Europe´s centre held and environmental activists stood up to be counted - as did ordinary people on the street, from Sudan to Hong Kong and beyond. We look at the international news events that gave us hope Click here for 2019´s reasons to be fearful It was a year of high anxiety - but unlike the Mel Brooks movie of that name, there was not a lot to laugh about. Nerves were frayed by worries about a Middle East conflagration, the destructive antics of a narcissistic US president and an accelerating climate emergency.Too many rulers forgot their job was to serve the ruled, not kill, repress, rob or bamboozle them. The idea of multilateral cooperation and international law took another beating. Division, separation and isolation were recurring themes in a global landscape scarred by fear.The calling off of a US strike on Iran came with a bonus - the sacking of national security adviser John BoltonYounger generations were in the forefront of protests in Chile, Peru, Haiti, Venezuela, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and elsewhere Continue reading...
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