Globetrotter Articles
U.S. Exceptionalism Surges Again—Will It Fly?
Released for Syndication: 03/01/2021
In a statement marking the “return” of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 24, Secretary of State Antony...
Full ArticleThe Illegal Blockade of Venezuela and the Anti-Blockade Law
Released for Syndication: 02/25/2021
On February 21, 2021, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro made a statement in honor of the 173rd anniversary of the publication of The Communist Manifesto...
Full ArticleWill Andrés Arauz Be the Next President of Ecuador?
Released for Syndication: 02/17/2021
In Ecuador’s presidential election held on February 7, 2021, Andrés Arauz won the largest number of votes but could not prevail in the first...
Full ArticleCan Washington Think of Cuba’s Government as Something Other Than Needs to Be Overthrown?
Released for Syndication: 02/10/2021
On February 1, 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to MSNBC about the new U.S. government’s “foreign policy challenges.” Blinken threw out,...
Full ArticleUnderstanding the Complicated Politics and Geopolitics of the Coup in Myanmar
Released for Syndication: 02/10/2021
On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military—known as the Tatmadaw—invoked Article 417 of the 2008 constitution, dismissed State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, and arrested...
Full ArticleThe Value of Universal Vaccination Is So Great That Even the IMF Is Being Forced to Rethink Its Callousness to the Global South
Released for Syndication: 02/05/2021
It could cost as much as $5 trillion if rich countries don’t help vaccinate the rest of the world.
Full ArticleChina Advances the Liberation of Women With Red Detachment Theme Park
By
Tings Chak
Released for Syndication: 02/04/2021
On the eve of the Communist Party of China’s centenary in July 2021, the story of the country’s first women’s military brigade in the 1930s continues to find life in popular culture and the imagination of the Chinese people.
Full ArticleHow ExxonMobil Uses Divide and Rule to Get Its Way in South America
Released for Syndication: 02/03/2021
Tensions rise between neighboring Guyana and Venezuela over a piece of land that has been disputed since at least 1835. Both Guyana’s President Irfaan...
Full ArticleWhy We Can’t Give Up on the Idea of a World Free From Nuclear Weapons
Released for Syndication: 01/26/2021
On January 22, 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) became international law for the 122 states who signed the agreement...
Full ArticleThe U.S. Is Trying to Provoke a Soft Coup in Cuba
Released for Syndication: 01/22/2021