The key elements conform to a principled stance—and a balanced one. India’s stance so far has been one of a ‘standoffish’ attitude that basically absolves Delhi of the need to take a position on which its key ally the United States and the time-tested Russian friend...
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The capitalist imperative driving cruel and bipartisan U.S. migration policies
Capitalism's need for labor is the determining factor in immigration policy. Its contradictions create a system that is consistently inhumane.
Taking on the Philippine axis of evil
I was initially pushed to try to run for president. I really did not want to, because I felt somebody younger and more vigorous should. I am 76! - Walden Bello
Where did the Dependency Approach go?
Capitalism, it seems, had been deemed too messy a concept to provide much use to researchers in explaining phenomena.
An unimaginable contrast
Much has been written about the immense increase in economic inequality that has occurred of late and various startling figures have been provided by bodies like Oxfam, which has just come out with a report titled 'Inequality Kills.'
War in Europe and the rise of raw propaganda
The war hysteria that has rolled in like a tidal wave in recent weeks and months is the most striking example. Known by its jargon, “shaping the narrative,” much if not most of it is pure propaganda.
Ukraine – Who is firing at whom and who is lying about it?
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has an observer mission along the line of control between the government and rebel side in south east Ukraine.
Talking to your kid about climate change
Emotions are at the heart of the matter ❣️
Truths and lies about pledges made to Russia
The information war surrounding tensions between NATO and Russia over Ukraine often leads to distortions of historical reality.
Anticolonialism
A. is based on recognition of the right of all peoples to dispose of an independent state.
Political prisoners in Cuba?
Can those prosecuted for acts of violence and recklessly endangering the public order, with no program, no proposals for positive change, be considered political prisoners?
The Maoist ‘Exceptionalism’ at the Heart of China’s COVID Strategy
Arguably the best known contemporary proponent of Chinese exceptionalism in the English-language is Martin Jacques, best known for his 2009 bestseller 'When China Rules the World', a tour-de-force in the repackaging of orientalist tropes for the 21st-century.











