In 2021, 37% of the total spending to stop deforestation was allocated to military actions.
Continue readingThe Ukraine War’s Role in Exacerbating Global Food Insecurity
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.
Continue readingWhy Does the United States Have a Military Base in Ghana?
An interview with Kwesi Pratt Jr., a journalist and leader of the Socialist Movement of Ghana.
Continue readingWhy Peace and Disarmament Are at the Heart of Nonalignment
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.
Continue readingColombia Needs Democracy, Plain and Simple: An Interview With María José Pizarro
An interview with María José Pizarro, whose father, Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, was a Colombian left-wing politician assassinated in 1990.
Continue readingThe Role of Energy in Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
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.
Continue readingRejecting War Is Not Enough—Racism Curdles Peace
The othering of non-white, non-European people serves to diminish the reality of their suffering.
Continue readingThe Rise of NATO in Africa
NATO’s war in Libya was its first major military operation in Africa, but it was not the first European military footprint on the continent.
Continue readingCuba’s Nonalignment: A Foreign Policy of Peace and Socialism
In Cuba, “nonalignment” has never meant being neutral, and has always meant being opposed to attempts to divide humanity.
Continue readingThe People’s Summit for Democracy Offers a Progressive Vision to Counter U.S. Dominance in the Region
Biden’s insistence on continuing the U.S. policy of exclusion and aggression against Latin America has made his summit a failure before it has even begun.
Continue readingU.S. Pressure on India Forces New Delhi to Reassess Its Options
India’s balanced approach to the Russia-Ukraine conflict has provoked the ire of Washington.
Continue readingThe U.S. Unilateral Sanctions Against Russia Will Produce a Global Food Disaster
As the U.S. and the G7 deny the negative effect of sanctions against Russia, they damage the world’s capability of avoiding a global food disaster.
Continue readingEurope Is at a Crossroads of Neoliberalism and What People Actually Want
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Continue readingIs This the End of the French Project in Africa’s Sahel?
Mali recently announced that it would no longer be part of the G5 Sahel. From the beginning, it was clear that the formation of the G5 Sahel was encouraged by France, and that the real focus was to be security.
Continue readingIndia Has a Key Role to Play in a Possible New World Order
For non-alignment to be effective, it cannot be restricted to transactional relationships or mere moral posturing.
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