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The invasion of capital
Last week, Ukraine’s foreign private creditors agreed to the country’s request for a two-year freeze on payments on about $20bn of foreign debt.
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Over 70 economists call for Biden Administration to return Afghanistan’s Central Bank reserves
“The people of Afghanistan have been made to suffer doubly for a government they did not choose.”
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Israel heads further right: 30-40 percent of young support fascistic Jewish party
The Gaza attack has heightened Israel’s right-wing political tilt as it approaches its next election.
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Nancy Pelosi, White Supremacy, and China
White supremacist arrogance was the order of the day when Nancy Pelosi ignored a red line set by the Chinese government and visited Taiwan. The Speaker of the House showed stereotypical and racist attitudes towards that country and began a chain of events that won’t go well for the U.S.
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U.S. Senate targets Social Security and Medicare
Last week, Republican Senator Ron Johnson called for ending Social Security and Medicare as entitlement programs, instead transferring them into the discretionary budget where they would be gutted.
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“Russian propaganda” just means disobedience
You can always tell how important narrative control is by watching the way people react when their control of the narrative is jeopardized.
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Latin America’s leading Countries reaffirmed their principled neutrality
For as different as Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico are, they’re all united in the common cause of practicing principled neutrality towards the Ukrainian Conflict, which makes them Latin America’s multipolar leaders.
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“By joining NATO, Sweden and Finland increase the risk of becoming involved in a nuclear conflict” Interview with Jacques Baud*
Jacques Baud: We will have to wait for the next NATO summit in 2023. Then the allies will decide whether to accept-or not-the actual membership of Sweden and Finland. But I expect that it will be done according to plan.
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Nationalise energy firms, unions demand as BP reports £6.9bn profits and energy bills soar
Fossil fuel firm’s profits are ‘an insult to families struggling to get by,’ TUC says.
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The EU begins the start to retreat
Does the ECB drill for oil? Does the ECB run a farm? Does the ECB drive a truck? Does the ECB pilot a cargo vessel across the Pacific or load freight at the Port of Los Angeles?
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‘Apartheid’ is not sufficient: an interview with UN Human Rights Commissioner Miloon Kothari
UN Human Rights Commissioner Miloon Kothari explains why Apartheid is not enough to explain the root causes of the Palestinian crisis.
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Child labor is alive and well in the United States
A Hyundai subsidiary used up to fifty underage migrant workers at an auto plant known for hazardous conditions, according to former and current employees.
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China is issuing the same “Red Line” warnings about Taiwan that Russia issued about Ukraine
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has continued to pour gasoline on the foreign policy dumpster fire that is her planned visit to Taiwan next month, now reportedly encouraging other members of congress to come along for the ride.
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All that I ask is that you fight for peace today: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2022)
Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said was due to delays in the servicing of a turbine by the German firm Siemens.
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The value of the federal minimum wage is at its lowest point in 66 years
The value of the federal minimum wage has reached its lowest point in 66 years, according to an EPI analysis of recently released Consumer Price Index (CPI) data.
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Massive rally in Piacenza against the persecution of trade unionists
The trade unionists were placed under house arrest and searched on July 19th, based on a 350-page indictment of the Piacenza Public Prosecutor’s Office against USB and Si Cobas unions.
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Canada’s Development Finance Institution and land grabbing in Africa
This interview is part of a series with the Blended Finance Project a group of unions, non-governmental organizations and academics who are concerned about the Canadian government’s embrace of what is called “blended finance.”
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Biden’s staff sounds climate alarm — about Biden
A letter obtained by The Lever shows the call for climate action is now coming from inside the administration.
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Former CIA chief admits to U.S. meddling in foreign elections
Former CIA director James Woolsey has admitted that the U.S. “interferes” in elections in other countries to protect its interests.
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Puerto Rico: between colonialism, racism and slavery on July 25
I write this article with the purpose of revealing some details about the Anglo-Saxon-supremacist jurisprudence that gave rise to and govern this colonial territorial status.