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Thousands take to the streets in Argentina in the first mobilization against Milei’s government

Despite threats from Javier Milei’s government, the mobilization was carried out to reject the harsh austerity plans

De la dominación occidental a la desdolarización: una ruta peligrosa

La mayoría de los países del Sur Global se encuentran en un punto intermedio entre sufrimiento económico, peligros y decisiones difíciles. Liberarse del poder occidental será doloroso, pero ya no parece imposible

Left Democratic Front (LDF) Pakistan United left in Pakistan brings back people’s issues to national politics

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) formed by 10 progressive parties in Pakistan has been pushing a popular agenda to demand that major political parties shift their priorities and address the bread and butter issues of the people

G20 India G20 is in need of genuine reform

The “consensus” evolved at the G20 summit last week regarding Ukraine war is, in reality, a passing moment in the geopolitical struggle between the US and Russia, as embedded within it is the existential crisis Russia faces

G20’s New Delhi Declaration is a successful balancing act

The declaration omitted the use of the word aggression in the context of the Ukraine war, which had been a major point of contention. It recognized that the G20 is not the platform to resolve geopolitical and security issues while acknowledging their impact on the global economy

BRICS summit South Africa BRICS summit ends with six new members and calls for inclusive multilateralism and UN reform

BRICS has decided to invite six countries to join the bloc — Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The leaders also agreed on a future plan of expansion and called for increased use of local currencies in trade as opposed to the dollar

BRICS summit BRICS calls for global economic decision making in the interest of the majority 

Policies followed by the West such as sanctions, conditionalities in loan disbursal, and dollar hegemony were the targets of speeches made by the BRICS leaders on the first and second days of the summit

Evo Morales: “If lithium were in the hands of the states, we would be a world power”

The pre-candidate for president of Unión por la Patria, Juan Grabois, and the former president of Bolivia call for the nationalization of natural resource

Leftist parties condemn EU-Tunisia agreement to curb migration

The Workers’ Party of Tunisia and the Italian leftist party Potere al Popolo said that Tunisia’s deal with the EU on migration and an upcoming agreement with the IMF are a “perfect pact between liberalism, authoritarianism and xenophobia” 

Oxfam report windfall corporate profits Big companies earned over USD 1 trillion of profit in 2022, says joint Oxfam and Action Aid study

The study recommends that governments impose a windfall tax on these excessive profits and use the money raised to carry out social security programs to tackle a range of issues including the cost of living crisis, poverty, hunger, and climate change

10 years of Sisi regime in Egypt A decade after military coup, Egyptians continue to struggle with authoritarian rule

Despite strong popular discontent, the regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been sustained in power by the US and its regional allies such as the Gulf monarchies as it is willing to play a the role of a proxy in the region 

The world economy is changing—the people know, but their leaders don’t

China has been able to mobilize many other nations to resist and oppose United States and G7 policies in various global forums. The source of China’s remarkable economic growth—and the key to BRICS countries’ now successful challenge to the G7’s global economic dominance—has been its hybrid economic model