CounterSpin interview with Basav Sen on rejoining the Paris accords.
Subjects Archives: Imperialism
Imperialism, Globalization, and War
‘The Mauritanian’ rekindles debate over Gitmo detainees’ torture–with 40 still held there
“The Mauritanian,” directed by Kevin Macdonald, is the first feature film to dramatize how the war on terror became a war in court.
Role of NGOs in promoting neo-Colonialism
There are literally thousands of NGOs, the better known being Oxfam, Greenpeace, and Amnesty International.
The UK’s Singapore-on-Thames delusion
I will not spend much time on this topic because it is so ridiculous. But the notion that the UK can become a ‘Singapore-on-Thames’ seems to underlie some Brexit fantasies. Do these have any foundation? – Tony Norfield
‘Only the strong will survive’: Texas city mayor resigns for lashing out at residents asking for help during deadly storm
The now former mayor of Colorado City, Texas, Tim Boyd, has resigned after two Facebook posts telling people needing help and without electricity that they are on their own.
Taxes on the rich: One-sixth of what they used to be
A new IPS briefing paper highlights the unique role of tax policy in wealth concentration.
Remembering Leo Panitch
I first met Leo personally in 1984. Articling with a progressive law firm in Toronto, I found that Leo was my contact for arranging the visit of Ralph Miliband as guest speaker at the annual Law Union conference. Miliband’s presentation was well received, and following the meeting Leo suggested the three of us should repair […]
Biden’s first directive to the war machine
In his first presidential visit to the Pentagon yesterday, Joe Biden announced the creation of an anti-China task force.
States have no inherent ‘right to exist’—but it’s a media fixation on Israel/Palestine
No state has an intrinsic “right to exist.” As international relations scholar Scott Burchill points out, there is no abstract “right to exist” in international law, or in “any serious theory of international relations.”
The ideology and practice of the Red Nation
Who are The Red Nation? Let them tell you.
Preliminary findings of the visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Ms. Alena Douhan, visited the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from 1 to 12 February 2021. She thanks the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for enabling and supporting her visit to the country. The purpose […]
Water futures: the latest battleground in the defence of the fundamental right to water
Stock market trading in water futures is the latest battleground in the defense of the fundamental right to water.
Is CNN jumping on the red-baiting bandwagon?
A recent CNN article outrageously tried to put communists who were victims of U.S. government attacks in 1948 in the same boat with the criminal Trumpites who staged the attempted coup at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Lula’s arrest is “a gift from the CIA”, mocked Lava Jato prosecutor
A petition filed with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) by the defence of ex-president Lula presents such new evidence that ex-judge Sergio Moro colluded with foreign authorities in conducting the process which led to the arrest of the Workers Party leader, and his subsequent barring from a run for the presidency in 2018.
The Indian farmers are right: their land is at stake (Part 3)
The story of Mexico’s agriculture can be organised around two threads: corn and land.
The three apartheids of our times (money, medicine, food)
In the early months after the World Health Organisation announced the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian novelist Arundhati Roy wrote of her hope that the pandemic would be a ‘portal, a gateway between one world and the next’.
Intellectual property cause of death, genocide
Refusal to temporarily suspend several World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property (IP) provisions to enable much faster and broader progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic should be grounds for International Criminal Court prosecution for genocide.
Head of Strategic Command: U.S. must prepare for “very real possibility” of nuclear war with China
In an era when international cooperation in the face of pandemics and climate change is essential, the world appears to be racing towards a new Cold War, and unfortunately, few except the military top brass are talking about it.
China’s energy watchdog under fire over pollution failures
China’s energy regulator has come under rare fire from a team of central government inspectors over the agency’s lax enforcement of environmental standards.
The foreign roots of Haiti’s “Constitutional crisis”
Haiti’s president’s term has come to an end, but he refuses to step down. Solidarity is urgent.
