Cuba, a country of eleven million people, has been under an illegal embargo by the United States government for over six decades. By Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad Despite this embargo, Cuba’s people have been able to transcend the indignities of hunger, ill-health,...
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Myanmar’s planned Rohingya repatriation process must be smoothly implemented, continual, sustainable
Despite some ongoing crises worldwide, a piece of good news for the world is that Myanmar expresses its interest in taking back/repatriating some Rohingyas (estimated 700 Rohingya primarily) in Rakhine. Although the estimated number of refugees in Rohingya...
Why Saudi Arabia Cannot Win the Yemen War Despite its Military Superiority
By Shruti Punia and Marc Finaud* The eight-year-old asymmetric war conducted by Saudi Arabia with its allies against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen cannot be won despite Riyadh’s enormous military superiority resulting from massive western arms sales. This...
Iuventa, Italian government apologises for erroneous and defamatory motion to join trial as a joint plaintiff
Lasting ten hours, the longest and most heated hearing in the iuventa case took place yesterday, dealing with the inadequate interpretation and the government’s request to appear as a joint plaintiff. The judge rejected the iuventa’s lawyers objection that the quality...
Chant
The drumming of hands sound like a rain of pure sound, falling. The strings of the balalaika strike a chord in the hearts of all who are listening. The drums beat a low drowning growl as the imam calls all, a hymn of praise he intones. All the instruments answer...
After two years of a military coup, Myanmar heads nowhere
Guwahati: The large section of people in Myanmar (known as Burma and Brahmadesh) observed a silent protest last February 1 marking two years of the military coup and subsequent public resistance movement against the military junta across the south-east Asian nation....
Teachers, Students, and Artists Groups to hold Film Showing and Awards Night in celebration of the National Arts Month
Sorsogon City, Philippines—In celebration of the National Arts Month, various teachers from Abuyog National High School, together with artists from Kurit-Lagting Art Collective and Concerned Artists of the Philippines Bicol Chapter (CAP Bicol), will be holding a film...
US and Them: Why an Immediate Diplomatic Settlement is the Only Coherent Endgame for Ukraine, Russia and the Rest of the World
My Cognitive Dissonance As some of you may know, over the past year I’ve written a series of articles about the conflict between Ukraine and Russia that contain a different perspective than the one the mainstream Western media has been presenting. Although I have...
Human Rights Expert Urges Italy to Stop Criminalizing Activists Saving Migrant Lives at Sea
Activists working with sea-rescue charities in Italy should not be criminalized, a UN independent human rights expert said on Thursday [9 February 2023], ahead of a trial against crew members from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Preliminary criminal...
We’ve Never Been Closer to Nuclear Catastrophe—Who Gains by Ignoring It?
Antiwar and environmental activist Dr. Helen Caldicott warns that policymakers who understate the danger of nuclear weapons don’t have the public’s best interest at heart. By Steve Taylor Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for clarity and length. A video of...
“We don’t consider this earthquake a fate or a natural disaster”, testimony of a Turkish girl on the earthquake in Turkey
The Middle East region has been faced with unprecedented earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria and could be felt in other parts of the region. Two shocking earthquakes hit the South of Turkey, affected Aleppo in Syria, and were followed by numerous aftershocks that...
Tanzania – President Suluhu ends six-year ban on political rallies and promises more reforms
On 3 January, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced that she had lifted the ban on political rallies imposed in 2016 by her predecessor, John Pombe Magufuli, with the main aim of cracking down on political dissent. The president’s announcement came on the...