World Hunger and the War in Ukraine

ON Monday, June 17, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, announced, “The Black Sea agreements are no longer in effect.” This was a blunt statement to suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative that emerged out of intense negotiations in the hours after Russian forces entered Ukraine in February 2022.

Elections in Greece: KKE Gains

THE elections to the Greek parliament were held in two phases. The first phase took place in May but yielded inconclusive results, leading to a second phase which was held on June 25, 2023. In this second phase, the Conservative party, New Democracy, succeeded in forming the government.

The Fires that Burn in France Are About Its Colonial Legacy

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×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 by a police officer during a traffic stop. It was clear that the police officer had not acted in self-defence but had shot the young man in cold blood.

The United States Cannot Tolerate an Independent South Africa

ON June 9, 2023, four senior members of the US Congress – two Democrats (Gregory Meeks and Chris Coons) and two Republicans (James Risch and Michael McCaul) – wrote a letter to high officials of the administration of US President Joe Biden. The letter was about an annual forum to be held later this year in South Africa that is focused on increased trade between sub-Saharan African countries and the United States.

The War in Ukraine is between NATO and Russia

IN the first half of this year, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has travelled to eleven countries, twice to two of them (France and the United Kingdom). Last year, in 2022, Zelensky only went to three countries (Germany, Poland, and the United States). This year’s trips began with a visit to the United Kingdom, where Zelensky addressed the UK’s parliament and visited Ukrainian troops who are training at Lulworth Camp in Dorset. After that, Zelensky went to several European capitals to seek weapons and political support against Russia.

RMT Expresses Condolences over India Railway Tragedy

National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT) has issued the following statement on June 3HUNDREDS of people have been killed in India following a massive train crash after the Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata in West Bengal to Chennai in Tamil Nadu, derailed at 80mph.Over 300 are reported dead with 900 injured with the casualty list expected to rise in the coming hours and days.RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “The thoughts of everyone within the RMT are with Indian railway workers, passengers and their bereaved families following this awful trage

Sixty Years of Cuban International Medical Solidarity

THE last week of May marks the 60th anniversary of the first Cuban medical brigade. Despite the blockade and smear attempts, Cuban nurses and doctors continue to stride towards health for all.In May 1963, a group of Cuban health workers arrived in Algeria to support the country’s efforts to rebuild after liberation from France. As the team was assembled, none of its members knew what to expect. “Now when you say that you have been on a mission people understand what you mean; there is a history, a tradition. Back then there wasn’t any.

The New Cold War that Threatens the World

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×IN July 2020, a group of us joined together to create the No Cold War platform (nocoldwar.org). We drafted a statement with a strong title: A New Cold War against China is against the interests of humanity. The statement reads: “We note the increasingly aggressive statements and actions being taken by the US government in regard to China.

Tory Government Imposes Discriminatory Ban on International Student Dependents

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Seventy-Five Years of Nakba

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×IT is 75 years of Nakba. Nakba in Arabic means catastrophe. The ‘catastrophe’ is used to describe the forceful eviction of nearly 7,50,000 Palestinians (from a population of 1.9 million) from their homeland, after the formation of Israel.

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