The Economic Community of West African States imposes strict, Western-approved economic measures that have spurred a flurry of military insurrections across the region, writes Alan MacLeod.
Media speculation that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi may not attend the Johannesburg summit and that the nation isn’t receptive to BRICS expansion may be signs a threatened West looks to ‘divide and rule’, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
France and the U.S. have been blindsided by popular support for Niger’s coup, as the trend towards multipolarity emboldens Africans to confront neo-colonial exploitation, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
The Intercept has published a document from a source in the Pakistani military that shows a U.S. diplomat targeting Pakistan’s ousted prime minister for “taking such an aggressively neutral position” on the Ukraine war.
The mainstream media repeated assertion that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “unprovoked” defies facts and journalistic standards, yet has managed to permeate the collective consciousness of the West.
Vijay Prashad says that the report — apart from identifying the conflict between the unipolar and multipolar worlds, and showing concern over the metastasizing weapons industry — throws moral scaffolding over hard realities it can’t directly confront.
On the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atom bombing of Hiroshima, an anti-nuclear war rally has gathered in front of United Nations headquarters on Sunday. Speakers include Scott Ritter. Watch it here.
Private contractors run the nuclear warhead complex and build nuclear delivery vehicles. To keep the gravy train running, those contractors spend millions lobbying decision-makers, writes William D. Hartung.
Environmental contamination, staggering cleanup costs and a culture of government secrecy: William J. Kinsella raises the toxic legacy of the Manhattan Project.