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Iran in America’s Backyard: Raisi’s Defiant Latin America Tour

by Zafar Mehdi, published on The Cradle, June 23, 2023 On 21 June, the US House Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee conducted a hearing on “countering threats posed by nation-state actors” in Latin America to US homeland security. Congressman and subcommittee chair August Pfluger referred to “threats” posed by China, Russia, and Iran to US homeland security within Latin[…]

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Media Organizations From Global South Discuss Solidarity and Standing Up to Sanctions

by Mauro Ramos, published on People’s Dispatch, May 8, 2023 The latest development in the multipolar world is coordination and cooperation between the Global South, East and West.  [jb] At an event in Shanghai, representatives of media organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America highlighted the need for learning from and working with each other and building infrastructure to resist[…]

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Venezuela: “The Theft of CITGO is the Robbery of the Century”

by Geraldina Colotti, published on Resumen English, May 6, 2023 There is much confusion about the selling off of Citgo; this article clarifies how this new form of lawfare is an escalation of the empire’s economic war against revolutionary Venezuela . – editorial/Resumen Venezuela is mobilizing against the U.S. decision to auction the shares of the parent company of the[…]

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5 Reasons Why Much of the Global South Isn’t Automatically Supporting the West in Ukraine

by Krishen Mehta, produced by Globetrotter, February 24, 2023 Krishen Mehta is a member of the Board of the American Committee for U.S.-Russia Accord (ACURA), and a Senior Global Justice Fellow at Yale University. This article is distributed by Globetrotter in partnership with ACURA. In October 2022, about eight months after the war in Ukraine started, the University of Cambridge in the UK[…]

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In 2022 the U.S. Led Unipolar Order is More Unstable Than Ever

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, January 4, 2023 This article was originally published in CGTN . Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin via video link on December 30, which drew alarm from certain Western media outlets. The New York Times, for example, concluded that the call came amid a “weak moment” for both leaders.[…]

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Westphalian Logic and Geopolitical Prudence in the Nuclear Age

By Richard Falk, published on Counterpunch, May 20, 2022 Interesting analysis of the realities of international politics.  Interests, boundaries and relative strength are highly relevant to  international negotiations.  The structure of the United Nations is as significant as the rules.  Westphalian refers to a treaty from 1649 that secured the peace through recognition of national boundaries.  Interestingly, I found a[…]

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Why Nonalignment Is an Urgent Imperative for the Global South

by Nontobeko Hlela, distributed by Globetrotter, May 2, 2022 South Africa and other countries that have abstained from voting against Russia at the United Nations General Assembly in response to the war in Ukraine face intense international criticism. In South Africa, the domestic criticism has been extraordinarily shrill, and often clearly racialized. It is frequently assumed that abstention means that[…]

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Nicaragua in the Multipolar World

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 12, 2022 The U.S. regime change effort in Nicaragua has failed. The people are determined to assert their rights of self-determination and the U.S. is not the only player on the world stage. The United States and the European Union announced new sanctions on the day that Daniel Ortega was inaugurated[…]

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