“Pres. Joseph Biden’s trip to the Middle East last week, where he met with government leaders in Israel and Saudi Arabia, has disturbed many members of his own Democratic party and angered some progressives.”
The United States and Eurasia: Some geopolitical reflections at a time of global crisis
20 July 2022, by“We cannot think about geopolitics without rising above our national horizons and learning to see the world from elsewhere. It is not enough to support our comrades who are fighting on both sides of the Russian border, especially Sotsialniy Rukh, the Ukrainian “Social Movement,” we must also listen to them and learn.”
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Death: Inherited Right-wing Politics Then and Now
19 July 2022, byOn July 8, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed by a man who told police that he had a grudge against a "certain religious group", the Unification Church. This event incident revealed a facet of Abe’s past as a right-wing nationalist that has never been told in Japan.
Tension in Senegal as regime faces elections
18 July 2022, byWhile Senegal’s opposition won the municipal elections in January 2022, taking control of several major cities, including the capital Dakar, incumbent president Macky Sall is now trying to prevent the opposition repeating its electoral success in the parliamentary elections. A showdown being played out against a backdrop of social crisis.
In Texas too, borders kill
17 July 2022, by“Border controls kill. No thanks. ”
Sahel: towards a policy other than “security”
16 July 2022, byViolence continues in the Sahel. While the junta in Mali, with Wagner mercenaries, is adopting a strategy of total war against the jihadists that is causing many civilian casualties, the governments of Niger and Burkina Faso are sketching out an initial dialogue with the armed groups that cannot be viable without a strong economic and social commitment on the part of these governments.
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Pedro Sánchez crosses the Rubicon
15 July 2022, by“With the political approval of the massacre of 37 migrants in Melilla, Pedro Sánchez has crossed his Rubicon. Without a radical rectification, each day more unlikely, he and his government will not be able to lay any claim to being progressive and it will become a government of infamy.”
Exacerbating the Contradictions
14 July 2022, by“But more than this, it is necessary to build social movements and encourage self-organization from below. The struggles accumulated by the Resistance Committees and the revolutionary movement in Sudan are one of the best regional experiences of organization from below, and can serve as valuable models.”
Sri Lanka’s Crisis is Endgame for Rajapaksas
13 July 2022, by“The demand of the Janatha Aragalaya has consistently been for the formation of an all-party government, after the resignation of the President and Prime Minister, which should focus on providing economic relief to the people and to enacting a new constitution that abolishes the presidential system of government.”