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‘Leaving no one and no place behind’: Zimbabwe is moving ahead

November 19, 2022 Stephen Millies
Sistas’ Place in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, was packed on Nov. 15 as members of the December 12th Movement reported on their trip to Zimbabwe. D12 Chairwoman Viola Plummer, along with Omowale […]
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Bolivia in the crosshairs of Yankee hegemonism

November 12, 2022 Raúl Antonio Capote
Once again, the oligarchy allied with the U.S. government and the Yankee transnationals are waving in Bolivia the banner of division, rupture and regression to the past of exclusion, inequality and oblivion. Camouflaged under the […]
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Japan’s discomfort in the New Cold War

November 8, 2022 Vijay Prashad
In early December 2021, Japan’s Self-Defense Force joined the U.S. armed forces for Resolute Dragon 2021, which the U.S. Marines called the “largest bilateral training exercise of the year.” Major General Jay Bargeron of the U.S. 3rd […]
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Analysis of the Brazil elections and Bolsonaro’s reaction

November 5, 2022 Gustavo A. Maranges
The elections in Brazil were without a doubt among the most important and anticipated events of the year in Latin America. The largest economy in the regional economy’s political definition is a core element in […]
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Protests across Europe: ‘Let’s get out of NATO’

November 3, 2022 Gary Wilson
Mass demonstrations continued across Europe in October. Primarily they were protests against skyrocketing energy prices and soaring inflation. They were also against war and the sanctions on Russia that are seen to be directly responsible […]
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Pentagon’s ‘Broken Nest’ strategy for Taiwan

November 3, 2022 Chris Fry
In the midst of a growing economic attack on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by the Biden Administration, an Oct. 12th article in the tech newsletter gizmodo.com carried the extraordinary title “Taiwan Official Explains with Extreme […]
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U.S. to deploy nuclear-capable B-52s to Australia, provoking China

November 1, 2022 Kenny Stancil
In what critics are calling a “dangerous escalation,” the United States is reportedly preparing to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to northern Australia, where they would be close enough to strike China. “The ability […]
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Brazilian democracy scores a victory against considerable odds

October 31, 2022 Gustavo A. Maranges
October 30 – Just a few minutes ago, Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced Lula da Silva’s victory by over 2 million votes or 1.5%. Undoubtedly it was a tight race with many obstacles for the […]
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Haiti: U.S. disinformation campaign provides pretext as UN military intervention looms

October 30, 2022 Dan Cohen
As a popular uprising engulfs Haiti and threatens to topple the U.S.-backed regime of de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry, Washington is seeking to deploy a military force to target the figure at the storm’s […]
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Guinea’s plight lays bare the greed of foreign mining companies in the Sahel

October 30, 2022 Vijay Prashad
On October 20, 2022, in Guinea, a protest organized by the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) took place. The protesters demanded the ruling military government (the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development, or […]