comments feedBy Fergie Chambers Source: Globetrotter It is evening in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, one of NATO’s easternmost members. I am waiting at the edge of Izvor Park in the city center to meet with a young friend who has fled Ukraine. In the backdrop of the park is the Palace of the Parliament, the brutalist […]
A Donbas Diary: Looking back at the early stages of the conflict in Ukraine
March 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Why the Climate Justice March in South Korea could be a game changer for the Environment
January 11, 2023 by Leave a Comment
By Alice S. Kim Source: Globetrotter On September 24, 2022, more than 30,000 people occupied the main roads of downtown Seoul, South Korea, for the nation’s largest climate justice march. The sheer turnout of people from all walks of life and the participation by a wide range of advocacy groups were a testament to the impact of […]
The Brazilian hard right are already a political cliché
January 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment
By Vijay Prashad Source: Globetrotter On January 8, 2023, large crowds of people—dressed in colors of the Brazilian flag—descended on the country’s capital, Brasília. They invaded the federal building and Supreme Court and vandalized public property. This attack by the rioters had been widely expected since the invaders had been planning “weekend demonstrations” for days […]
Zoe Alexandra: ‘They Shot Them Down Like Animals’: Massacre at Peru’s Ayacucho
January 5, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Survivors and family members of victims of the massacre in Ayacucho on December 15 denounce that the army treated protesters like war targets, reminiscent of violence faced during the internal armed conflict. By Zoe Alexandra Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Zoe Alexandra is a journalist and co-editor of Peoples Dispatch. Source: Globetrotter […]
Iran punished for treatment of women
December 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The U.S. initiates Iran’s expulsion from the UN women’s commission. By Evelyn Leopold Author Bio: Evelyn Leopold is a writing fellow and correspondent for Globetrotter. She is an independent journalist based at the United Nations and the winner of a UN Correspondents Association gold medal for her reporting. She served at Reuters as a manager, […]
Why U.S. political scientists are arguing that Evo Morales should be the President of Bolivia
August 28, 2020 by Leave a Comment
By Vijay Prashad and Manuel Bertoldi / Independent Media Institute Three political scientists from the United States closely studied allegations of fraud in the Bolivian election of 2019 and found that there was no fraud. These scholars—from the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University—looked at raw evidence from the Bolivian election authorities that had been handed over to the […]
