putin’s In an interview with Spanish newspapers that was published October 31st, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon condemned U.S. President Barack Obama’s demand that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad be removed from office, and Moon said: “The future of Assad must be determined by the Syrian people.” Here is the entire […]

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Value in Reading Others’ Propaganda

September 30, 2015

Value in Reading Others’ Propaganda U.S. policymakers view their country as the “exceptional” and “indispensable” global policeman but shut their eyes to how other nations see the world, thus blinding America to emerging problems and possible solutions, as ex-CIA official Graham E. Fuller explains. All countries do it — promoting their own societies in ideal terms in […]

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The UN: Pretending to Oppose War for 70 Years

September 29, 2015

The UN: Pretending to Oppose War for 70 Years The United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals don’t just ignore the fact that development isn’t sustainable; they revel in it. One of the goals is spreading energy use. Another is economic growth. Another is preparation for climate chaos (not preventing it, but dealing with it). And […]

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The Saudi Royals — Unchained

August 14, 2015

The Saudi Royals — Unchained Exclusive: With President Obama afraid of upsetting the Saudis anymore after the Iran-nuclear deal, he has given them pretty much a free hand to bomb and blockade Yemen. Meanwhile, the Saudi royals also are displaying their contempt for the United Nations and its Yemen peace efforts, Joe Lauria reports. By Joe […]

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