Archive | February, 2026

Recent news stories have thrust the issue of Palestinians returning to their homes and lands back into the spotlight. The Right of Return remains the core Palestinian demand because it is fundamental to what it means to be Palestinian.

Losing bees means more than just having fewer flowers in our gardens – it will result in a chain reaction felt through entire ecosystems and food chains, including our own. Responsible for a third of global food production, bees are essential for life as we know it. So, what would it mean for us – and the world around us – if they disappeared?

In this episode, we speak with Tyler Creighton about the ongoing struggle to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from defunding and closure at the hands of Russell Vought in the second Trump Administration. Creighton is a lawyer at the CFPB and a member of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), Chapter 335.

We’ve been keeping an eye on the Hercules Gymnasium…there’s this Lichtenfeld kid, already a champion wrestler, takes a particular interest in street fighting. Understands that there are no rule books, this isn’t sport, it’s Nazis who are out to kill us, and the less well-mannered we can be about it, the more effective. –Thomas Pynchon […]

The NVMA is taking up the mantle of King’s vision to create a ‘nonviolent army of the poor.’

Antonia Baumgartner argues that behind the promise of peace, a set of recent U.S.-backed agreements have reshaped how the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s minerals, infrastructure, and political choices are tied to Washington’s strategic priorities. Under these arrangements, unlicensed and prospective mining areas are pooled into a reserve that gives the United States privileged, priority access to future concessions. As security and diplomatic backing for the Congolese government against Rwanda and M23 becomes linked to mineral access and supply-chain politics, questions are raised about sovereignty, long-term peace and stability.

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show isn’t just entertainment, it’s a declaration of Puerto Rican national identity and resistance.

Many economists claim trade liberalisation accelerates development. But only a few economies have gained many jobs. Most have experienced greater vulnerability, industrialization and food insecurity.

With the U.S. tightening its grip, Canadians must step up where their government won’t.

“Adding a citizenship question is a calculated attempt to suppress Latino participation and erase other communities of color from the American map,” said the organization Voto Latino.

Chinese regulators have advised major banks to reduce their exposure to U.S. Treasuries, citing market volatility and risk concentration.

Members of the Canadian Network on Cuba discuss the escalating U.S. oil blockade and the dire risks facing the island.

The Epstein reporting has only confirmed this retreat by the western media into disgrace and venality. It has only confirmed their betrayal of what should be a noble profession.

Political maturity is finally admitting to yourself that the angriest, most disconcerting communist you’ve ever met was pretty much right about everything.

The gold price against the U.S. dollar is back above $5000 per oz after its recent short sharp contraction last week. 

The news emerged in Israeli media outlets amid a lawsuit filed by members of Kibbutz Hanita against Ballet Vision, a Chinese-controlled fund that holds an 80% stake in Hanita Lenses, an intraocular lens manufacturing plant located in the northern part of the occupied lands near the Lebanese border.

President Diaz-Canel says no fuel has reached his country since December.

The Germ of a New World Outlook.

The most pressing problems of the Indian economy at present are: the phenomenal rise in economic inequality, whose magnitude now is higher than at any time during the last one hundred years; the massive increase in absolute poverty as initially defined by the Planning Commission by taking into account a daily calorie-intake norm; and the enormous increase in unemployment which now even afflicts a vast chunk of the country’s educated youth.

Canada can lead the way in international action to end the Trump regime by imposing real restrictions on the U.S.