Global south

Global south

• Marx, colonialism and the Global South - Counterfire Media Podcast

  

  Chris Nineham talks to American author and Marxist historian on Marx, colonialism and the Global South, and how Marx's ideas were ahead of their time in the fifth episode of Counterfire Media's Podcast

• Brazil’s election and the Global South’s debt trap

  

  The media present today’s Brazilian elections as a special case but, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica, Brazil’s troubles reflect the troubles of the world economy

• Black Panther: from Huey Newton to Wakanda - film review

  

  Black Panther is a landmark film for representation and presentation, but the politics ignores structural issues of class and race, argues Shabbir Lakha

• The Chagos Archipelago: empire’s last gleaming

  

  The plight of these seven Indian Ocean atolls should be on everyone’s radar, argues Shabbir Lakha

• Latin America: reformism hits the rocks

  

  As the economic downturn hits Latin America, Dan Morgan considers the impact on progressive developments and looks ahead to the role of political organisations

• Echoes of the 1930s: a warning from Calais

  

  We must stand up in solidarity with refugees and migrants argues Maz Saleem

• Failing the planet: UN climate talks from Kyoto to Paris

  

  In the run-up to the climate change demonstrations in London and Paris, Elaine Graham-Leigh looks at what's at stake in the UN climate talks

• The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South

  

  Internationalism is not only possible, it is the necessary answer to the neoliberal assault analysed in Vijay Prashad’s, The Poorer Nations, argues Samir Dathi