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Breaking Europe’s Hold On Football
Sunday, 17 September 2023, 6:58 am | Globetrotter
Initiatives from Saudi Arabia and the United States continue to put pressure on Europe’s traditional stranglehold over FIFA The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar brought together nations from around the world, and 1.5 billion people tuned in to watch ... More >>
Colombia, From The Guerrilla To The Ballot Box
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 6:22 am | Globetrotter
On May 4, 2023, during the International Summit on Nonviolence held in Antioquia, Colombia, a handshake shocked those who were present. The handshake was between two men with vastly different histories. One of the men was Daniel Gaviria, whose father—Guillermo ... More >>
Chile Needs A Communist Party
Saturday, 9 September 2023, 5:44 am | Globetrotter
On August 31, 2023, the President of the Communist Party of Chile Guillermo Teillier was buried in the historical cemetery of Recoleta. In this graveyard lies the remains of a range of important people, from former Chilean President Salvador Allende to ... More >>
Activists Mohamed Adel And Mahmoud Hussein Jailed In Egypt
Friday, 8 September 2023, 10:45 am | Globetrotter
The Egyptian government continues its persecution of activists and critics despite the so-called national dialogue initiated earlier this year to address the political and economic issues raised by the opposition. On September 3, political activist ... More >>
Is Intellectual Property Turning Into A Knowledge Monopoly?
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 11:18 am | Globetrotter
By Prabir Purkayastha The twentieth century saw the emergence of public funded universities and technical institutions, while technology development was concentrated in the R&D laboratories of large corporations. The age of the lone inventor—Edison, ... More >>
Pakistani Rights Activist Ali Wazir And Lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir Jailed On Terror Charges
Saturday, 26 August 2023, 6:31 am | Globetrotter
Former member of Pakistan’s parliament and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir and human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir were remanded to three days in detention by the country’s Anti-Terrorism Court on August 21. Wazir and ... More >>
Private Military Companies Continue To Expand In Africa
Tuesday, 22 August 2023, 2:27 pm | Globetrotter
By John P. Ruehl In the wake of the July 26 coup in Niger, the world’s spotlight has once again turned to the expansion of private military and security companies (PMSCs) across Africa. Following the removal of the relatively pro-Western government ... More >>
What’s Happening In Niger Is Far From A Typical Coup
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 7:02 am | Globetrotter
On July 26, 2023, Niger’s presidential guard moved against the sitting president—Mohamed Bazoum—and conducted a coup d’état. A brief contest among the various armed forces in the country ended with all the branches agreeing to the removal of Bazoum ... More >>
Niger Is The Fourth Country In The Sahel To Experience An Anti-Western Coup
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 7:17 pm | Globetrotter
At 3 a.m. on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country’s borders and declared a curfew. The coup d’état was immediately ... More >>
Over 20 Killed As Kenyans Take To The Streets Against President William Ruto’s ‘Reforms’
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 8:20 pm | Globetrotter
Up to 23 people have reportedly died in the crackdown by police against the July 2023 protests in Kenya denouncing the new tax regime introduced by President William Ruto’s government. The protests first broke out on July 7 against the new taxes, ... More >>
Is Tunisia Becoming The EU’s Border Police?
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 8:19 pm | Globetrotter
Tunisia and the European Union signed a “strategic and comprehensive partnership” agreement on Sunday, July 16, to control the movement of migrants and asylum seekers. Every year, thousands of people cross the Mediterranean to seek asylum and refugee ... More >>
In Chile, Having A Good Constitution Doesn’t Guarantee Social Change
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 7:05 am | Globetrotter
A conversation with Bárbara Navarrete, secretary-general of the Communist Youth of Chile. By Taroa Zúñiga Silva “We are a generation totally interested in taking power,” says Bárbara Navarrete , the new secretary-general of the Communist Youth ... More >>
A Brutal Colonial Legacy Is Tinder for the Fires That Are Sweeping Across France
Friday, 7 July 2023, 6:53 am | Globetrotter
On Saturday, July 1, 2023, a large crowd gathered inside and around the Ibn Badis Mosque in Nanterre, France, where a seventeen-year-old boy, Nahel M, was mourned and then later buried. Nahel M, of Algerian and Tunisian heritage, was shot dead ... More >>
Are We Living Through A De-Dollarization?
Friday, 23 June 2023, 12:07 pm | Globetrotter
By Justin Podur De-dollarization is apparently here , “like it or not,” as a May 2023 video by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a peace-oriented think tank based in Washington, D.C., states. Quincy is not alone in discussing de-dollarization: ... More >>
Can China And The United States Establish Mutual Respect To Lessen Tensions?
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 11:05 am | Globetrotter
By Vijay Prashad On June 3, 2023, naval vessels from the United States and Canada conducted a joint military exercise in the South China Sea. A Chinese warship (LY 132) overtook the U.S. guided-missile destroyer (USS Chung-Hoon) and ... More >>
LGBTQ+ Ugandans Face Deadly Threat As “Anti-Homosexuality Act” Signed Into Law
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 11:03 am | Globetrotter
On May 29, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni gave his assent to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill (now Act). While same-sex relations were already criminalized under Uganda’s Penal Code, the new legislation goes much further, posing a grave threat to LGBTQ+ ... More >>
Taiwan’s Quest To Upgrade Its Battle Readiness Continues To Evolve
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 9:51 am | Globetrotter
Headline: Taiwan’s Quest to Upgrade Its Battle Readiness Continues to Evolve Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s growing strength have accelerated Taiwan’s military overhaul. Taipei is exploring multiple ways to enhance its security, but unorthodox ... More >>
The Deplorable Work Conditions Behind Harrods’ $7,000 ‘Ambootia Snow Mist’ Darjeeling Tea
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 12:10 pm | Globetrotter
By Saurav Sarkar And Rupam Deb In 2015, after you were done gawking at the statue of Princess Di in the world’s largest department store, Harrods in London, you could head on over to the world-famous food halls where you could buy, among other ... More >>
Understanding The Controversy And Legality Of ‘Overseas Police Stations’
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 9:33 am | Globetrotter
By John P. Ruehl The apprehension of two men in New York on April 16, 2023, marked the first known U.S. arrests in connection with Chinese overseas police stations. Both men were working in a building in Manhattan’s Chinatown rented by the America ... More >>
The Global South Is Done Waiting For The UN To Solve Humanity’s Challenges
Saturday, 15 April 2023, 8:24 pm | Globetrotter
Dag Hammarskjöld, the tragic second United Nations secretary general, once said the organization “was created not to lead mankind to heaven but to save humanity from hell.” Of course, this depends very much on what kind of hell you had in mind. ... More >>
