Yesterday, May 28, was the final day of a two-day UN session, presided over by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and Strengthening the UN-Centered International System.”

The 156th consecutive weekly meeting of the International Peace Coalition (IPC) took place Friday, May 29, marking three years of continuous dialogue designed to unite the peace movement internationally.

The United Nations Security Council hosted a special hearing on May 26, continued on May 28, on the subject: “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and Strengthening the UN-Centered International System.”

I’m Angela Huffman, president of Farm Action, and I come to you all from farm country. I’m in northwest Ohio in the United States, and I’m going to talk about what this moment in time looks like for America’s farmers and our food system.

May 27—Farmers led by the National Front to Save the Mexican Countryside (FNRCM) came to Mexico City from around the country May 20, for a show of force behind two key demands.

I apologize. I’m driving through some canyons in Texas right now…. But I wanted to just relay to you how the war with Iran is going in terms of impact on agriculture.

December, 2025—Since the publishing of the first edition of this report in November 2017, the world has witnessed “changes not seen in a hundred years,” to quote Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Today we address a matter of the utmost gravity, one that intertwines geopolitics, the global economy, and the fate of nations such as Brazil: the escalation of hostilities toward Iran.

The topic which I want to address today is the question of controlled disintegration. Let’s jump right into this. We are suffering and we are seeing a massive dislocation of the world economy.

Although I am interested in many of these subjects, and involved in many of the topics which will be discussed today, I thought it more appropriate that I address the situation in the world, which defines the situation in Africa.