“Ukrainian people’s labour – both paid and unpaid – risks being neglected once again in Europe’s self-congratulatory narratives that only frame Ukrainians as the recipients of help, as happened in other contexts of displacement.”
The American Summer Begins with Mass Shootings and Protests
10 July 2022, by“The July 4 holiday cannot be a real celebration until all Americans share in the peace and the freedom the country proclaims. ”
The price for maintaining Indonesia’s palm oil industry hegemony
9 July 2022, by ,Pressured to solve the ongoing cooking oil crisis in Indonesia, President Joko Widodo reshuffled his cabinet and appointed Zulkifli Hasan to replace the previous Minister of Trade, Muhammad Lutfi.
Johnson – self pitying and delusional to the end
8 July 2022, by“One striking comment from Starmer was that Johnson ‘was always unfit for office’. ”
Towards a new permanent global war? NATO’s “new strategic concept”
7 July 2022, by“The main conclusion to be drawn is that NATO has formalised a new leap forward in its old project of establishing itself as a global gendarme at the service of the Western capitalist bloc.”
A bill banning the Palestinian flag passes preliminary vote in Israeli Knesset
6 July 2022, by“Although the bill refers to “enemy flags,” the only flag that is explicitly noted is the Palestinian one. The bill must pass three additional Knesset votes before it becomes law.”
Military Alliances Aiming for Another “NATO” in East Asia
5 July 2022, by“We must shatter the non-peaceful and non-popular cracked alliances which have been fueled the vicious spiral of militarization and nuclear escalation in the areas.”
Beyond Choice: Why We Need Reproductive Justice
4 July 2022, bySecond wave feminism was never a single-issue movement. It called for free and accessible abortion along with quality child care and equal pay for equal work. It exposed society’s violence as it pulled back the curtain on domestic abuse and date rape. Shui-yin Sharon Yam reminds us that the Roe v. Wade decision, which asserted that medical personnel can aid the pregnant person seeking abortion, will soon be overturned by the Supreme Court. She discusses how we can best defend the bodily autonomy of pregnant people in this new era.—The editors
COVID & the Global South: the Nigerian Case
3 July 2022, byEmilia Micunovic interviewed Rafiat Atanda and Zigwai Tagwai, who volunteer with ONE in Nigeria. They are professional women in their 20s. This article has been edited from a longer version.–The editors