"From Honduras to Zimbabwe, the South is punished for its liberation, for taking back land, economy, institutions. In every instance, the stick is held by DC, London, or Paris. Economic liberation will not be granted, it must be seized — but only together." – Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla

We are thrilled to conclude the Progressive International’s two year NIEO commemoration – from Kampala to Havana to Brussels and beyond – which has yielded a Program of Action for an insurgent South. On 22 September, we publish that program — and begin the journey toward its realization ✨.

Here are 14 examples of the IDF attacking aid groups at the same coordinates they had shared with Israel so they wouldn't get attacked. My latest for Responsible Statecraft: responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-hamas-w…

Virulent xenophobia — blatant reactionary hysteria — is bad regardless of if its targets are profitable workers or join the army IMO

35 ex-presidents from around the world ask President Biden to remove #Cuba from the SSOT list, saying the measure is "hardly justifiable in the 21st century” and has contributed to an unparalleled economic crisis on the island and an unprecedented migratory wave. elpais.com/america/2024-0…

Bay Ridge for a Free Palestine 🇵🇸

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has just published a 649-page document with the the name, age, gender, ID number of every Palestinian killed in Gaza from October 7 to August 31 that it has info for (over 34k out of 40k). The 1st 14 pages the age is listed as 0 (under 1 year old)

Is 9:1 a lot ? Sounds like a lot.

.The Guardian economics editor Larry Elliot calls for the UK to support a new #SDRs allocation 👏 Paging Rachel Reeves 👀 theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Colombia's decision to put the needs of its people over pharma monopoly profits should be an inspiration across the Global South aljazeera.com/features/longf…

The IMF is considering ending one of its most backward and harmful policies. But the window of opportunity is closing fast. Why it's time to #StopIMFSurcharges, from Joseph E. Stiglitz Martín Guzmán Kevin P. Gallagher & Marilou Uy project-syndicate.org/commentary/imf…

Ecuador watchers! Here's CEPR and Pedro Labayen Herrera's latest news roundup on🇪🇨's troubled politics, the judicialization of political conflict, and elections already looming on the horizon. Lots on leaked messages, impeachment proceedings, the IMF, & oil. cepr.net/ecuador-news-r…

50+ known scholars & activists against Big Techs attach on #DigitalSovereignty The list includes Mariana Mazzucato Thomas Piketty Daron Acemoglu Shoshana Zuboff Yanis Varoufakis Evgeny Morozov Gabriel Zucman Jayati Ghosh Jason Hickel #Support_Brazil Read and sign: tinyurl.com/yar7ab6r

Look at this graph which shows Ecuador's massive reduction in homicides during "RC" (the 2007-2017 Correa years) and a huge spike thereafter. (FYI, it's now doubled since 2022). The US military base opened in 1999 and was shut down in 2009. You can see for yourself how great it

Argentina paga al FMI cientos de millones de USD en cargos y sobrecargos de interés por año. También pagan Ucrania, Ecuador, Egipto y otros 18 países. Guzmán, Stiglitz, Gallagher y Uy escribieron “EL FMI DEBE PONER FIN A LOS SOBRECARGOS DESTRUCTIVOS”👇🏽 project-syndicate.org/commentary/imf…

"Cuba last week said it had run short of the wheat flour it needs to produce the bread, a predicament the government blames on the U.S. trade embargo, a complex web of restrictions that complicates Cuba's global financial transactions." yahoo.com/news/cuba-slas…

Just so we are clear: Israel causing thousands of pagers to explode across Lebanon — with zero means of even *pretending* to know who was holding the device at that specific moment, or where they were, or possible collateral damage — is, as you’d expect, a serious war crime.

Wow. At least 3000 injured, some killed — including children — as Israel detonates explosives in thousands of pagers across Lebanon

Onwards to a New International Economic Order ✊

The 35 former Presidents/PMs who called to remove Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism list 🇨🇺 Vs The 17 — including golpistas Guaidó and Áñez —who just wrote a counter-letter defending the designation Which side are you on?