Russia's parliament has approved President Putin's request for the use of force inside neighboring Ukraine, as the latest neocon-approved “regime change” threatens to inflict grave damage on international relations.
There is no reason for the fight to control climate change to continue becoming discombobulated over false trade-offs between jobs and the environment.
Tom Engelhardt: Citizen protest around the world is sparking not just disorganization, but what looks like, to coin a word, de-organization at a global level.
National Security's conflation of whistleblowing and terrorism, as evident in the latest Snowden revelations, is further evidence of danger to freedom of the press, says Julian Assange's lawyer.
Noam Chomsky: Security for state power is at the high extreme, as illustrated by the efforts that states exert to protect themselves from the scrutiny of their own populations.
Barefoot College is a renowned initiative in India that uses village wisdom, local knowledge and practical skills available in the rural areas to improve villagers' lives.