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.
Why Government Mostly Helps People Who Need It the Least…Even During a Crisis
In U.S. capitalism, most of the money and power are concentrated in a small minority – and their interests prevail in government policies.
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.
Twitter Targets Accounts of News Outlets Covering Unrest in Bolivia
MintPress News, along with a number of independent Bolivian news outlets and journalists covering the unrest there, were all targeted for suspension at the same time.
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.
Black Lives Matter a Lot in Cuba… Since 1959
Cuban has contributed immensely to African liberation struggles. No wonder that the first country Nelson Mandela visited after his release from prison in 1991 was Cuba. And a tribute to Hatuey, the great Taino warrior.
Do the Dalit Lives Matter In India? Reflecting on Condition of Dalits and Apathy
The situation of Dalits in India is akin to the African-Americans in the US in a number of ways; however there are no protests in India similar to the outrage witnessed there.
How Racism is an Essential Tool for Maintaining the Capitalist Order
Systemic racism survived in the post-Civil War United States partly because it helped capitalism make the effects of its cyclical downturns socially tolerable.