July 2023 - Toward Freedom

Farewell

Toward Freedom Editor July 20, 2023 Toward Freedom Editor

Image from Toward Freedom’s 60th anniversary celebration in Burlington, VT

Dear TF readers and supporters –

In the aftermath of World War II, anti-colonial movements spread throughout the world giving rise to the non-aligned movement. At the end of 1952 Bill Lloyd started a newsletter to inform readers in the US about independence movements in Africa and the non-aligned movement in general.

Called Toward Freedom, Lloyd’s newsletter would evolve over the next 70 years into a print magazine and then a website with the mission to publish international reporting from a grassroots perspective and incisive analysis that exposed government and corporate abuses of power, while supporting movements for universal peace, justice, freedom, the environment, and human rights. read more

Last Words From Toward Freedom Editor

Julie Varughese July 10, 2023 Julie Varughese

Final words from Toward Freedom editor Julie Varughese, as she moves on.

Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker Kavita Magdum monitors the health of infants and children / credit: Sanket Jain

Childhood Immunization Schedules Increasingly Delayed in India As Floods and Other Climate Change Impacts Get In the Way

Sanket Jain July 10, 2023 Sanket Jain

Climate change impacts have caused a delay in children’s immunization schedules throughout India, making them vulnerable to diseases. Sanket Jain reports from the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa / credit: Xinhua/Ju Peng

BRICS Summit Will Go On As Planned, Confirms Host South Africa

Peoples Dispatch July 5, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

The International Criminal Court's arrest warrant issued against Russian President Vladimir Putin had led to speculation about the BRICS summit being shifted to China or another country to avoid his arrest. Peoples Dispatch reports.

The African Angle on WikiLeaks on Julian Assange’s 52nd Birthday

African Stream July 3, 2023 African Stream

Julian Assange turns 52 today. The WikiLeaks founder is spending a fourth year at Britain's Belmarsh prison and faces charges in the United States for violating the Espionage Act. But for many, he’s an example of a journalist punished for exposing shocking truths about governments and the rich and powerful. African Stream looks at his revelations on Africa.