Category: International Relations
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NATO Turns Global and Expands Theatres of Escalation
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of 32 Western countries has formally declared its security interests to be global, despite its title and founding mandate as a transatlantic security alliance. … Keep reading »
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Peasants and Politics in Neoliberal India: The 2020-21 Peasant Movement
The persistence of peasantry in the Global South and imperialism’s necessity to integrate it into its accumulation network has given birth to a new agrarian question. This question centers around … Keep reading »
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From Argentina with Love, and Rage
Anti-extractivist struggle, the carbon credit scam, weaving solidarity, and organizing under an extreme right wing government with Clarisa Neztor, a young activist from Misiones. Keep reading »
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Colombia’s Coal Embargo on Israel Is a Model to Follow
On June 8, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that his country will suspend coal exports to Israel until the genocide stops. Colombian coal accounted for more than 60 percent of … Keep reading »
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France Election: Massive Mobilization of the Left
What are the results of the parliamentary elections in France on 7 July 2024? In the second round of France’s parliamentary elections on 7 July 2024, the National Rally (Rassemblement National, … Keep reading »
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Sharifeh Mohammadi: Iranian Labour, Civil Rights Activist, Sentenced To Death
Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labour and civil rights activist, was put on trial by the first branch of the Rasht Revolutionary Court and sentenced to death without going through any transparent … Keep reading »
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The Menace of Hindutva
Renowned political scientist, academic, and writer, Achin Vanaik (b.1947) is a well-known scholar and commentator on global politics and international relations. He graduated in economics and statistics from the University … Keep reading »
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Myanmar: The Coup, Resistance, and Global Solidarity
Three years ago, on February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military staged a coup, ending nearly a decade of civilian rule, arresting countless numbers in a brutal crackdown on popular protest. … Keep reading »
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Sde Teiman Camp: Israel’s ‘Guantanamo’
The Israeli occupation authorities acknowledged early last month [June/24] the martyrdom, in the Sde Teiman camp, of 36 detainees from the Gaza Strip. These deaths demand that we focus on … Keep reading »
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ANC’s Crushing Electoral Defeat: A Nightmare of Coalitions, Splits and Neoliberal Crisis
South Africa is in the throes of a deepening political and social crisis. The precipitous electoral loss of the African National Congress (ANC) by a whopping 17 percentage points, from … Keep reading »
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Break the Silence, Free Congo
As violent militias rampage across the country, activists in the DRC are urgently calling for an end to Rwanda’s
aggression and for a green transition that puts justice first, dismantling colonial exploitation once and for all. François Kamate, a young Congolese activist, shares his experience and offers pathways to solidarity. Keep reading » -
Framing Palestine: Israel, the Gulf states, and American power in the Middle East
An alternative approach to understanding Palestine – one that is framed by the wider region and the Middle East’s central place in our fossil fuel-centred world. Keep reading »