Buying Greenland: Trump’s Arctic Manoeuvres
You might think Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. could buy Greenland from Denmark is just bonkers. The idea of buying Greenland is not quite so mad if you know your history.
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Trump Is Cutting the Last Threads of the Tattered Cloth of ‘the Rules-Based International Order’
What do Panama, Canada and Greenland have in common? Could Donald Trump be getting the U.S. back to brass tacks, to a core strategy of dominating the Western Hemisphere? Possibly, and he may be blowing away the fraudulent rhetoric about rules-based international order, territorial integrity, international law and the crusade to expand democracies.
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Zuckerberg Ditches Fact-Checking, Appeals to MAGA to Further His Tech Monopoly
While Zuckerberg may frame this move as a victory for free speech, it ultimately raises critical questions about the ethics of content moderation and the responsibilities of technology companies in safeguarding public discourse.
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Haiti and American Neocolonialism
Besides US policy in Cuba, it’s hard to find another case of such an ongoing and sustained assault from the largest empire in the world on a tiny island country like Haiti, which has been dominated by foreign rulers for well over five centuries at this point.
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Niger: Inside the Struggle for Independence from French and Western Colonialism – 2 Articles
After expelling the French military, the people of Niger are fighting to overthrow the remaining colonial structures. Also: “Niger: Women Play a Leading Role in Reconstruction”.
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The Franc Zone
At what appears to be the twilight of French influence in Africa, one relic of colonial rule remains: the CFA franc, widely seen as Paris’s last significant lever of control over its erstwhile pré carré. For decades, the franc zone has offered enviable advantages to Paris.
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Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss
The US government’s deference to agriculture industry interests has put the country at risk of a public health crisis.
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Welcome to the Pyrocene
The failures in California, where Los Angeles has had no significant rainfall in eight months, are not only failures of preparedness but a failure globally to halt the extraction of fossil fuel. Welcome to the age of the “Pyrocene” where cities burn and water does not come out of the hydrants.
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With 350,000 in Attendance, Claudia Sheinbaum’s Zocalo Rally Shows Mexico’s Fourth Transformation Is Thriving
On January 12, 350,000 people made it out to the Zocalo to see Claudia Sheinbaum address the people and celebrate 100 days as the Presidenta of Mexico. Throughout her hour-long speech Sheinbaum addressed the central role of empowering women in her presidency, outlined her policies and achievements so far and directly spoke to relations with the United States.
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Alba Movements and the Bolivarian Revolution
In 2007 Hugo Chávez initiated Alba Movements as a network of grassroots organizations under the auspices of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America [ALBA]. An interview with Alba Movements spokesperson Hernán Vargas about the network’s remit and its support for the Bolivarian Process.
