Interview: Latin America in the New Global Economy Amid Ukraine Conflict
Kawsachun News spoke to Ecuadorian economist Juan Fernando Terán on April 2 about Western sanctions, the Ukraine war and how Latin America can protect its economy.
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Sanctions Pressure Sticks Serbia Between Western Hammer and Russian Anvil
Only a handful of European countries have refused to impose sanctions on the Russian Federation after the United States called for them once Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine began on February 24. Serbia is one such outlier. As a result, the West is pressuring the Balkan nation to change its foreign-policy vector and pick a side in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, reports Nikola Mikovic.
South Africa’s Mineworkers Who Have Paid the Price
Paralysis, tuberculosis and silicosis are just some of the tragedies that befall miners in South Africa. But mine owners have denied healthcare and compensation, reports New Frame's Naledi Sikhakhane.
200 Million Strike in India Against Right-Wing Narendra Modi Government’s Policies
Living standards of India's working people have deteriorated because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government's lack of sufficient policy interventions during the pandemic, People's Dispatch reports.
Bringing Together Activism and Journalism: Q&A with Jacqueline Luqman, New Toward Freedom Board Member
Toward Freedom welcomed Jacqueline Luqman onto the board of directors on March 17. Jacqueline brings a background in activism and in journalism, and describes herself as a "Pan-Africanist, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist revolutionary." She recently told TF Editor Julie Varughese why she joined the board.
Hundreds of Palestinian Homes May Be Demolished to Expand Highway Connecting Israeli Settler Colonies
For the fifth week in a row, residents of Jabal al-Mukaber, a Palestinian neighborhood in Occupied East Jerusalem, demonstrated outside city hall against a municipal plan to demolish their homes to expand the American Road, a highway largely viewed as a bypass serving illegal Israeli settlements throughout Jerusalem, reports Jessica Buxbaum.