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The True Adventure of a 19-year-old North American Fighting in the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro

Book Review: Wild Green Oranges, by Bob Baldock. (Clapton Press, London, 2021, 238 pages) By Roger D. Harris Wild Green Oranges describes how author Bob Baldock dropped out of college and was at loose ends in 1958. Then he became…

The West’s Fanaticism Over Blaming ‘Evil’ Putin Misses the Point—and an Opportunity for a Lasting Peace

Pointing fingers won’t help—an attitude shift is what the world needs now. By Erika Schelby The old long war in Afghanistan has barely ended and already there is a new one, this time in Europe. Most governments, the media, and…

Small farmers and World Food Security: Change of Course at the United Nations and Open Letter to the FAO

A change in the definition of small farmers by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) means that their share of global food production now appears to be a lot smaller than before. Civil society organisations and…

Uruguay: a decisive week that must touch the hearts of all Latin America

Back in 2020 we had made an attempt to introduce Uruguay into the Latin American context, a small nation created against the will of its greatest hero, General José Artigas, who always preached a single country that included these territories,…

Bullets, beef and bible caucuses: supporters of Bolsonaro’s crimes against the Amazon

According to Austrian NGO All Rise, “a crime against nature is a crime against humanity” and, for this reason, it denounced Jair Bolsonaro to the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Tuesday, October 12. This adds to the complaint…

The War in Ukraine Is Sending Russia-China Relations in New Directions

While the Ukraine crisis may put some strain on the Chinese-Russian relationship, it has also spurred deeper collaboration between them. Based on a shared desire to undermine the United States’ global order, their constructive partnership will not only endure the…

Rosh Diwas: Farmers call for protest against non-fulfillment of government promises

Sanyukt Kisan Morcha Press Release 21.03.2022   Hundreds of peasants joined the “Rosh Diwas” called by SKM today at Civil Lines dharna sthal at Allahabad to protest against the non-fulfillment of assurances given by the Modi government to the farmers…

Acción Humanista begins the process of legalisation as a political party

Yesterday, the Humanist Action movement, whose president is the deputy Tomás Hirsch and is sponsored by more than 100 people, whose sponsorships will be presented to the Electoral Service, began its procedures before a notary to become a political party.…

Redefining identities: land invasion in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province

A stage for 21st century ethno-religious colonisation Censuses conducted over the years in the Trincomalee district of Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province indicate a slight numerical majority and a minority in its various communities. However, it is noteworthy that since the…

Russia-Ukraine: The Grayzone interviewed former top Pentagon advisor Col. Doug Macgregor

Former senior advisor the Secretary of Defense Col. Doug Macgregor joins Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate for a candid, live discussion of the Russia-Ukraine war and his time in the Trump administration when an Afghan withdrawal was sabotaged and conflict…

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