Monthly Archives: January 2023

The West Votes against Development at United Nations

re posted from                              AFRICA AND THE WORLD

Clearly there is a stark division between the West and its partners and all of the “Rest”. Put in another way, the votes reflect the increasingly sharp contradiction between the developed “North” and the developing “Global South”. Two major powers, China and Russia, … Read the rest

My Thoughts: Poverty & Ethnicity Kill Democracy in Africa

re posted from                                     AFRICA AND THE WORLD

Many Westerners, European and American institutions and governments falsely assert that elections are the sign of a functioning democracy. This narrow understanding or interpretation of democracy is insufficient. It contributes to the poor conditions of life throughout most of Africa today, and actually Read the rest

Does ice and snow in the North mean global cooling?

re posted from                                  DAILY FRIEND

The climate of the last hundred years has been generally benevolent, productive and peaceful, with less extreme weather than the previous few centuries. I expect this to continue on the whole. The problems of 2023 will not come from the climate but from politics. For … Read the rest