The Global South today possess economic power on a scale the Non-Aligned Movement didn’t have during the Cold War, writes Uroš Lipušcek.
BRICS: A More Powerful Non-Aligned Movement
Tag: New Development Bank
US Meddling In Brazilian Elections
Alan MacLeod covers Washington’s attempts to put another Bolsonaro in power in Brazil, the most populous country in Latin America and a bulwark against U.S. regional dominance.
Vijay Prashad: Rising Sovereignty of the Global South
Though still weighed down by debt and austerity, developing countries are beginning to chart alternative paths as a new mood takes hold in the Global South.
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: Washington’s IMF Stranglehold
In the deeply undemocratic institution, the U.S. effectively holds a veto over any major changes and molds policies according to its whims.
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.
Austerity & a New Cold War With China
Vijay Prashad says the expanding IMF-driven debt crisis, which has converted the idea of “financing for development” into “financing for debt servicing,” bears watching while China waives debt to 17 African nations.