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War, Inflation, Geopolitical Rivalry, and Soaring World Temperatures

It is urgent to end the war in Ukraine. But to achieve this goal, "Russia Out Now" is a better slogan than "Diplomacy Now."

Economic collapse and mass action finished off the Sri Lanka regime.

World crises demand groundbreaking strategies

Only a decisive defeat of Putinism — with its toxic mix of despotism, corruption, right-wing nationalism, and devil-may-care extractivism — would offer the world some sliver of hope when it comes to restoring some measure of planetary balance.

Until we have proven ourselves worthy to lead, we cannot expect others to march to our drum.

Voters in Colombia and France put left coalitions in office, and Tunisian workers shut the country down

Horrified by the invasion, centrist elites like Dmitri Trenin nonetheless sense the US is using the conflict to destroy their country.

LGBTQ in Africa, Ecuador ablaze, and talk of stalemate in Myanmar

But if the war does not end soon, its dangers will increase. Negotiations need to begin... “To make concessions to Russia would be submitting to aggression,”... “To make none would be submitting to insanity.”