Opinion - The term "Global South" first appeared in 1969 in an article by political activist Carl Oglesby in the liberal Catholic journal "Commonweal". Oglesby argued that the Vietnam War was the culmination of a history of "Northern domination of the Global South." The term gained further prominence in 1980 with the report "North-South: A Program for Survival," issued by an independent commission headed by former German Chancellor Willy Brandt. It was also featured in the 1990 report "The Challenge to the South:
