This old dance hall in Bandung secretly shaped world politics 🏛️ But is it worth visiting? 🤔
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#travel #asiaafrica #nonalignedmovement #asiaafricaconference #bandung #indonesia #westjava #wanderlust #history
In opening remarks to the summit, #Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva drew a parallel w/the #ColdWar's #NonAlignedMovement, a group of developing nations that resisted joining either side of a polarized global order.
"#BRICS is the heir to the Non-Aligned Movement," Lula told leaders. "With multilateralism under attack, our autonomy is in check once again."
BRICS nations represent >½ the world's population & 40% of its economic output, Lula noted…, warning of rising protectionism.
This old dance hall in Bandung secretly shaped world politics 🏛️ But is it worth visiting? 🤔
Read more: https://flip.it/05yKuG
#travel #asiaafrica #nonalignedmovement #asiaafricaconference #bandung #indonesia #westjava #wanderlust #history
With the expansion of the group to more countries of the Global South, a revival of the “Bangdung Spirit” is taking place, but not without its contradictions. By Vijay Prashad Peoples Dispatch In January, Indonesia — the world’s fourth-largest country by population (282 million) with the
From Athens to Belgrade: Will the EU move from “de-risking” to embracing non-alignment as it ramps up its strategic sovereignty agenda?
Non-Aligned Tech Movement Newsletter #16--> https://nonalignedtech.net/16-eu-moving-from-de-risking-to-non-alignment/
⬆️ @homohortus
>> #NAM Non-alignment, initially a posture of neutrality during the #ColdWar, evolved into implicit support for the #USSR. This movement, born from the desire … not to align themselves with the blocs, was influenced by leaders such as [#India's] #Nehru and [#Egypt's] #Nasser.
Also #Yugoslavia's Josip Broz #Tito, who served as the leader of the #NonAlignedMovement.
#US doctrine was same during Cold War as it was with #GeorgeWBush: "You're either with us or with #terrorists"
⬆️ @homohortus
>> India is strengthening its ties with Russia, including through record energy deals. This growing dependence could complicate its relations with the West…
Historically #India has had closer ties with #Russia than #US, despite its official membership in the #NonAlignedMovement #NAM as a state that didn't formally align with the US or USSR and sought to remain independent, but that is changing. Obviously all countries do what's best in their self-interest
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), international organization dedicated to representing the interests and aspirations of developing countries. The NAM was founded and held its first conference in 1961 under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Jawaharlal Nehru, Kwame Nkrumah, and Sukarno.
i am reading Pankaj Mishra (and wishing i’d been reading his stuff before now)
https://pdbowman.studio/briefs/19-oct-24-pankaj-mishra-unfinished-business-of-postimperial-era/
#PankajMishra #Asia #NonAlignedMovement #liberalEmpire #postImperialism #postColonialism #revolution #IrvingHowe #PriyaSatia
Palestinians accuse Israel of sponsoring settler violence on the West Bank | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/palestinians-accuse-israel-sponsoring-settler-violence-west-bank
#WestBank
#Settlers
#SettlerViolence
#Israel
#Palestinians
#OccupiedTerritories
#IllegalSettlements
#PalestinianAuthority
#UN
#NonAlignedMovement
#apartheid
#Gaza
#Occupation
Peace is good for #StrongmanCapitalism, bad for the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex: Iran and Saudi Arabia have effectively fought a devastating proxy war in #Yemen, where #Houthi rebels aligned with Tehran battled Saudi forces for eight years.
#BRICSPolitics #NonAlignedMovement #NewColdWar #PeaceDividend #ClintonWasTheWorstPresident #CarbonBombKleptocracies
Fantastic piece on the history of the nonaligned movement... we need to bring this energy back to modern transnational organizing.
https://progressive.international/wire/2023-09-01-pi-briefing-no-35-we-face-neither-east-nor-west-we-face-forward/en