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
Vijay Prashad: BRICS & Industrial Development
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/21/vijay-prashad-brics-industrial-development/
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…
#Politics #Analysis #China #Column #Economy #EuropeanUnion #Indonesia #Netherlands #Bandung #BandungSpirit #Brics #Mining #Nickel #NonAlignedMovement #UnitedNationsConferenceOnTradeAndDevelopment #VijayPrashad #WorldTradeOrganization
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
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
NATO or vato: As of 2023, this pact includes 42 member states from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, that are collectively home to four billion people and have a combined market of $16 trillion (roughly 20% of global merchandise imports). 5 BRICS have a higher GDP that the G7.
#NewWorldDisorder #BRICS #NonAlignedMovement #START
#NDB #PetroDollars
' “Neutrality does not mean indifference,” says #PierreSané. “ #Neutrality means continuously calling for the respect of international laws; neutrality means that our hearts still go to the victims of military invasions and arbitrary sanctions never imposed on #Nato..”.. “It represents the positive, active and constructive policy that, as its goal, has #CollectivePeace as the foundation of #CollectiveSecurity.”
https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-west-v-russia-why-the-global-south-isnt-taking-sides/
#NonAlignedMovement #DavidAdler
