Do not go to COP my friend,The UN will do you no good.I’m an old man who has been there often,And I’ll tell you what I should.When they met in 92,I was a kid, all starry eyed..Who believed in all they said and signed,Now I know they lied.Since then they met again and...
The article originally appeared on Common Dreams on 16th March 2015. Reach the author on Twitter at: @martinkirk_ny. The United Nations, large NGOs and lots of big corporations are gearing up to tell the world that we can eradicate global poverty by 2030. As a...
Originally published in Truthout as ‘Beware the Best of Times’. As the Davos class head off from their annual get together in Switzerland, it’s a good time for a quick stocktaking of the stories we’re told about global affairs. There are,...
