M.K. Bhadrakumar raises the contemporary relevance of the Nazi effort to exterminate Russians by enforced starvation during the Siege of Leningrad.
An Anniversary the West Would Rather Forget
Tag: Economic Sanctions
BRICS Leaders Call for Democratic Global Order
Amid a membership expansion, leaders of the bloc spoke out against sanctions, conditions on sovereign credit and dollar hegemony, Abdul Rahman reports.
Mutiny Against the World Order
As history continues, some cling frenetically to the certainties of the old world going down. For some Europeans, respect and reciprocity are still difficult concepts, says Peter Mertens.
World Hunger & War in Ukraine
As Western sanctions increased against Russia, the feasibility of the Black Sea Grain Initiative began to diminish, writes Vijay Prashad.
With Exports Blocked, Russia Drops Ukraine Grain Deal
The announcement follows Putin’s warning that Russia would suspend participation in the deal because parts of it were not being fulfilled.
Inscrutable Sanctions
Britain and the U.S. impose economic sanctions on dozens of governments they don’t like, write Erik Mar and John Perry. Some people in Nicaragua are being targeted on the basis of little or no evidence.
UN Human Rights Council Condemns Impact of Sanctions
Azerbaijan presented the resolution on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries earlier this week, People’s Dispatch reports. It passed with 33 votes in favor and was predictably rejected by the U.S. and its allies.
Why Biden Snubbed China’s Ukraine Peace Plan
The U.S. president and his coterie of neo-conservatives have no interest in peace if it means conceding hegemonic power to a multi-polar world untethered from the all-mighty dollar, write Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd and Wei Yu.
The Failure of Sanctions
Humberto Márquez says a visible demonstration of sanctions’ ineffectiveness are the imported products sold in hundreds of stores in Caracas and other cities and towns in Venezuela.
Biden’s Punishment of Desperate Afghanistan
As aid groups try to rally donors for a country in dire straits, the U.S. president is blocking reserves and continuing to impose crippling sanctions.