Conn Hallinan

LATEST ARTICLES BY Conn Hallinan

• Politics

  

  Leon Wofsy: The Organizer (1921-2019)

  September 5, 2019 By Conn Hallinan And Max Elbaum

  Leon Wofsy understood that serious politics are mass politics.

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• Environment

  

  Rivers of dust: Water shortages hitting the Middle East—and everywhere else

  August 1, 2019 By Conn Hallinan

  There are solutions, but they don't include privatization.

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• Environment

  

  Water wars: As climate change escalates, South Asia’s already fighting over water

  July 11, 2019 By Conn Hallinan

  The weapon India's deploying against Pakistan isn't its considerable nuclear arsenal, but one still capable of inflicting ruinous destruction: water.

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• World

  

  Turkey’s wounded Erdogan could be dangerous

  June 26, 2019 By Conn Hallinan

  For the second time in a row, Turkish voters have rebuked President Recep Tayyir Erdogan’s handpicked candidate for the mayoralty of Istanbul.

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• News

  

  Contrary to NY Times, Spanish vote not so great for EU

  May 13, 2019 By Conn Hallinan

  For European parties on the center-left, Spain’s elections had a message: the old days of campaigning on left social democracy when you’re running for office and ruling with careful centrism once you get into power are...

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• World

  

  Revenge of the Kurds: Turkey’s Erdogan dealt blow in local elections

  April 25, 2019 By Conn Hallinan

  But the autocrat is neither down nor out.

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• World

  

  Diego Garcia: U.S. military’s “unsinkable carrier” springs a leak

  April 17, 2019 By Conn Hallinan

  International Court of Justice orders Britain to de-colonize the Chagos Islands immediately, putting strategic U.S. military base in limbo.

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• World

  

  Left, right, or center—In European elections, who knows?

  March 27, 2019 By Conn Hallinan

  Because the right has adopted some of the left’s longstanding issues, the upcoming election poses a serious threat.

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