by Pedro Marin | Jun 23, 2022 | Activism, Brazil, Environment, Indigenous Resistance, Politics, Social Justice
In 2021, 37% of the total spending to stop deforestation was allocated to military actions.
by John P. Ruehl | Jun 22, 2022 | Africa, Burkina Faso, China, Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Europe, Food, Health Care/Medicine, History, Human Rights, India, Japan, Kenya, Middle East, Niger, Nigeria, North America, Politics, Russia, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Trade, Turkey, Ukraine, United Nations, War, Yemen
The effects of the war in Ukraine have brought much of the world’s attention to energy prices. But food insecurity is also rising and will likely get worse.
by Vijay Prashad | Jun 15, 2022 | Africa, Asia, Austria, China, Economics, France, Germany, Ghana, History, Interview, Middle East, Politics, South Africa, Trade, United Kingdom, United States, War
An interview with Kwesi Pratt Jr., a journalist and leader of the Socialist Movement of Ghana.
by Kate Hudson | Jun 14, 2022 | Activism, Afghanistan, Africa, Algeria, Asia, Australia, Central America, China, Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Europe, Food, France, French Polynesia, History, Human Rights, India, Indigenous Resistance, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Middle East, Pakistan, Politics, Russia, South Africa, South America, Syria, Trade, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, War, Yemen
Massive spending by states on military production and destruction is a criminal waste of resources. The priorities of humanity are the fight against inequality and poverty.
by Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva | Jun 14, 2022 | Activism, Colombia, Elections, History, Interview, Politics, War
An interview with María José Pizarro, whose father, Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, was a Colombian left-wing politician assassinated in 1990.
by John P. Ruehl | Jun 9, 2022 | Asia, Belarus, China, Economics, Europe, Germany, History, India, Moldova, Politics, Russia, Trade, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, War
After Russian forces seized Ukraine’s Kherson region at the beginning of its invasion, a Ukrainian official named Kirill Stremousov was installed as the new government’s deputy head.