By Andrea Mazzarino* – TomDispatch The way mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private army have been waging a significant part of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has been well covered in the American media, not least of all because his firm, the Wagner Group, draws most…
Ruehl*- Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute The Taliban’s ability to lead Afghanistan remains questionable and ongoing instability has provided the Islamic State the opportunity for expansion. On April 25, 2023, U.S. officials confirmed that the Taliban had killed…
By Sophia Cai* – Axios The far-right populism of Hungary’s prime minister is helping to inspire U.S. Republicans’ agenda for 2024, a game plan that targets immigration, LGBTQ rights and — at least for some — the war in Ukraine.
By Philipp Annawitt* – Asia Times The military balance in the country is shifting The revolution in Myanmar that sprung from resistance to the 2021 military coup is in its third year. Violence keeps escalating, as the military has taken to attacking villages in opposition areas…
Fumiyasu Akegawa, Chair & CEO DEVNET International/Japan Japan’s House of Representatives has passed a bill to amend the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act to tighten the detention of foreign nationals. The bill is almost identical to an amendment that was…
By Amy Goodman (*) – Democracy Now! GUESTS : Phyllis Bennis, author and fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
José Miguel Amiune* War accelerates the decline of the dollar as the world’s sole currency Dear reader, the title and subtitle of this article may surprise you, alarm you, or make it difficult for you to see the connection between the war, the decline of the dollar and China’s…
Sachs * – The New World Economy The key to economic development and ending poverty is investment. Nations achieve prosperity by investing in four priorities. Most important is investing in people, through quality education and health care. The next…
By Dan Collyns* – Global development Hundreds, mostly Venezuelans, hope to cross into Peru to flee harsh immigration protocols and growing xenophobia in Chile The wind sweeping in from the Pacific Ocean buffets makeshift tents made of blankets and scraps of fabric, as sheltering…
Goodman* – counterpunch.org. U.S. diplomats have been unsuccessful in recruiting key countries in the Global South, particularly India and Brazil, to support Ukraine in its war with Russia. Nations of the Global South don’t want to be part of the Cold War between the…
