We are living in a highly explosive period. Israel's genocidal war on Gaza is rapidly spreading, with an intensified crackdown on the population of the West Bank, skirmishes with Hezbollah, the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Syria, drone and missile attacks on Israel by Iran, and the growing likelihood of a direct military confrontation between Israel and Iran leading to a wider Middle East … [Read more...]
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A Workers’ International Network meeting, Sunday 22nd May, 2022 (1) THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS A Workers’ International Network meeting - Sunday 22nd May - YouTube As human life is threatened by new pandemics, slump, war and environmental disaster, the latest report from UNICEF warns that 48% of the world’s children today are malnourished – the worst situation in history, … [Read more...]
WORLD PERSPECTIVES: Supplement on the Pandemic
The document below in Word and pdf file formats is a supplement to the 2020 World Perspectives document, also on this website. … [Read more...]
2020 Vision: World Perspectives
'Roger Silverman opened the conference of the Workers International Network with the following lead-off on World Perspectives, updating the 2020 Vision document with an analysis of the growing social, economic and environmental crisis and the worldwide upsurge of revolt … [Read more...]
2020: A WORLD IN REVOLT
DAVID HEMSON reviews the uprisings sweeping the world today Something new is growing worldwide; protest movements and demonstrations are emerging day after day in country after country in South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. While protests often run their course and exhaust themselves, the current movements are continuing as the issues they fight for are unresolved. There is a new mood … [Read more...]
New World Perspective Document Launched
Read 2020 VISION – the new World Perspectives document We’re living now in the early stages of what could reasonably be called the most disturbed period in human history… The roller coaster of history is shaking the world with stomach-churning lurches… On top of its rapidly developing environmental catastrophe and an exceptionally precarious economic outlook, the stability of the world is … [Read more...]
On the Brink: Critical Perspectives for Our Time
We live in uncertain times. Two decades into the twenty-first century, at a time when scientific and technological advances offer potential prospects hardly dreamed of by previous generations, life seems ever more dangerous, and society more conflicted, while environmental degradation is threatening the very future of humankind. A clear understanding of the causes of this crisis and of a possible … [Read more...]