Climate Crisis
Carbon Brief – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
A breakdown of what was actually agreed at Cop 30: Not an impressive list at all. Read the article HERE.
United Nations
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Al Jazeera – UN’s Albanese presents blistering report on complicity in Gaza genocide
The work of holding complicit states accountable for the genocide has only just begun. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Michael Roberts – The UN at 80: ignored and irrelevant
The UN is going the way of the League of Nations in the 1930s: unable to stop the imperialist powers from starting wars, it loses all purpose. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City […]
Geopolitics
Maha Nassar – History tells us international recognition of a Palestinian state will not bring it into being
The long history of struggle for Palestinian statehood suggests that diplomatic victories do not necessarily translate into tangible changes in reality. Maha Nassar is a cultural and intellectual historian of the twentieth-century Arab world, with […]
Geopolitics
Geopolitics
Patrick Lawrence: What the UN General Assembly sessions will and won’t bring for Palestine
The UN General Assembly later this month will likely see some of Israel’s closest allies officially recognise Palestinian statehood, further weakening the Zionist coalition. Patrick Lawrence, a correspondent abroad for many years, chiefly for the International […]
Geopolitics
United Nations: Gaza: “Never again” giving way to endless decimation of displaced Palestinians, warn UN experts
A group of UN experts* today decried Israel’s escalation of its genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza, while calling on the international community to end its complicity in the face of Israeli atrocities […]
Geopolitics
Albanese’s Bravery Merits the Nobel Prize – interview w/ Richard Falk
One of Francesca Albanese’s predecessors as UN Special Rapporteur to the Palestinian Territories discusses her work and legacy. Daniel Falcone is a teacher, journalist, and PhD student in the World History program at St. John’s […]
Geopolitics
United Nations: Amid escalating horror, UN experts urge States to take concrete action to end impunity for Israel
UN human rights experts press states to join the Hague Group, which is coordinating efforts to ensure accountability for Israeli breaches of international law and uphold decisions by the International Court of Justice and the […]
Geopolitics
United Nations – “More than a human can bear”: Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since October 2023
Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians as part of a broader effort to undermine their right to self-determination and carried out genocidal acts through the systematic destruction […]