The BRICS Revolt: How Ukraine War Eroded U.S. Authority
By Glenn Greenwald / Rumble The proxy war in Ukraine has presented a grand opportunity for competitors of the U.S. — a chance to exploit longstanding resentments of American empire…
The UN’s Vague ‘New Agenda for Peace’
Vijay Prashad says that the report — apart from identifying the conflict between the unipolar and multipolar worlds, and showing concern over the metastasizing weapons industry — throws moral scaffolding…
Why Much of the Global South Isn’t Automatically Supporting the West in Ukraine
By Krishen Mehta / CounterPunch In October 2022, about eight months after the war in Ukraine started, the University of Cambridge in the UK harmonized surveys conducted in 137 countries…
With Western Imperialism Decline, Capitalism Is in Crisis—a New Phase Is Emerging
The energy crisis in Europe, proxy war in Ukraine, rebellion in the Global South, and expansion of the BRICS reflect the decline of Western imperialism and growing cracks in the…
Thousands of Workers on Strike at South Africa’s Impala Platinum Mines
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) went on strike at the Impala Platinum mines in Rustenburg this week. Among the key demands raised by the workers is…
Oliver Hermanus: ‘Moffie’ Links White Supremacy and Homophobia as Macho Perversions
The South African writer-director discusses his new film and the complex history of his native country on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”
The Wrong Side of History: America’s ‘Veto’ and ‘Abstention-Imperialism’
On Tuesday, March 17, 1970, Charles Woodruff Yost, America’s ambassador to the United Nations, entered the international body’s headquarters building on the far east side of Midtown Manhattan. He was…