Militarization in Italy: from the war economy to the battle of ideas
Italy’s government has expressed it is completely aligned to the rearmament plans imposed by the US and NATO.
BlackRock is a “modern day Dutch East India Company” say activists
US-based organizations gather in front of the BlackRock headquarters in New York City to demand the asset holder cancel USD 220 million of Zambia’s debt
Activists demand Blackrock cancel Zambia’s debt
70% of Zambia’s debt is held by Western institutions, and 220 million is held by investment giant BlackRock.
US-based organizations demand BlackRock cancel it’s share of Zambia’s debt
Western institutions own 70% of Zambia’s debt. It’s time for the largest private owner of such debt to cancel it entirely, say activists
The Global South refuses pressure to side with the West on Russia
Europe and the US ignore Africa, Latin America, and Asia’s calls to find a solution that ends the war in Ukraine—and, as Namibia’s prime minister put it, redirect funds spent on weapons toward solving global issues.
Who is responsible for Ghana’s debt crisis?
Ghana has approached the G20 to restructure its external debts, the majority of which are held by private lenders. The process is necessary to unlock a $3 billion IMF bailout that will see severe austerity measures imposed on the Ghanaian people
US private prison industry: Profiting from exploitation and suffering
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News talks about the high rates of incarceration in the US and the role of the private prison sector in intensifying the crisis
Zambia’s debt crisis a warning for what looms ahead for Global South
Zambia is heading toward critical negotiations to restructure its mounting debts. The IMF has approved a $1.3 billion bailout plan for the country, which will impose cruel austerity measures on the Zambian people
Report: World’s biggest investors fuel border violence, deforestation and other stories
Today we look at how investors are driving border violence and the climate crisis, the acquittal of an Australian policeman in the murder of an Indigenous teen, and more
Miners protest in New York City in support of striking Warrior Met workers
Over 1,100 coal workers at the Warrior Met mine in Alabama have been on strike for four months. The protest in New York City was held to put pressure on Warrior Met’s largest shareholder, BlackRock Inc.






