In this piece, Brian Mathenge pays tribute to Pio Gama Pinto, a journalist and freedom fighter with a dedication to the ideals of an equal society. Pinto was tragically killed 60 years ago, during a time when he vehemently opposed the class stratification,...
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Water woes from data centres
As AI expands, data centres are draining local water supplies and sparking global conflicts over scarce resources.
“Humanity must stop the genocide in Gaza”: Petro’s radical speech at the UN General Assembly
Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s speech called for radical and global change regarding the Palestinian genocide, US military action, and the climate crisis. The speech drew admiration from some and contempt from others.
The significance of the general strike in Italy
On September 22, Italian workers staged a general strike and conducted massive demonstrations to denounce the Italian government’s complicity with the Gaza genocide.
Spain Joins Italy in Sending Ship to Protect Gaza-Bound Sumud Flotilla
The UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories implored other countries “to mobilize their fleet to grant the flotilla safe sailing to Gaza, and deploy a real humanitarian convoy to break the blockade.”
Trump’s Bailout, Milei’s Dilemma: Sovereignty for Dollars?
The image from the recent meeting between Donald Trump and Javier Milei in New York, held during the UN General Assembly, is highly revealing.
Over a Billion People in the World Suffer from Mental Health Ailments: The Thirty-Ninth Newsletter (2025)
Over one billion people suffer from mental disorders, mostly in the poorer nations, yet mental healthcare remains heavily unprioritised and underfunded.
The Poisonous Chalice of Recognition: A Double-Edged Sword for Palestine
More important than anything else, we must insist that as long as Zionism ideologically dominates the reality in historical Palestine, there will be no Palestinian self-determination, freedom, or liberation.
Green Financialisation and Social Policy: Enhancing Inequalities in the Global South
Despite critiques that point out lack of market regulation, poor climate performance of markets, the social inequalities they reinforce and generate, and misuse/manipulation by actors uninterested in climate mitigation, VCMs are being considered as useful instruments...
Trump turns Pentagon into Department of War on First Amendment
Journalist access is only one piece of the Trump administration’s full-throttle attack on the free press.
Venezuela to declare State of External Unrest after Trump vows to blow President Maduro ‘out of existence’
Earlier on Tuesday, at the United Nations General Assembly, Trump publicly threatened Venezuela and its government, which he claimed is a terrorist organization, with obliteration by force.
IADL statement on Nepal’s current political context
IADL extends its condolences to the people of Nepal on the death of young protestors in the clashes that happened during the Gen Z protest and wishes a speedy recovery to all injured people.