If the world’s migrant population could be counted as a single country, it would be the fourth largest country. One summer evening, the unrelenting sun over Niger refused to dip below the horizon. I sought out some shade with three anxious men in Touba au paradis, a small quiet restaurant in Agadez. These three Nigerians […]

The order to ban X initially came from Supreme Court Judge De Moraes, a figure vilified by the international far right. Millions of Brazilians woke up on August 31 in a country without X, after the Supreme Court ordered the national telecommunications agency to block the social media platform. This move culminated over a year […]

The unprecedented dimensions of the economic and social tragedy that Argentina is experiencing under the semi-dictatorship of Javier Milei and his cronies -servants of both domestic and foreign big capital- prompted me to revisit a magnificent 1963 Italian film: “The Companions” (I Compagni), directed by Mario Moniccelli and enlivened by the superb performances of Marcello […]

The challenge of saving children is complicated by the fact that Israeli bombs continue to be dropped on every part of Gaza. The Israeli war on Gaza has become a war on Palestinian children. This was as true on October 7 as it is today. On August 17, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a […]

One month after Venezuela’s July 28, 2024 presidential elections, maximum cyber warfare and electrical sabotage continue to plague the Bolivarian Republic from on-high and abroad, with almost 1,000 pre-elections sanctions also still intact, as Washington steps-up its backing for America’s choice an ‘alternative Venezuelan president’.Also in the past fortnight, payloads of pressure have been downloaded […]