Biden redraws the map of world conflict: Afghanistan is out but Ukraine is back… and the Falklands

16 April, 2021 · Weekly Report

Russian maneuvers in Crimea, again on the map of the world conflict.
Russian maneuvers in Crimea, again on the map of the world conflict.

The map of world conflict is turned on its head. The US leaves Afghanistan to confront “new challenges”. The first: Russia… but also the EU’s “strategic sovereignty” aspirations. Meanwhile, the US military encirclement of China generates fears of war in Taiwan and configures the Falklands/Malvinas and the Magellan Passage as a new hot spot in the midst of an unprecedented naval deployment since the 81 war and with a surprising official announcement: Beijing and the Casa Rosada are preparing the first exercises of the Chinese army in South America.

Interwar feminism in the US

13 April, 2021 · History

Suffragette Minnie Fisher Cunningham, pictured here, ran for senator from Texas in 1927. She lost, but later held various positions in President Roosevelt's new New Deal institutions.
Suffragette Minnie Fisher Cunningham, pictured here, ran for senator from Texas in 1927. She lost, but later held various positions in President Roosevelt's new New Deal institutions.

In the second entry in our series on feminism and war, we will study interwar feminism in the USA in order to understand why during World War II it will be thoroughly used to recruit women workers for imperialist slaughter and war production.