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The U.S. Unilateral Sanctions Against Russia Will Produce a Global Food Disaster

By John Ross — Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute

By John Ross* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute “There is really no true solution to the problem of global food security without bringing back the agriculture production of Ukraine and the food and fertilizer production of Russia and Belarus into world markets despite…

25 May 2022 · 7 min read

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‘They won’t accept us’: Roma refugees forced to camp at Prague train station

By Robert Tait — The Guardian

By Robert Tait* – The Guardian Humanitarian crisis grows as Ukrainian Roma families stuck at Czech train station say they are not treated like other refugees Prague’s central railway station seems a picture of normality amid warm spring sunshine and the return of legions of…

25 May 2022 · 6 min read

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Hungarian Rhapsody: The Right Dreams of an “American Orbánism”

Jeet Heer* – The Nation Whether it’s a new variation of “the socialism of fools” or the same old fascist shell game, the Hungarian leader’s illiberal democracy has the American right under its spell Three of the biggest news stories in the United States are the erosion of…

24 May 2022 · 9 min read

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U.S. Pressure on India Forces New Delhi to Reassess Its Options

By John P. Ruehl — Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute

By John P. Ruehl * – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute The United States’ approach to India since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis has reignited India’s historical grievances toward Washington. But outreach by other major powers—such as Russia and China—to New…

24 May 2022 · 8 min read

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A global war. Let’s stop it

For a global pact, now, for a common, universal future of justice and peace. About the “war in Ukraine”.

24 May 2022 · 15 min read

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Extraditing Julian Assange would be a gift to secretive, oppressive regimes

By Peter Oborne — The Guardian

By Peter Oborne* – The Guardian Handing over the WikiLeaks founder to the US will benefit those around the world who want to evade scrutiny In the course of the next few days, Priti Patel will make the most important ruling on free speech made by any home secretary in recent…

23 May 2022 · 5 min read

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Washington and Kyiv versus Moscow

By Hall Gardner — Meer

By Hall Gardner* – Meer Toward a war of attrition? Or major power war? As I have been warning since at least 1994 that a Russia-Ukraine conflict leading a major power war was a real possibility,1 I would prefer not to warn again that the worse is yet to…

23 May 2022 · 16 min read

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Return of the king: Juan Carlos’ problematic Spanish homecoming

By Guy Hedgecoe — POLITICO

By Guy Hedgecoe – POLITICO The former ruler has spent years in self-imposed exile in Abu Dhabi — but now he’s coming back. MADRID — This weekend, things could get awkward in Spain. The former king, Juan Carlos I, who abdicated in 2014, returned home on Thursday evening after…

20 May 2022 · 5 min read

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Tucker Carlson’s “Great Replacement” Theory Derives from an American Nazi

By Juan Cole — CounterPunch

By Juan Cole – CounterPunch Before a hate-filled 18-year-old murdered 10 and wounded 3 African Americans in Buffalo on May 14, he penned a rambling screed about replacement theory. The most common version of this whiny idea, imported from the more hysterical fringes of the…

20 May 2022 · 4 min read

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India has key role to play in possible new world order

By PRASANTH RADHAKRISHNAN – Asia Times* For non-alignment to be effective, it cannot be restricted to transactional relationships or mere moral posturing In the first half of April, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar made some revealing remarks at…

19 May 2022 · 6 min read