Austerity policies in Africa
Daily Round-Up | Russia bans oil exports in response to West’s price caps and more stories
In today’s episode, we bring you stories of Russia’s decision to stop oil exports to countries that have placed price caps, a wave of austerity in Tunisia, the continuation of Title 42, and Uruguayan unions rising up against pension reforms
South African unions call government’s Investment Summit a bluff
Trade unions argue that the summit only raises false hopes of economic revival and demanded that the government, instead, take concrete steps like doubling the corporate tax, setting capital controls and increasing public and social expenditure
Who’s behind the growing racism against African migrants?
It’s Europe’s greedy lending to Africa that is driving the migration wave which is fueling the European Union’s xenophobic politics
- Google employees lead sit-ins protesting company’s complicity in genocide
- Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine
- During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform
- German authorities’ crackdown on Palestine Conference sparks widespread outrage
- As elections approach, India’s farmers count government’s broken promises
