Revolutions are difficult, writes Vijay Prashad. They must chip away at hundreds of years of inequality, erode cultural expectations and build the material foundations for a new society.
Category: International News Analysis
COVID-19: Virus Blows Away Myth of ‘First’ & ‘Third’ Worlds
Star performers during the pandemic are not in the historical “First World,” writes Steven Friedman.
COVID-19: What the Virus Might Do to the American Empire
In the new diplomatic landscape, which can as yet only be dimly seen, old verities going back to 1945 will be rediscovered, writes Tony Kevin.
COVID-19: We Won’t Go Back to Normal, Because Normal Was the Problem
When a global pandemic strikes, the private-sector austerity model simply falls apart, writes Vijay Prashad.
COVID-19: Use Stimulus Packages for Longer Term Progress
Anis Chowdhury says governments should recalibrate their policies for longer-term resilience, sustainability, social cohesion and shared prosperity.
COVID-19: China Locked in Hybrid War with US
The fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak puts Beijing and Washington on a collision course, writes Pepe Escobar.
Saudi Women’s Rights Activists Pull Back Curtain on Crown Prince
The case of Loujain al-Hathloul and others is embarrassing for MBS, who wants Western allies to consider him a reformer, say Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Moscow’s Difficult Decision on Idlib
Turkey’s leader, who nurses dreams of some kind of neo–Ottoman restoration across the Middle East, is now on a reckless tear.
Will the Assads & House of Saud Make Up?
Giorgio Cafiero analyzes the chances of Riyadh deciding to re-embrace Syria’s president and invest in the country’s reconstruction.
‘Tired of Holding Other Worlds in My Fist’
In the aftermath of the coup against Evo Morales, Vijay Prashad sizes up U.S.-driven “democracy protection” in Bolivia, where elections are set for May 3.