Around the world – Page 49 – Struggle

Morocco drives a war in Western Sahara for its phosphates

January 21, 2022 Vijay Prashad

In November 2020, the Moroccan government sent its military to the Guerguerat area, a buffer zone between the territory claimed by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The Guerguerat border post is […]

Aafia Siddiqui, political prisoner

January 19, 2022 Linda Ford

The media coverage of the hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas has been predictably hysterical, Islamophobic and inaccurate about Aafia Siddiqui, the apparent political cause of the hostage-taker Malik Faisad Akram. According to his family in […]

Are Western wealthy countries determined to starve the people of Afghanistan?

January 15, 2022 Vijay Prashad

On January 11, 2022, the United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths appealed to the international community to help raise $4.4 billion for Afghanistan in humanitarian aid, calling this effort, “the largest ever appeal for a […]

More U.S. and NATO weapons being sent to Ukraine puppet government

‘U.S. claims of Russian threat to Ukraine are groundless’

January 13, 2022 Dmitry Strauss

The following interview with Struggle-La Lucha co-editor Greg Butterfield was originally published by the website Ukraina.ru. Dmitry Strauss: Greg, Russia has raised the issue of nonproliferation of U.S. and NATO missile strike systems near […]

Los Angeles rally backs South Korean workers’ struggle

January 13, 2022 Peter Kim

In Los Angeles Jan. 8, progressive Korean American groups and allies rallied in solidarity with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and against the U.S. military occupation of South Korea. The Harriet Tubman Center […]

FILES US AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT ATTACK ACCIDENT

‘Hey, hey, USA! How many bombs did you drop today?’

January 11, 2022 Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies

The Pentagon has finally published its first Airpower Summary since President Biden took office nearly a year ago. These monthly reports have been published since 2007 to document the number of bombs and missiles dropped […]

Why Kazakhstan exploded

January 10, 2022 Vladimir Chemeris

What is happening now in Kazakhstan, a popular uprising or another “color revolution”? At the moment, users of Ukrainian social networks are actively discussing this issue. Despite all the differences, we are very similar in […]

Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan calls for international solidarity

January 10, 2022 Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan

In a statement about the large-scale mobilizations and protests in the former Soviet republic, the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan calls for international solidarity with the demonstrators and demands the withdrawal of troops from the cities, […]

Right-wing hate speech runs rampant in India’s elections

January 6, 2022 Vijay Prashad

A bizarre event took place in northern India between December 17 and December 19, 2021. It was a “religious parliament” (Dharma Sansad) with the theme, “The Future of the Sanatan Dharma in Islamic India: Problem and Solutions.” […]

‘We are still living in the shadow of the defeat of the USSR’

December 23, 2021 Dmitry Strauss

The following interview with Struggle-La Lucha co-editor Greg Butterfield was originally published by the website Ukraina.ru as part of a retrospective series on the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December […]