The role of national liberation politics and the centrality of Palestine to a new global alternative – Mondoweiss

This month marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations Charter being adopted, which has become the foundation of the United Nations itself and our international law framework.

The Charter emphasizes the universal nature of human rights, the exercise of self-determination, and global peace.

Following the defeat of fascism in 1945, the UN Charter fueled the emergence of a new international moral order which established the primacy of multilateralism, diplomacy and peaceful…