AOC-Led Delegation Can Push for New Approach to Latin America

September 6, 2023September 7, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

You might not know it by the relatively scant news coverage, but the U.S. congressional delegation, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, that visited Brazil, Chile, and Colombia in August marked a big step forward in the development of a new U.S. approach to Latin America and highlighted the important role that the U.S. progressive left has to play in it.
AOC-Led Delegation Can Push for New Approach to Latin America

Asked if the left needs to build a counterweight network, Ocasio-Cortez, whose trip to Latin America was branded “AOC’s socialist sympathy tour” by Rupert Murdoch’s conservative Wall Street Journal newspaper, replied: “I absolutely believe that the battle for democracy must be transnational and it must be global, and it especially must be hemispheric.

BRICS Invites Six Countries to Join Bloc in Major Expansion

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Saudi Arabia, Iran, Argentina, the UAE, Egypt, and Ethiopia were invited
BRICS Invites Six Countries to Join Bloc in Major Expansion

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China Lodges Formal Complaint Over Biden Calling Xi a Dictator

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Chinese government summoned the US ambassador in Beijing to lodge a formal complaint over President Biden calling Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator,” The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
China Lodges Formal Complaint Over Biden Calling Xi a Dictator

Why China still refuses to resume military dialogue with US

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

China snubbed requests by the United States to resume military dialogue between the two countries because it is not satisfied that Washington will stop violating its “core interests” on issues such as Taiwan, mainland military analysts have said.
Why China still refuses to resume military dialogue with US, despite Antony Blinken’s latest appeal

After killing & plundering African people, the West still wants to teach them democracy

March 26, 2023March 26, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

In a powerful speech, Fred M’membe, the President of the Socialist Party of Zambia slams the West’s hegemonic narrative of democracy.
After killing & plundering African people, the West still wants to teach them democracy via Li Jingjing

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Chinese New Year VS Lunar New Year: Differences and Controversies

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Chinese New Year is ~~approaching~~ here. Wait, is it okay to call Chinese New Year “Chinese New Year”? Or should we call it “Lunar New Year”? Or something else?
Chinese New Year VS Lunar New Year: Differences and Controversies

Western paternalism in Africa reaches its limits

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Decades of failed policy, including US and French counterterrorism programs, have some African leaders looking for alternatives.
Western paternalism in Africa reaches its limits

COUNTERPUNCH: Reflections on Law and Punishment

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

March 11, 2022 By: Alfred de Zayas
Law and punishment are very different concepts and should not be unduly amalgamated. The function of law is the codification of norms, definition of rights and obligations, creation of mechanisms for monitoring and enforcement. Law must be both preventive and curative. It should be proactive and not merely reactive.
COUNTERPUNCH: Reflections on Law and Punishment

[2014] Xi’s speech at ‘Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence’ anniversary

February 17, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Take a look at the full text of President Xi Jinping’s speech delivered at the commemorative ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the release of the
— Read on www.china.org.cn/world/2014-07/07/content_32876905.htm

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