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2021 was a year of war, loss and destruction for Palestinians. Yet, it was also a year of unity, cultural achievements and hope, as a new generation is finally taking center stage, asserting its identity and its centrality to the future of its homeland.
This exchange appeared in the September 1961 issue of Monthly Review. The questions were submitted, in writing, to Comandante Guevara by Leo Huberman during the week of the Bay of Pigs invasion; the answers were received at the end of June.
This study covers the period from the 15th to the 21st century, focusing on the dramatic effects of capitalist globalisation.
On January 10, 2022, National Security Advisor of Pakistan, Moeed Yusuf, admitted that the country does not have any financial independence, being dependent on loans from International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other foreign organizations.
Putin and Xi have agreed to create an “independent financial structure for trade operations that could not be influenced by other countries.” This may be announced by a joint summit before the end of 2022. This is a stunning game-changer in more ways than one.
President Ortega of Nicaragua has demonstrated through his continued victories, and through his forming of new alliances with countries like China, that times have changed; that it is now the US, with its crumbling empire, which must watch on the sidelines as countries like tiny Nicaragua chart their own futures.
Not only has Cuba succeeded in vaccinating 93% of its population, including children – a figure more than most developed countries – with its indigenously developed vaccines, it has also started sending these vaccines to other countries that have approved them.
The current turbulence signified an abortive attempt at colour revolution in Kazakhstan, which boomeranged. CSTO forces, led by a tough seasoned general, quickly moved in to protect “strategic assets”. Presumably, such assets will include Pentagon-funded labs in Kazakhstan.
On Sept 20, 2001, President Bush declared a “war on terror”. It has meant a 20-year slide to defeat in Afghanistan, a proliferation of militant groups across the Middle East and Africa, and a world-spanning war that has killed about 300 times the number of people murdered in America on 9/11.
During the 21st century, the US rulers have turned to a new coup strategy, relying on soft coups, a significant change from the notoriously brutal military hard coups in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and other countries in the 1970s. A list of 27 US-backed coups in the first 21 years of this century.
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