What U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You to Know
The US is trying to pretend it’s playing a kinder, gentler military game in Africa. If so, why the need for extreme secrecy?
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“End War in Ukraine” Say 66 Nations at UN General Assembly
Conor: This is a good reminder that a) this war could be brought to an end if that wasn’t the last thing the US and the UK wanted, and b) when western media refer to the “international community” they’re typically referring only to US allies and omitting voices like the following. By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas […]
Read more...Satyajit Das: Emerging Market Crisis Pathologies
Why emerging markets look set to suffer a world of hurt.
Read more...How France Underdevelops Africa
Most French colonies in Africa became independent in the 60s. But most are in poverty, much worse off than other African economies.
Read more...If You Thought This Summer’s Heat Waves Were Bad, a New Study Has Some Disturbing News About Dangerous Heat
The big heat is set to become more pervasive. A look at projections on where and how bad how soon.
Read more...CDC Rigs Its Own Monkeypox Case Reports by Not Including Questions on Airborne Transmission
A careful examination of CDC’s data collection on monkeypox transmission.
Read more...Michael Hudson: American Diplomacy as a Tragic Drama
American policies have become astonishingly obvious about not simply putting the US first, but also exploiting supposed partners to do so.
Read more...Some Implications of the UN’s Ukraine Grain and Russia Fertilizer/Food Agreements
The press was all over the UN’s Ukraine grain deal, but the UN agreement on Russian fertilizer and food may be more imporant in the long run.
Read more...Climate Hypocrisy Ensures Global Warming
Facts and figures on advanced economy climate negligence.
Read more...Four Novelists, One Ocean: How Indian Ocean Literature Can Remap the World
Another book to add to the to-read pile, Charne Lavery’s Rewriting Ocean Worlds, about four novelists who center their work on the Indian Ocean and its environs.
Read more...Why What’s Going on Right Now at the WTO Matters
Besides the crucial COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, far more is at stake at this WTO ministerial than is generally known.
Read more...US Leads Sanctions Killing Millions to No End
Food crises, stagnation and price increases are worsening. Sanctions against Russia hurt those relying on wheat and fertilizer imports.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Is US/NATO (with WEF Help) Pushing for a Global South Famine?
Are the coming famines in Africa and parts of Asia an accident or design?
Read more...What to Know about Monkeypox (So Far)
Symptoms and progression, spread, clades, mortality, R, community spread, mode(s) of transmission. And summer festivals.
Read more...Rising Cereal Prices and Political Violence in The Croplands of Africa
This column shows that rising cereal prices pose an elevated risk of violence in Africa, where agriculture represents a large share of the economy
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