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Modi Could Squander An Unprecedented Chance At Normalizing India-Pakistan Ties
Friday, 26 April 2024, 6:25 am | Globetrotter
Mired in economic and internal crises, Pakistan is primed for normalization and trade with India—but Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is failing to seize the chance. More >>
Movements Affirm That Imperialism Is In Decline, But Mass Struggle More Necessary Than Ever
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 10:39 am | Globetrotter
During the first two days of debate and discussion, panelists and participants discussed the pressing tasks of the left and progressive movements to organize the masses and confront the climate crisis, the rise of the right, imperialist attacks, and fortify ... More >>
Students Launch Encampments In Solidarity With Gaza Across The U.S.
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 10:24 am | Globetrotter
Almost a week after Columbia students launched their Gaza solidarity encampment, students across the country have followed their example and begun encampments in public spaces in their own universities in solidarity with Palestine. More >>
Elites In The Global North Are Scared To Talk About Palestine
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:45 am | Globetrotter
Over the past six months, newspapers and television shows in the United States have generally written about the genocidal violence using passive voice: bombs fell, people died. More >>
South Korea’s Election Outcome: Opposition Party Triumphs, President Yoon Faces Diplomatic And Domestic Challenges
Monday, 22 April 2024, 5:08 am | Globetrotter
Opposition party wins in South Korea’s election, posing challenges for President Yoon’s governance and foreign relations, notably with China. Despite this, Yoon’s alignment with the U.S. and Japan is likely to continue, amid domestic concerns like ... More >>
Milei Celebrates Violent Repression Of Thousands Protesting Hunger In Argentina
Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:48 pm | Globetrotter
The mobilization, organized by the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP) was one of many that took place in cities across the country to raise awareness of the critical situation faced by workers in the informal economy. More >>
German Police Shut Down Pro-Palestine Conference
Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:40 pm | Globetrotter
German police dramatically stormed the stage of the conference and proceeded to shut down speakers after the Congress had already begun, interrupted and stopped the conference livestream, and broke into the control room to shut off the power. More >>
The Decline Of Extreme Poverty
Monday, 15 April 2024, 4:51 am | Globetrotter
One of the foremost accomplishments of the industrial age is the “immense progress against extreme poverty.” It created an economy that requires less sacrifice of human labor and can generate more goods and services for the populations of the world, ... More >>
5th People’s Health Assembly Begins In Mar Del Plata
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 5:27 am | Globetrotter
Under the motto “Making ‘Health for All’ our path to ‘Buen Vivir,’” the activists have renewed their commitment to health justice, particularly during times of crisis. More >>
Activist Ola Bini Sentenced To One Year In Prison After Ecuadorian Court Overturns Acquittal
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 5:14 am | Globetrotter
The ruling by two out of three judges of the Provincial Court of Pichincha overturned the unanimous verdict issued by a trial court in Quito in January 2023, which had declared Bini innocent. More >>
Palestinian Prisoner Walid Daqqah Dies In Israeli Occupation Prison
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 4:59 am | Globetrotter
According to a statement released by Amnesty International, “Since [October 7, 2023], Walid Daqqah has been tortured, humiliated, denied family visits, and has faced further medical neglect. During this period, he was transferred to hospital ... More >>
The Unremarkable Death Of Migrants In The Sahara Desert
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:30 am | Globetrotter
More and more migrants have sought the Niger-Libya route after the fall of the Libyan state in 2011 and the crackdown on the Moroccan-Spanish border at Melilla and Ceuta. More >>
WHO Negotiations For Pandemic Treaty Extended Due To Disagreements
Friday, 5 April 2024, 8:36 am | Globetrotter
Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) failed to reach an agreement on the text of the Pandemic Treaty during the recently concluded ninth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB). More >>
Argentine Diplomats Expelled From Colombia Following Explosive Comments By Milei
Friday, 5 April 2024, 8:34 am | Globetrotter
In response to his comments, wherein he called Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro a “terrorist assassin,” Colombia’s Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of Argentina’s diplomats from their embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. More >>
Thailand Leads Southeast Asia: Parliament Approves Landmark Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Saturday, 30 March 2024, 7:17 pm | Globetrotter
Thailand’s lower house endorses historic same-sex marriage bill, paving the way for southeast Asia’s first marriage equality law amid evolving LGBTQ+ rights landscape. More >>
Sri Lanka: Govt-IMF Reach Agreement But Basic Question Remains
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 6:42 am | Globetrotter
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has worsened due to IMF deals, causing social unrest, unemployment, poverty, and food insecurity, and posing significant challenges for its people. More >>
Transport Workers Unions In Africa Call For A Permanent Ceasefire In Gaza
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 5:50 am | Globetrotter
Unions in Africa affiliated with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), representing 18.5 million transport workers and 740 unions worldwide, have called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Israel’s ongoing genocide in ... More >>
Real Estate Events To Sell Stolen Palestinian Land Met With Protests Internationally
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 5:49 am | Globetrotter
“The Great Israeli Real Estate Event” toured the United States and Canada, exhibiting property for sale on stolen Palestinian land. Each event has been met with mass protests by Palestine solidarity activists. The events featured the real estate company My ... More >>
Venezuela’s Election In The Crosshairs Of New U.S. Regime Change Scheme
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 5:47 am | Globetrotter
With the date for the next Venezuelan presidential election officially set for July 28, the Biden administration is gearing up for the biggest regime-change push in the South American country since the Guaidó coup attempt. U.S. officials have now ... More >>
Ansar Allah Announces Expansion Of Attacks On Israel-Bound Ships To All Of Indian Ocean
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 5:46 am | Globetrotter
Abdul Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah, said on March 14 that his country’s armed forces will expand their attacks against ships moving to Israel from the Red Sea region to the whole of the Indian Ocean. Stating that attacks on ... More >>
