The Current Impasse in Belarus and the Peace Alternative
The US must stop fishing in troubled waters and let the people of Belarus decide. They have the power and don’t need to be told what democracy looks like.
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Drawing Lessons from 9/11 During Covid Times – Two Articles
3,000 dead on 9/11 meant everything, 200,000 dead of Covid-19 means nothing. But there is one thing both these two periods have in common—both represent huge wins for the military-industrial complex.
The Burning Question Is Not If Duterte Will Go, But How
Popular support had propped up the Duterte regime and encouraged his arrogance in power. His utter incompetence in handling Covid-19 has eroded his popularity; the question now is not if he will go but how he will leave.
Learnings from Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Two Articles
We cannot change what happened, neither the heinous military nor the tragic moral stains that indelibly mark its occurrence. But we can rise above it, and commit ourselves to building a sane, safe, and civilized future.
PetroCaribe is at the heart of a geopolitical battle in the Carribean
This article explores the history of the PetroCaribe Agreement and its relationship to anti-corruption protests in Haiti.
Territory, Borders, Identities: India’s Conflict with China and Itself
It is a dangerous fallacy to see the the country as a scaled-up version of the individual body. Yet, displacing that equation is extremely hard.
No Reason in Law or Conscience to Hold Varavara Rao: Appeals, and an Article
It is a matter of shame that dreaded criminals in India receive political patronage and are able to remain outside jail, whereas intellectuals like Varavara Rao languish in jail.
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.
Covid as Geopolitical Opportunity: India as Player, or Pawn?
The US is using the emergence of Covid-19 crisis as a weapon against its perceived rival, China; and India is becoming an ally of the US in this game.
Cuba’s Resilience Through Economic Crisis Prepared It for COVID Health Crisis
The greatest lesson Cuba gives us from its handling of the Covid crisis is: We can’t give people what is left over after we have given bailouts to the corporates; we must give them what we have.