Global South

Despite Growth, Only Social Movements Will Bring Progress

January 13, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Economics, Europe, Global South

by Vijay Prashad, published on Consortium News, January 10, 2023 In October 2023, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published its annual Trade and Development Report. Nothing in the report came as a major surprise. The growth of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to decline with no sign of a rebound. Following a modest post-pandemic[…]

The Struggle for Palestine is the Struggle of Working People World Wide

October 17, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Global South, Imperial Wars, Indigenous peoples, Native American Genocide, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, U.S. Aggression, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Shiraz Durrani, published on Countercurrents, October 14, 2023 The attacks by ‘Israel’ on the people and the country of Palestine have increased in intensity in the last month. Palestinian resistance has once again forced the attention of the world on the plight of a people facing another massacre and a country being destroyed. At the same time, the Zionist[…]

Niger in Imperialist Crosshairs

September 26, 2023 UNAC Editor coup, France, Global South, Niger, US Foreign Bases

by John Pottinger, published on Socialist Action, September 23, 2023 Since the July 28 coup in the West African country of Niger much more attention has been paid to it than the average coup, where both the winners or losers are often in the pay of the imperialist powers. With a population of 25 million (Nigeria has more than 230[…]

Declaration of the Summit of Heads of State of the G77 and China

September 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Global Alliances, Global South

The summit held in Havana was attended by more than 1,300 participants from 116 countries and 12 organizations and agencies of the United Nations system. Thirty-three nations from Latin America and the Caribbean, 46 from Africa, 34 from Asia and three from Europe were represented. Thirty-one heads of state and government, 12 vice presidents, dozens of ministers from multiple portfolios[…]