Russia’s foreign minister and his US counterpart have held what they called “frank” talks to try…
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The C.H.I.N.A. Way for a Better Post-COVID World: By H.E. LU Kun, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana
For China, 2021 was a year filled with accomplishments. The Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrated…
Chile’s president-elect names progressive, majority-women cabinet
Gabriel Boric, 35, picks youthful team including at defence the granddaughter of Salvador Allende, who was…
“Inequality kills”: Capitalism and the COVID-19 pandemic
On Monday, the British charity Oxfam published a report documenting the extreme growth of social inequality…
Cuba’s vaccine success story sails past mark set by rich world’s Covid efforts
The island nation struggles to keep the lights on but has inoculated 90% of population with…
Cuba has vaccinated more than 90 percent of its population, surpassing the US, other wealthier nations
“It is a truly remarkable accomplishment, given the size of Cuba, and also the U.S. embargo,…
Israel to Demolish Mosque, Homes, Cut Power in Eastern Jerusalem
Activists to Launch Twitter Storm in Solidarity With the Palestinians in Naqab Global film stars back…
The Failure Of This Week’s US-NATO-Russia Meetings Make War More Likely
The Failure Of This Week’s US-NATO-Russia Meetings Make War More Likely In the late 1990s the…
BULLYING RUSSIA? By Abena Osagu Boateng.
Some time ago the members of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) swore that their subversion of…
Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant
A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant…
Claims US policy in Europe involves ‘appeasement’ of Russia are ludicrous
Hopes for negotiations designed to calm tensions could be thwarted by those desperate to re-fight the…
Overthrowing other people’s Governments: The Master List By William Blum – Published February 2013
Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second…
Sir Tony Blair: Bloody Knight of the Realm
Awards and honours bestowed by States or private committees, republican or monarchical, are bound to be…
White Debt by Thomas Harding review – the history they didn’t want you to know
The word Demerara probably means nothing to you, other than being the name of a large-grained…
BLM protesters cleared over toppling of Edward Colston statue
Rhian Graham, Milo Ponsford, Sage Willoughby and Jake Skuse found not guilty over act of public…
Pre-arrival tests and travel isolation to end in England
That’s all for nowOur rolling coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic is now closing for the day…
BLM protesters cleared over toppling of Edward Colston statue
Rhian Graham, Milo Ponsford, Sage Willoughby and Jake Skuse found not guilty over act of public…
Morocco’s Diplomatic Morass
Despite Washington’s about-face on Western Sahara, the erstwhile darling of U.S. policy circles is more isolated…
Canadian professor says the US will be under a ‘right-wing dictator’ by 2030 and his country ‘needs to prepare’ for the ‘collapse of American democracy’
Professor warns of Trumpist threat to US democracy and impact on Canada Thomas Homer-Dixon sets out his…
General Toussaint L’Ouverture, a former Haitian slave…
On this day in 1804, Haiti declared its independence after a slave uprising turned into a…
Who is General Qassem Soleimani
Who is General Qassem Soleimani? The previous century (20th c.e., 14th h.) featured innumerable martyrs. But…
The CIA Reptilian Coils
This excerpt is on the extensive and clandestine financial support the CiA provided to many African…
We Dance into the New Year Banging Our Hammers and Swinging Our Sickles: The Fifty-Second Newsletter (2021)
Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Bittersweet is the passage of…
Gabriel Boric vows to ‘fight privileges of the few’ as Chile’s premier
Leftist former student has vowed to unite country and tackle poverty and inequality John Bartlett in Santiago…
The State of Israel vs The Jews review: fierce indictment of a rightward lurch
Sylvain Cypel, a French editor, writes with the passion of a convert, one betrayed by the…
Chilean election offers stark choice: a leftist or an admirer of Pinochet
Chilean voters headed to the polls on Sunday to chose between two presidential candidates offering starkly…
The Emperor Robeson
Simon Callow His significance as an emblematic figure is crucial to an understanding of the American…
Cuba Defeats Covid-19 with Learning, Science, and Unity
BY W. T. WHITNEY Education is central to Cuba’s brand of socialism. The revolutionary government’s dedication to…
‘I can be killed at any time’: Police abuse in Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara
Journalists and activists in Laayoune, Western Sahara, tell MEE about living with police surveillance, intimidation and…
How Djibouti Surrounded Itself by Military Bases
Djibouti is a sovereign country with independent decision-making capacity under President Ismail Omar Guelleh. This tiny…
Shakil Afridi: The doctor who helped the CIA find Bin Laden
Dr Afridi denies all the charges and says he never got a fair trial A Pakistani…
Palestinian BDS National Committee
The Palestinian BDS National Committee is the broadest Palestinian civil society coalition that works to lead…
Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON NOVEMBER 22, 2021 The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary…
Sweden opposes Council appeal on Western Sahara court ruling
In a move that surprised no one, the EU Council has appealed the recent EU Court…
Argelia Laya: The Afro-Venezuelan Woman that Ignited Grassroots Feminist Struggles
On the 24th anniversary of her death, we look back at Argelia Laya’s life and work…