The U.S. currency is a form of imperial power to discipline economies, finance war and force the Global South to fund its own subordination.
Vijay Prashad: The Long Goodbye to the US Dollar
Tag: BRICS
Vijay Prashad: Building a New Asia
Economic growth alone cannot secure genuine sovereignty in Asia; a platform for coordination is vital to safeguard the region against imperialism and neocolonialism.
Vijay Prashad: Hormuz — Gate to the Great Sea
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a choke point for the world economy, with the gravest consequences falling not on the powerful but on the poorer nations of the Global South.
Is Trump Deluded About India No Longer Buying Russian Oil?
Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India in which Delhi is supposed to stop buying Russian oil. But India has said nothing about it, writes Betwa Sharma.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Washington Takes on the BRICS
Trump’s lashing out at the group of non-Western nations is so clumsy, so off the mark, so utterly unaware of where the hands are on history’s clock.
Vijay Prashad: BRICS & Industrial Development
With the expansion of the group to more countries of the Global South, a revival of the “Bangdung Spirit” is taking place, but not without its contradictions.
The Chris Hedges Report: Economics of a Dying Empire
Events will become increasingly difficult to predict as late-stage capitalism sees the oligarchy consume even the structures that had supported it.
Chainsaw Diplomacy
If Elon Musk is using Javier Milei’s Argentina as inspiration for his own mission with the Department of Government Efficiency that bodes extremely poorly for the U.S., writes Alan MacLeod.
Vijay Prashad: Ending the War in Ukraine
As NATO fails in its attempt to expand into Ukraine, popular support has shifted significantly in favour of a path to peace.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘BRICS Rising’
CN Live! previews the BRICS summit starting Tuesday in Kazan, Russia as Ukraine falters, the Mideast blows up and BRICS advances its alternate economic system. With Pepe Escobar, Scott Ritter and Mark Sleboda.