Iran-China Sign Long-Term Trade Agreement: Two Articles
The deal is going to have enormous implications for the balance of power in the Middle East and beyond.
The Tremendous But ‘Secret’ Success Of Socialist Vietnam
From one of the poorest Asian countries, Vietnam has become one of the strongest, determined and optimistic – and also without any Covid deaths.
The Future for the World Economy is Frightening; Immediately Cancel Third World Debt – Two Articles
Prognosis for the world economy is bleak; making it worse is the external debt of the Third World countries.
The Fisc and the Economy
India’s central government was faced with a fiscal crisis even prior to the Covid-induced lockdown – due to its pursuit of neoliberal policies.
How Have the Centre’s Food Distribution Schemes Performed So Far?
Food distribution under the PMGKY and Atmanirbhar Bharat package has been marked by delays.
US Pharma Cos Profiteering from Covid Drugs: India Needs to Assert Right to Produce Drugs at Cheap Prices – 2 Articles
After his disastrous handling of the pandemic, Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gilead’s stock of remdesivir. India needs to break Gilead’s patent and issue compulsory licenses to manufacture the drug locally.
Latin America under CoronaShock: Social Crisis, Neoliberal Failure, and the People’s Alternatives
In Latin America, the pandemic has furthered – sometimes dramatically – a series of economic and social processes that were already underway before the virus emerged.
As Cases and Deaths Surge, WHO and US Health Officials Warn Worst Is Yet to Come: 4 Articles
Six months since the coronavirus outbreak, while the death toll has surpassed 500,000 and the number of confirmed infections topped 10 million worldwide, the WHO warns that “the worst is yet to come.”
Tokyo Olympics and Fukushima ‘Revival’
Japan’s bid for the 2020 Olympics was, from the beginning, an attempt to tell the world that all was normal in Fukushima now, the nuclear accident is well under control.
Feeding the People in Times of Pandemic: The Food Sovereignty Approach in Nicaragua
While an array of UN agencies is predicting a global hunger pandemic triggered by COVID-19 lockdowns, in Nicaragua there are no hunger flags flying.