Francisco Arias Fernández, Granma, July 13, 2022 — Between January and May 2022 alone, the US has committed more than $40 billion in support to Ukraine in the context of the war, and the EU more than 27 billion euros; however, to address the current food crisis, the West has contributed just $5 billion to UN efforts.

Michael Hudson, Naked Capitalism, July 12, 2022 — Today, China, India, Iran and other Eurasian economies have taken the first step as a precondition for a multipolar world, by rejecting America’s insistence that they join the U.S. sanctions against Russia. These countries realize that if the United States could destroy Russia’s economy, the remaining countries of Eurasia would be next in line.

Jean Shaoul, WSWS, July 11, 2022 — Millions across the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, Yemen and Syria already experiencing severe levels of hunger and poverty face the prospect of mass starvation. This is set to worsen due to the US/NATO provoked war in Ukraine, causing “global destabilization, starvation and mass migration.”

William D. Hartung, Global Research, July 8, 2022 — It is an astonishing figure by any measure — more than two-and-a-half times what China spends; more, in fact, than the national security budgets of the next nine countries, including China and Russia, combined.

RT, July 7, 2022 — The Ukraine crisis has exposed a dramatic shift in the structure of international relations. This manifests itself in the acceleration of Russia’s shift towards Asia and in the divergence of interests between major powers.

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, June 7, 2022 — Closer linkages between Europe and China and Russia provoked the US agenda to prevent that integration or delay it. This agenda, now deepened during the recent G7 meeting and the NATO summit in Spain, is creating a dangerous situation for the world.

Chen Qingqing and Wan Hengyi, Global times, July 4, 2022 — The rare, tense exchange at the 10th World Peace Forum underscored the escalating geopolitical tensions. Chinese experts calling on major powers to find a way of controlling the spillover effect of the conflicts …

Global times, June 29, 2022 — Inmates in prisons are subject to labor exploitation, minors working as child laborers are abused. Today, more than 150 years after the abolition of slavery in the US, the problems still exist.