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Michael Moore Still Has a Point With ‘Planet of the Humans’
There is indeed much to be critical of in Michael Moore’s new film “Planet of the Humans.” But the film also contains a legitimate critique of society, according to Jan Rotmans, professor in Sustainability Transitions at DRIFT, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Rarely has...
Trump’s Deadly Lies
Now that America has become the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump is slipping back into a familiar role: that of television personality. The U.S. president is so pleased with his almost daily press conferences that he is taking to Twitter to...
The Netherlands Could Also Use a Bernie
Is the Netherlands an egalitarian oasis in a world of uneven wealth distribution and growing inequality? It depends on which ideological lens you use to look at it, as Casper Thomas demonstrates in an eminently readable article about global inequality in De Groene...
Sanders Gives Desire for Change the Clearest Voice
Critics who call Bernie Sanders too radical and unelectable because he stands in the way of consensus are missing the point of his appeal, write three social scientists. Bernie Sanders is leading in the Democratic primaries.* The frontrunner, who is dismissed by the...
Caught Between China and US, Europe Must Not Forget That It Is Also a Giant
The scene is familiar: the White House Oval Office, President Donald Trump signing a large white document as Vice President Mike Pence and other high-ranking officials look on approvingly in the background. Last Wednesday, the guest and fellow signatory was the...
We Must Prevent the US and NATO from Dragging Us into Further Military Ventures
The Cabinet must renounce NATO’s defense spending requirements. Rather than allocating an extra 6 billion euros (approximately $6.3 billion) for defense and contributing to endless wars and the arms race, the Netherlands should instead invest in education and national...
Amnesty International Is Also Holding a Mirror Up to the US
Amnesty International recently issued a travel advisory for the United States in an effort to call attention to the excessive gun violence there. An overly political move, according to critics. The human rights organization experienced quite a bit of backlash online....
A New Moon Race Is Not Humanity’s Most Urgent Mission
50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing In January of this year, the Chinese moon lander Chang’e-4, named after the Chinese moon goddess, deployed a rover on the far side of the moon. India is scheduled to launch its Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon on July...
Pay People for the Free Labor They Contribute to Google and Facebook
Without even knowing it, we are often doing unpaid work for tech companies like Google and Facebook. According to economist Maarten Goos, the time has come for people to be compensated for that work. “You should profit from your data,” he says. You may not even know...
‘When They See Us’ Is a Horror Film for People of Color
Review When They See Us” is more than a series about a miscarriage of justice; it is an indictment of a racist system. The victims of that system are finally being seen. By now, the world is familiar with the story of the Central Park Five, the five male teenagers...
Huawei Ban Extends Far Beyond Smartphones
Android It is a major blow for Huawei. U.S.-based Google has been forced to take drastic measures against the Chinese tech firm. After the Trump administration introduced stricter regulations for conducting business with Chinese tech companies last week, Google is now...
Forget About Assange: Save Journalism
So, it’s settled then. There must be a scapegoat. And that scapegoat is now being prepared for the ritual sacrifice: Julian Assange is behind bars. He was taken into custody after the Ecuadorean government “invited” the British police to remove him from its embassy in...
The Symbolic Struggle Over Trump’s Wall
If the U.S. truly wants less irregular migration, then it will have to reform its neoliberal economy. The current debate over Trump’s wall is primarily a conflict over window-dressing. At first glance, the political impasse over Donald Trump’s wall appears to reflect...
Fake Philanthropists Threaten Democracy
Philanthropy Hiding behind the virtuous façade of philanthropy is an elite class that determines political agendas in the absence of any form of control, write Menno Bosma and Roeland Muskens. Two hundred people in the United States, including actor Heath Ledger, have...
Don’t Be Hypocritical – Support Trump’s Wall
Modern states have to keep out non-citizens. They cannot do otherwise. A wall , a physical boundary, only makes that more visible, writes Eric Hendriks. Be honest about that. Are you a fence or a wall person? If you consider that a strange question and think that a...
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