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      Demanding 'Global Peace Dividend,' Nobel Laureates Call for 2% Cut in World's Military Spending

      "We propose that half of the resources freed up by this agreement are allocated to a global fund, under U.N. supervision, to address humanity’s grave common problems: pandemics, climate change, and extreme poverty."

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 15, 2021

      In a move they say will save $1 trillion over five years "to fight planetary emergencies" like "pandemics, climate change, and extreme poverty," a group of over 50 Nobel laureates this week published an open letter calling on countries to generate a "global peace dividend" by reducing their military spending by 2%.

      "Humankind faces risks that can only be averted through cooperation. Let us cooperate, instead of fighting among ourselves."

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      Empty Gestures or Substantive Change? On the Nobel Prize in Literature and Its Discontents

      To be meaningful, post-colonial writers who adhere to what should have remained a radical form of anti-colonialism should become the heart and soul of the literary movement, not only in the Global South but throughout the world.

      Ramzy Baroud
      Oct 19, 2021

      The fact that Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature is welcome news, especially as the Swedish Academy is historically known for lacking in diversity, as if intellectual creativity is largely confined to Western intellectual circles.

      It is premature to suggest that the Academy has finally decided to break away from its ethnocentric past and genuinely embrace the incredible literature constantly originating from the Global South. One can be excused for appearing too cynical--after all, since its inception in 1901, over 80% of those who have received the award hail from Europe and North America. In the last decade, Chinese novelist, Mo Yan, was the only non-Western author to receive the award in 2012.

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      Three Scientists Share Nobel Prize in Physics for 'Revolutionary' Climate Work

      "It's clear that for the future generations, we have to act now in a very fast way," said newly minted Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi, a theoretical physicist at the Sapienza University of Rome.

      Jake Johnson
      Oct 05, 2021

      Three scientists on Tuesday were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for their "revolutionary contributions" to the world's understanding of the climate--and how human activity, such as the emission of carbon dioxide, impacts it.

      "The discoveries being recognized this year demonstrate that our knowledge about the climate rests on a solid scientific foundation."

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