IV566 - March 2022

"When you combine democratic oppression, colonial oppression and capitalist oppression, after a while it’s too much.”

The "Ukraine crisis" [Putin’s Russian-led war] may soon worsen Haiti’s food security as world prices for the food the country must import rise.

Since the very first day of the war, protests have been ongoing throughout Russia, and they have taken a variety of forms. The primary one is the daily “stroll” on the streets. In contemporary Russian political language, the words gulyanie (strolling) or progulka (a walk) mean protests and meetings.
Formally, only one-person pickets are allowed, but their participants are usually immediately detained by the police. For this reason, people often simply agree to face the risk of arrest (...)

“Wartime presidents often improve in the polls, at least initially, and Biden is seen as one. ”

Challenged in Russia, because of the war against Ukraine, TotalEnergies’ business is also contested in East Africa.

“Confronting racism and driving xenophobic discrimination out of society is an urgent task for populations in Japan today. ”

In an open letter, political analyst Asad Ghanem urges the Ukrainian president to stop employing double standards and to support the Palestinian struggle

Salah Hamouri’s repeated arrests by Israel have been the subject of considerable controversy in his mother’s native France, with enormous civil society campaigns mobilizing for his release. In this article for Jacobin, he gives a firsthand account of his struggle, the battle for Jerusalem, and the wider fight for Palestinian justice. The day after it appeared he was arrested again.

“The risk today with the war initiated by Putin is a large-scale famine in Africa.”

Au Loong-yu explores China’s response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.