The causes of the crisis are clear. Sri Lanka’s economy is unstable and prone to global shocks, with its high dependence upon international loans, and focus on foreign currency-generating export industries.
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Philippines: Activist, former VP bet Walden Bello arrested for cyberlibel
On Monday, Bello was taken to the Quezon City Police Station 8 but was transferred to Camp Karingal on the instructions of Police Brig. Gen. Remus Medina, district director.
Will support for abortion rights help the Democrats in November?
Today, liberals are hoping that the shocks of overturning of Roe, the revelations from the January 6 commission, and the GOP’s nominations of some truly awful candidates might provide some margin for hope that the Democrats won’t suffer the expected drubbing.
Crossing the US-Mexico border is deadlier than ever for migrants – here’s why
The June 2022 deaths of 53 people, victims of heat stroke, in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, show the dangers of crossing the U.S. southern border without authorization.
Calling a recession and blaming it on interest rates
Real GDP contracted in the second quarter of this year by a 0.9% annualised rate (or by 0.2% quarter over quarter). That meant the US economy had contracted for two successive quarters, and so ‘technically’ (by that definition) was in a recession.
Inside the Russian resistance against Putin’s war
Spectre’s Ashley Smith interviews Sasha, an activist in Feminist Anti-War Resistance about the war, its impact on Russian society in general and women in particular, and the debates among feminists about how to oppose imperialism.
An important debate on revolutionary strategy
There is a great deal of talk about the need for debate and discussion on the left. However, very little of it ever actually takes place. This is why the July 27 Haymarket Books online debate on “The Relevance of the Russian Revolution Today” was so important.
Texas abortion ban turned one woman’s pregnancy into a “dystopian nightmare”
“Anti-abortion zealots should be forced to read this…” asserted one journalist. “They are responsible for her suffering.”
The new progressive wave in Latin America: Between moderation and an intolerant right
The radical Uruguayan journalist and chronicler of Latin American social movements Raúl Zibechi is much less enthusiastic about new progressive governments. In the article below, Zibechi points out the real constraints, both external and self-imposed, that these governments will face.
‘Blatantly unconstitutional’ South Carolina bill would criminalize sharing abortion info online
Earlier this month, a coalition of reproductive rights groups filed a lawsuit in state court challenging the legislation, which Center for Reproductive Rights president and CEO Nancy Northup said is causing “mayhem at an unimaginable scale.”
Mass struggle in Sri Lanka forces president’s resignation
Hundreds of people streamed into the palace and quickly made themselves at home—diving into his pool, drinking his whisky, working out in his gym and cooking in his kitchen, marveling at the luxuries enjoyed by the man who oversaw the collapse of the country’s finances.
Trump’s scandals: Watergate on steroids
Until Donald Trump became president in 2017, former president Richard Nixon—the only president in U.S. history to resign from office—was widely regarded as setting the high-water mark for abusing the power of the U.S. presidency.
The hidden claims of some western left about the war in Ukraine
Discussions with some part of the (mostly) western left are extremely disillusioning. There are some points in their positions which are the most disillusioning and partially – hypocritical and/or cynical.
Energy: The recession trigger?
Far from forcing Russia to submit to NATO demands, any oil price cap is more likely to drive the oil price to near $200/bbl. That would trigger a global slump.
Britain: The removal of Boris Johnson – self pitying and delusional to the end
The resignation speech showed how delusional and self-pitying Johnson is. Like the spoilt, entitled rich kid he is, his removal was everyone’s fault but his own.
