Why India is Banking on Health Diplomacy to Grow African Footprint
India has stepped up its foreign policy re-engagement with African countries and has focused on health diplomacy.
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Italy Bans Cruise Ships from Entering Venice’s Historic Center
Environmentalists take a victory lap, but much more must be done to ensure the survival of Venice, especially with sea levels rising.
Read more...China and US: Stumbling into War?
China and the US are doing an awful lot of chest-poking, and if anything, it’s getting worse under Biden. Could this sparring lead to war?
Read more...Will Biden’s Central American Plan Slow Migration (or Speed It Up)?
Biden”s Central America plan includes US funding of domestic security forces to keep citizens put and support foreign economic exploitation.
Read more...Philanthrocapitalists: The Pied Pipers of ‘Modern Slavery’?
Hundreds of millions of dollars for anti-trafficking/slavery sidesteps how rich countries exploit labour in poor nations.
Read more...Russia and China Are Sending Biden a Message: Don’t Judge Us or Try to Change us. Those Days Are Over
The initial Biden foreign policy backfires are leading to even more cooperation betwen China and Russia.
Read more...Incomplete and Indecisive USPS Board Flounders and Awaits Direction
Despite Biden moving to fill open USPS board seats, don’t get your hopes up.
Read more...U.S. Joins “Rules-Based World” on Afghanistan
Why the US appears to be retreating from the idea it can remake the world to its own liking, at least in Afghanistan.
Read more...Medea Benjamin: 10 Things Wrong With Biden’s Foreign Policy
Medea Benjamin explains why the Biden administration seems firmly entrenched behind Trump’s walls of hostility.
Read more...The End of Closed Democracy?
Corporate and financial capital still dominate, but politics no longer serves them alone, by putting the interests of the market first. Instead, power is having to listen to people everywhere.
Read more...‘Disturbing’: Rich Nations Vaccinating Person Per Second While Blocking Effort to Share Recipe With Poor Countries
Rich nations continue to block a propsed waiver of intellectual property rights to allow global sharing of vaccine tecnology and production.
Read more...Why the U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance Is Essential for U.S. Survival
Maintaining and reviving manufacturing capacity in key insutries is vital to preserving jobs and ensuring U.S. survival.
Read more...Resurrected Politically, Lula Goes After Bolsonaro’s ‘Moronic’ Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic
A Brazilian court this week rehabilitated former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, clearing the way for a 2022 presidential bid.
Read more...Global Transformation: The Precariat Overcoming Populism
A contribution to debate urging the mainstream left not to be distracted by populism. Aim instead for what we know about the near Future.
Read more...Consider This Pineapple: Some Thoughts on Food Waste
Food waste is a major contributor to global warming, not only the rotten stuff per se, but the carbon expended by moving it hither and yon.
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