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Universal Human Rights Form Bedrock of a Just, Equitable and Compassionate Society: President Murmu

Addressing the Human Rights Day celebration, organised by the National Human Rights Commission, in New Delhi on Wednesday, the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu said that Human Rights Day is an occasion to remind us that the universal human…

The Failure of the Expected Peace and the Suggestion of an Unbounded Way Forward

By the “expected peace” I mean the peace that was expected after World War II:  In a few short years after that war ended, the United Nations was founded, human rights were redefined to include social rights, colonial empires dissolved…

The United States Underestimates China’s Economic Challenge at Its Own Peril

This is not a moment for rose-tinted glasses. By Richard D. Wolff The economy of the People’s Republic of China has been growing much faster than that of the United States for decades. So too has China’s average real wage.…

Trapped, between the Right that won’t and the Left that can’t

In recent times we have been witnessing a dangerous polarisation of political and ideological camps all over the world, and particularly in Latin America. The different positions are becoming more radical, moving down the path of verbal violence, disqualification and…

Piketty’s proposal to remake Europe

By Howard Richards In the midst of more than one crisis, a stellar group of left-leaning intellectuals led by Thomas Piketty has written a proposal to remake Europe. It includes a manifesto, a treaty establishing what would amount to a…