Category: International Relations
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India: Statement on Repeal of Farm Laws
After over 15 months of farmers protests, Modi has finally been made to accept defeat and to come out and announce the repeal of the three farm laws. Keep reading »
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In Defense of Palestinian Civil Society
A conversation with Ubai Aboudi, director of the Bisan Center in Ramallah, and Sahar Francis of Addameer, two of the six Palestinian civil society organizations labeled “terrorist” by the Israeli government. Watch video »
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Canadian Imperialism and the Responsibility to ‘Voluntour’
As the possibility of travel returns for many of us in parts of the world like Canada where a majority of people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and as the … Keep reading »
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‘No way back’ to Military Dictatorship Declare Sudanese Activists
The coup launched by Sudanese military leaders on the morning of 25 October is being resisted by mass protests amid calls for total civil disobedience and a political general strike. … Keep reading »
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Afghanistan: Our Struggle for Freedom Continues
The only way to save Afghanistan is solidarity of the progressive, democratic and secular forces. Keep reading »
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What Does India Get Out of Being Part of ‘The Quad’?
Australia has joined the US and UK games to contain China, leaving India unclear in the Quad and isolated in Asia. India is gradually losing strategic autonomy. Keep reading »
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German Election: Losses for Establishment Parties, Defeat for Die Linke
The parties in the “grand coalition” of Angela Merkel’s government, the conservative CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union) and the SPD (Social Democratic Party) attracted only a quarter of the … Keep reading »
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The Meaning of Macron: Lessons from the Fifth Republic
France has always had a slippery status within comparative political economy. Once upheld as an ideal model of a planned capitalist economy during the Les Trente Glorieuses of the postwar … Keep reading »
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Norway Turns Left
It was evident by about midnight on Monday, September 13, that the Left bloc, spearheaded by the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet), was comfortably bagging an important victory in Norway’s parliamentary elections. … Keep reading »
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The Historical Backdrop to the Coup in Myanmar
“Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves the wind is blowing Freedom soon will come Then we’ll come from the shadows.” — Leonard Cohen, The Partisan. After … Keep reading »
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Afghanistan’s Tragedy
Afghanistan has been in a state of chaos since at least the Taliban resurgence in 2006 and the entry of the Islamic State group (Daesh) more recently. Assaults have been … Keep reading »
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How Israel’s Hasbara Went Belly-up in the Face of Global Protest
For 11 days in May of this year, the world watched in horror as Israel’s missile onslaught on the civilians of Gaza went into full swing. According to the World … Keep reading »