In the week that marks the 70th annual general meeting of the United Nations, author and peace activist David Swanson speaks about the role of the UN to WHDT TV in Boston.

By David Swanson
The United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals don't just ignore the fact that development isn’t sustainable; they revel in it. One of the goals is spreading energy use. Another is economic growth. Another is preparation for climate chaos (not preventing it, but dealing with it). And how does the United Nations deal with problems? Generally through wars and sanctions.

By David Swanson
I appreciate that there's more happening than just a march for the climate today on the International Day of Peace and I get the idea that keeping the safe and obedient march-to-nowhere separate from protests actually at the United Nations where our corporate overlords are determining the rate of the earth's demise is intended to please all of the people some of the time, but I can't help wishing that the march would just turn left instead of right when it reaches 42nd Street, in order to march to the United Nations rather than to nowhere.