Cuba will survive: a diary
Vijay Prashad’s account of his recent visit to Cuba and the impact of the US oil blockade on Cubans’ daily lives.
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The unbreakable China-Latin America ties
China-Latin America cooperation is growing because it is mutually beneficial. Latin America has gained markets for its commodities, secured investment in desperately needed infrastructure and access to affordable technology. It’s this kind of common prosperity that will outlast any one president or political conflict.
The Labour government is intensifying attacks on disabled people
A hallmark of Starmer’s government is its attacks on some of the most oppressed in society and the use of reactionary, divisive rhetoric to justify these. So it is with the relentless assault on disabled people. Oppose this deeply negative direction of political travel.
The Labour government’s immigration policy is straight out of the Trump playbook
The Labour government in Britain is pursuing a similar line on immigration to Trump, and with similar motivations. It is going much further than its Tory predecessors in demonising and attacking both asylum-seekers and migrant workers.
Damaging economic confusion in the West on consumption in China
An increase in the percentage of consumption in GDP will lead to a lower rate of growth of consumption, and therefore of living standards, and slower rate of GDP growth.
Trump 2.0 is not retreating – it is recalibrating for global confrontation
Despite claims otherwise, the second Trump presidency does not signal a US pullback into the western hemisphere.
There is no change in US goals.