"We Just Want the Basics": Rare Protests in Cuba Amid Deep Economic Crisis, Ongoing U.S. Blockade

Armed conflicts

History shows us that outsiders can never bring peace to Afghanistan

By Tamim Ansary — The Guardian

By Tamim Ansary * – The Guardian The US and British withdrawal has set off panic, but the truth is they were exacerbating the problem they were trying to solve Friends keep asking me to sign petitions urging President Biden to change his mind about withdrawing troops from…

13 Jul 2021 · 5 min read

Civil rights

Rich Country Hypocrisy Exposed by Vaccine Inequities

By Anis Chowdhury/Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 13 2021 (IPS) – ‘No one is protected from the global pandemic until everyone is’ has become a popular mantra. But vaccine apartheid worldwide, due to rich countries’ policies, has made COVID-19 a developing…

13 Jul 2021 · 5 min read

Armed conflicts

Biden Turns His Back on Yemen

By Aisha Jumaan and Charles Pierson

By Aisha Jumaan and Charles Pierson (*) – Common Dreams While he is a welcome change from the incompetence, venality, and cruelty of the Trump Administration, Biden has continued the Obama and Trump Administrations’ support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen In his first major…

12 Jul 2021 · 4 min read

Armed conflicts

Afghanistan: two decades of Nato help leaves a failed and fractured state on the brink of civil war

By Natasha Lindstaedt — The Conversation

By Natasha Lindstaedt* – The Conversation Afghanistan is falling apart. With US and Nato troops leaving the country earlier than planned, experts are warning that the Taliban could take control of the country within six months. Currently the insurgents control the strategically…

12 Jul 2021 · 5 min read

Corruption

Jacob Zuma’s arrest is a victory for South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution

Opinion, Mark Gevisser – The Guardian Corruption still sadly plays a part in public life here, but we’re making steps in the right direction On Wednesday night, at 45 minutes to midnight, Jacob Zuma blinked. In what was the most consequential moment for the rule of law in…

9 Jul 2021 · 6 min read

Corruption

There’s a Dirty Tricks Campaign Underway in Peru to Deny the Left’s Presidential Victory

By José Carlos Llerena Robles and Vijay Prashad

By José Carlos Llerena Robles and Vijay Prashad (*) – Globetrotter.Independent Media Institute The campaign to overturn Peru’s presidential election results is one of “unconventional warfare.” Half an hour’s taxi ride from the House of Pizarro, the presidential palace in Lima…

9 Jul 2021 · 6 min read