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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Countries across Africa recently took a major step towards economic independence from the West by launching an insurance system that will allow them to conduct inter-state trade without the involvement of the U.S. dollar or other Western currencies. But memories of Libya are a source of worry.
Disillusioned by neo-colonial and imperialist interference in their economies by the countries of the global North, many countries in the global South are now turning to China for loans. While China promises loans on better terms than the West, this relationship is very much to China’s advantage and highly open to criticism.
The problem with the war in Ukraine is that it has been all smoke and mirrors. Now, there are indications that the fog of war is lifting. The battle lines are becoming visible. At an authoritative level, a candid discussion is beginning as regards the endgame.
The author says, “The US Senate is now debating an $886bn defense authorization bill. Unless there are major changes to the bill, I intend to vote against it. Here’s why.”
The late Mutulu Shakur and other Black radicals were responsible for improving the lives of millions of people in the U.S. The counter revolution ended that period of progress, but the political crisis they created forced systemic change on a grand scale.
On June 14, a fishing vessel carrying hundreds of refugees, the Adriana, sank off the Greek port city of Pylos. Roughly 600 people, including children, drowned. It has now been revealed that the sinking of Adriana was an act of mass murder.
Seven months in, and in the face of brutal state repression, the people of Peru continue their struggle against the neoliberal dictatorship of the Boluarte coup regime.
With the world’s attention focused on Ukraine, almost no one has noticed a devastating civil war in Africa.
Under stewardship of the Sandinistas, Nicaragua remains a beacon for social progress despite crushing U.S. sanctions.
War is much more than a memory for Việt people who continue to navigate a landscape of unexploded ordnance and chemical contamination. All wars are fought endlessly in the bodies, minds, and lands of those who are invaded as well as those who fight.
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