World

U.S. AFRICOM: Africa and the world in the crosshairs

October 21, 2020 By Karamo Muchuri Sulieman

Do we need to stand by, watching as the U.S. military empire, like all other empires before us, crumbles and falters? Or maybe, just maybe, can we establish here at home a true beacon of peace...

When Canada became a dictatorship: 50 years after Quebec’s ‘October Crisis’

October 20, 2020 By People’s Voice

When the tensions of national oppression boiled over in October 1970, for a brief period Canada effectively became a dictatorship.

Socialists win big in Bolivia; Morales expected to return from exile

October 19, 2020 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

From Buenos Aires, where he lives in exile, former President Morales proclaimed, “We have recovered democracy.”

Using pandemic, Australian government cuts taxes on the rich with ‘bosses’ budget’

October 15, 2020

The focus of the budget should be jobs and higher incomes for those who are struggling, who are in need. It is not.

Poverty, racism, and inequality merge with COVID-19 to create ‘syndemic’

October 14, 2020 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

For the world's poorest billion people today, non-communicable diseases account for more than one-third of their disease burden. COVID-19 is another layer added to it.