The Pandora Paper trail with Jeffrey Sachs

In 'White Malice', Dr. Susan Williams uncovers the covert operations pursued by the CIA from Ghana to the Congo to the UN, aimed at frustrating and denying Africa’s new generation of nationalist leaders. This book challenges the conventional belief that African nations failed to establish effective, democratic states on their own accord, revealing instead how the US intervened to control the region as European powers withdrew. The book is based on extensive archival research and numerous written and oral sources from eight countries and the United Nations.

The Ministry for the Future is a novel by Kim Stanley Robinson that delves into the urgent issue of climate change. Set in the near future, the story follows the establishment of a UN agency, the Ministry for the Future, whose mission is to advocate for the rights of future generations. The novel is told through multiple perspectives, including those of Mary Murphy, the head of the Ministry, and Frank May, an American aid worker who survives a devastating heat wave in India. The book explores various innovative solutions to climate change, such as the introduction of a new currency called 'carboni' to incentivize decarbonization, and it presents a hopeful yet realistic vision of how humanity might cooperate to mitigate the effects of climate change. The narrative includes a mix of fictional eyewitness accounts, non-fiction descriptions, and diverse writing styles, reflecting the complexity and urgency of the climate crisis.