Category: International Relations
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Canada’s Development Finance Institution and Land Grabbing in Africa
On Wednesday, April 27th, 2022, we caught up with Devlin Kuyek, a researcher at GRAIN, a small international non-profit organization that works to support small farmers and social movements in … Keep reading »
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Sri Lanka: The Sound of Protest Amidst Crisis
After a massive and momentous protest on July 9, 2022, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister have agreed to resign. Thousands gathered despite unconstitutional “police curfew” and a potential internet … Watch video »
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The United States Extends Its Military Reach Into Zambia
On April 26, 2022, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced that they had set up an office in the US Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia. According to AFRICOM Brigadier General … Keep reading »
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Climate Change and Class: the Philippine Case
It was timely that the eighth anniversary of Super Typhoon Haiyan was smack in the middle of the COP26 climate negotiations. The tragedy shines a light on the overwhelming impacts … Keep reading »
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Parliamentary Elections in France 2022
Setback for Macron in ‘Third Round’ of French Elections Dave Kellaway Gérald Darmanin, the French interior minister, the same politician who blamed the Liverpool fans for the debacle of the Champions … Keep reading »
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India Has a Key Role to Play in a Possible New World Order
In the first half of April 2022, India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar made some revealing remarks at a press conference in Washington, D.C. He was standing beside US Secretary … Keep reading »
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Sri Lanka: Crisis of Neoliberalism and the Progressive Alternative
The current crisis in Sri Lanka is not only a political crisis of the regime of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It is also a structural breakdown of the way in which neoliberalism … Keep reading »
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Can Mélenchon’s Left Coalition Defeat Macron in June?
Jean-Luc Mélenchon was beaming at the launch of NUPES (early May), his new electoral coalition, the New Popular, Ecological and Social Union. The former Socialist Party (PS) minister, who split … Keep reading »
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Protests in Finland: No to NATO, Yes to Peace!
Sunday, May 15th was a sad day for Finland’s long history of military non-alignment. On this day, the country’s President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin officially announced what … Keep reading »
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Neoliberalism and the Sri Lanka Economic Crisis
So much has been written on the Sri Lankan economic crisis that the facts are by now quite well-known (see for instance C P Chandrasekhar, Frontline April 22): the massive … Keep reading »
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Canadian Diaspora Condemns Anti-Muslim Violence in India
We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the recent wave of violence against the Muslim community in India unleashed by Hindu right wing groups affiliated with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). … Keep reading »
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Why Should Ukraine’s Debt be Cancelled?
Sushovan Dhar (SD): How much is the Ukrainian public debt and who are the main creditors? Eric Toussaint (ET): Ukraine’s external debt, public and private, is about $130-billion, half of … Keep reading »