by Nontobeko Hlela | May 3, 2022 | Activism, Africa, Angola, Asia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, China, Climate Change, Comoros, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Economics, Environment, Eswatini, Europe, Health Care/Medicine, History, Human Rights, Identity Politics, India, Japan, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, North America, North Macedonia, Politics, Russia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Social Justice, South Africa, South America, Tanzania, Tech, Trade, Ukraine, United Nations, United States, Venezuela, War, Zambia, Zimbabwe
As the United States escalates its new cold war against Russia and China, there is now an urgent imperative to reject this cold war mentality of wanting to divide the world along old acrimonious lines.
by Jeremy Corbyn | Apr 27, 2022 | Activism, Afghanistan, Africa, Asia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Economics, Europe, Food, History, Human Rights, Immigration, India, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Libya, Middle East, Montenegro, North America, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Politics, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Social Justice, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, Vietnam, War, Yemen
All wars end in a negotiation of some sort – so why not now?
by Vijay Prashad | Mar 3, 2022 | Activism, Afghanistan, Australia, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Economics, France, Germany, History, Human Rights, Identity Politics, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Mozambique, Politics, Russia, Rwanda, Social Justice, Switzerland, Trade, Ukraine, United Nations, United States, War
There are wars in Africa and Asia and some are rarely commented on in the media, so why is Ukraine different?
by Vijay Prashad | Sep 9, 2021 | Algeria, Central African Republic, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Economics, France, Human Rights, Mozambique, Politics, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Trade, United States, War
Over July and August Rwandan soldiers were deployed in Mozambique, purportedly to fight ISIS terrorists. However, behind this campaign is French maneuvering that benefits an energy giant eager to exploit natural gas resources, and perhaps, some backroom deals over history.
by Tanya Rawal-Jindia | Mar 18, 2019 | Democratic Republic of the Congo, International Monetary Fund, South Korea
The IMF’s appeals for women’s economic stability in the recipient countries of their loans are a slap in the face to the women who are living proof of the IMF’s indifference to the human suffering they cause.
by Vijay Prashad and Kambale Musavuli | Jan 31, 2019 | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Economics, Human Rights, World Bank
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is both one of the richest countries in the world, and one of the poorest.