Mounting #debtcrisis means #globalSouth governments are spending on average 15% of their revenue servicing external #debt. This figure has doubled since 2010.

More than 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on #health or #education.

https://globalinequality.org/debt-financial-outflows/

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

Mounting #debtcrisis means #globalSouth governments are spending on average 15% of their revenue servicing external #debt. This figure has doubled since 2010.

More than 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on #health or #education.

https://globalinequality.org/debt-financial-outflows/

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

Open source is a game-changer for innovation and collaboration! https://youtu.be/EG9gSOtHurY #opensource #linuxfoundation #lfEurope #innovation #globalsouth #ai #digitalcommons #opensourceeconomy #collaboration #positivesumgame

China achieved manufacturing dominance thanks to its weaker protections for workers, communities and the environment. Now it’s exporting that model. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/30/world/chinas-low-rights-model/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #indonesia #australia #us #europe #globalsouth #rareearths #chineseeconomy #asianeconomy #labor

I don’t mind using the terms "Global North" and "Global South" to distinguish between nations that accumulated power, historically, kingdoms and empires, and those that were exploited by them.

These terms capture the arrogance with which powerful societies have judged others as "barbaric," even though their wealth was built on the exploitation of peoples across the world.

This small corner of the planet has exterminated civilizations, erased cultures, enslaved entire continents, started two world wars, and left behind some of the most shameful chapters in human history. Its institutions still claim cultural superiority, and museums display artifacts stolen from the societies they oppressed.

The artificial borders drawn by imperial powers continue to cause suffering today.

Is there a better term to describe the self-appointed lords of the world?

#GlobalNorth #GlobalSouth #Europe #USA #History #Colonization #Slavery #Inequality

U.S. retrenchment creates a vacuum of global governance leadership — one that China is eager to fill. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/28/japan/beijings-globalist-agenda/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #china #ggi #un #xijinping #shanghaicooperationorganization #sco #globalsouth #us #donaldtrump #un #who #unesco #bank #beltandroad

Authoritarian nostalgia is rising across Southeast Asia, as leaders and societies whitewash past dictatorships, threatening democratic institutions and stability throughout the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/26/world/asias-tyrants-seen-as-heroes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #suharto #indonesia #ferdinandmarcos #philippines #thailand #cambodia #globalsouth #asia #authoritarianism #democracy #humanrights

Jasmine rice - #Thai vegan curry - pad Thai with tofu & chicken - #Chinese spring rolls - #Filipino tapioca pudding with coconut milk - the #lunch #food #buffet provided at the summit.

#AsianMastodon #YYJ #ASEAN #GlobalSouth #SouthEastAsian #AsianDiaspora #AsianCultures #AsianDances #CulturalEats #CulturalFood #AsianCommunity #TootSEA #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BCAsianCommunities #ASIAinVictoriaSummit

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/12/crocodile-economics-comes-to-africa-trade-solar-and-the-new-energy-map/

Africa may well completely skip heavy FF dependence while still growing its GDP with, initially, a massive build out of local solar grids and then continental scale integration with a UHVDC grid.

#africa #globalsouth #energy #energytransition

https://chinaglobalsouth.com/podcasts/global-tech-wars-james-kynge-china-manufacturing/

China is not "passing on" the shit manufacturing jobs like other developing/developed countries have before. It's keeping to pull up its remaining poor agricultural population and/or massively automating them. This means the development "ladder" is breaking and the Global South needs a new model.

#africa #globalsouth #development

Moderating a panel next week and asked participants to send presentations in advance.

The two #globalsouth panelists sent them in not only in advance, but wonderful, detailed presentations.

The two #globalnorth panelists? Sent them not only late, but half-hone, bare-bones presentations that they promised to "finish before the panel"

I feel like this is a metaphor for something...

>>> What was the impact of the APC network over the past year?

Voices from the Global South contributed to reimaining internet governance ahead of the 20-year review of WSIS Process #WSIS20.

With @EngageMedia @7amleh @redesac_mx and more.

----> Stories in our Annual Report 👇

https://2024report.apc.org/

#apc2024 #GlobalSouth #BuildingIntersectionalCommonAgendas

It manages the contradiction not by overcoming it but by exporting its #costs. Through #imperialism, social #democratic states extract cheap #labor & natural #resources from the #globalSouth, allowing them to sustain prosperity, high #wages, & #welfare systems at home while keeping #capital #accumulation intact.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Trump #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

Even those states often praised as moral examples, such as the #Scandinavian countries, rely on vast transfers of value from the #globalSouth through unequal exchange. Their #social stability is built on the hidden #exploitation of others.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #US #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive

It manages the contradiction not by overcoming it but by exporting its #costs. Through #imperialism, social #democratic states extract cheap #labor & natural #resources from the #globalSouth, allowing them to sustain prosperity, high #wages, & #welfare systems at home while keeping #capital #accumulation intact.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Trump #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

✊ Gen Z anger at ruling elites is erupting across the world

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/gen-z-anger/

🆓 https://archive.ph/ycNJv

#politics #globalsouth #genz #corruption #populism #youth #protest

✊ Gen Z anger at ruling elites is erupting across the world

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/gen-z-anger/

🆓 https://archive.ph/ycNJv

#politics #globalsouth #genz #corruption #populism #youth #protest

⛏️ Behind our screens: The truth about ‘artisanal’ mining and ‘natural’ technology

https://globalvoices.org/2025/10/05/behind-our-screens-the-truth-about-artisanal-mining-and-natural-technology/

#cobalt #resources #mining #africa #materials #globalsouth

⛏️ Behind our screens: The truth about ‘artisanal’ mining and ‘natural’ technology

https://globalvoices.org/2025/10/05/behind-our-screens-the-truth-about-artisanal-mining-and-natural-technology/

#cobalt #resources #mining #africa #materials #globalsouth

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25410389.oxford-study-finds-cash-transfers-help-halve-infant-deaths-kenya/

I really hope people start getting the message that this works.

#africa #globalsouth