World

Tug-of-war in Germany between forces for peace and militarists

September 14, 2020 By Victor Grossman

As in the U.S., the militarists push for war while Germany and Europe can clearly benefit from peace.

The rule of big oil causes misery in the Middle East

September 11, 2020 By Conn Hallinan

Covid-19 is not the Black Death, but its impact may be civilizational, weakening the mighty, raising up the modest, and rearranging axes of power across the globe.

The ‘trampling of humanity’ continues in Iran

September 10, 2020 By Jane Green

The human rights abuses in Iran’s prisons, the ongoing strike wave, the protests on the streets, all underline the continuing disaffection with the regime in Iran.

Cuba and China’s successes against coronavirus face global media blockade

September 8, 2020 By Morning Star

Cuban scientists were first to develop a treatment for coronavirus with interferon alfa-2b drug, produced in China by a joint Chinese-Cuban company.

Belarus overthrow campaign aims to destroy last traces of Soviet socialism

September 3, 2020 By Kristian Carter

After 1991, Belarus took a path that was perhaps the closest to the old economic system of the Soviet Union. This made the nation a bedrock of stability while the other former Soviet states were convulsed...