Orthodox economics is the ideology of the rich and powerful, writes Dian Maria Blandina. Poor countries such as Sudan, that are trying to develop, cannot afford a regime of free trade.
The Hidden Hand of the IMF in Sudan’s Crisis
Category: Until This Day–Historical Perspectives on the News
There Is Wealth, But No Life in the Factories
The class struggle is alive and well, writes Vijay Prashad. Although one of the weaknesses of our time is that massive mobilizations have not been easily converted into political power.
Ukraine’s Big Mistake
From criminality during Perestroika and privatizations to the problem with Russia’s “imperialist war” designation, Natylie Baldwin discusses a wide range of subjects with the author of The Catastrophe of Ukrainian Capitalism.
You Are Reading This Thanks to Semiconductors
Digital technology can be used to solve so many human dilemmas, writes Vijay Prashad. And yet, here we are, at the precipice of a conflict to benefit the few over the needs of the many.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Europe’s Fate
As a new world order takes shape before our eyes, the author, in a recent lecture, considers how Europe can best make use of its position on the eastern edge of the Atlantic world and the western edge of Eurasia.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Who Is Fighting Whom in Sudan?
The conflict is domestic, regional and international. Western media have been exaggerating the role of the Wagner Group and all but omitting the influence of U.S. allies in the region.
John Pilger: The Coming War — Time to Speak Up
Silences filled with a consensus of propaganda contaminate almost everything we read, see and hear. War by media is now a key task of so-called mainstream journalism.
The Ambassador & the Hit List
After the recent death of veteran Australian diplomat Richard Woolcott, Peter Job says the historical record leaves him an unquiet grave.
Daniel Ellsberg’s Ongoing Courage
No matter how much the defenders of the militaristic status quo have tried to relegate the Pentagon Papers whistleblower to the past, he has insisted on being present, writes Norman Solomon.
Caitlin Johnstone: The West’s Long Plan to Crush China
You can see the twinkle of this looming conflict in the eyes of Western imperialists as far back as a 1902 interview with Winston Churchill that was published a year after the U.K. leader’s death.