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Alleged would-be Trump assassin recruited for Ukraine’s International Legion
Before he was caught with an AK-47 on a golf course near Trump, Ryan Routh went to Kiev to fight for Ukraine’s military and recruit for its International Legion. Routh told U.S. media he “had partners meeting with [Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense] every week.”
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“People must realize that reality is not what is shown on tv”
The collusion of the mainstream media with this regime has drawn a screen over the real situation our country is in.
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Wolfgang Streeck: “Sahra Wagenknecht is the only one asking the right questions—and offering the right answers”
The famous German sociologist discusses the recent elections in eastern Germany, the need to return to the nation-state, left-wing communitarianism, and the shortfalls of right-populism.
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Capitalists want your blood and maybe your kidney and liver, too
Malcolm X famously said, “show me a capitalist and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.” That’s literally true for U.S. capitalism.
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The hidden costs of the AI boom
In the hands of corporations, the hidden costs of AI will continue to be paid by working people across the globe.
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IIPPE 2024: Imperialism, China and BRICS+
The countries of the BRICS+ were just as capitalist and imperialist as the imperialist bloc of the Global North, argued Ngawani.
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Energy Unions in Mexico welcome shutdown of key neoliberal institutions
The Mexican government administration has proposed a package of 20 reforms, including the dissolution of two energy sector autonomous bodies (the focus of this bulletin) from the power and hydrocarbons sector. In doing so, the government has taken another significant step to roll back the neoliberal reforms that sought to hand over the country’s energy system to private companies.
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From 11 September to 7 October: The fake ‘War on Terror’ collapses
For years, the U.S. executed Israel’s regional destabilization program using phantom terrorists as justification for the ‘War on Terror.’ But 7 October 2023 killed Washington’s never-ending war project–with a flip of the switch, U.S. adversaries have now turned the ‘Long War’ on Israel.
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Uhuru 3 found not guilty of being Russian agents
On the morning of September 12th, the jury returned a verdict in the free speech trial of the century, where Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel faced bogus charges of working as Russian agents.
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How Britain started Vietnam War
In the post-World War II period, Britain waged a number of covert wars in every corner of the world, as its financial and military clout rapidly withered.
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U.S., UK to announce expansion of NATO weapons strikes inside Russia
The United States and United Kingdom will imminently announce a major expansion of Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia using NATO weapons, the Guardian and Politico reported on Wednesday.
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Arghiri Emmanuel, the Free Republic of Congo, and socialism–not capitalism–first
Lumumba had seen hope in the African diaspora to invest what capital and skills it had in building the Congo. Arghiri Emmanuel made similar recommendations to Antoine Gizenga, Lumumba’s former deputy prime minister who led the rebel socialist Free Republic of Congo from December 12th 1960 to January 1962.
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Arghiri Emmanuel, the law of unequal exchange, and the failures of liberation in the DR Congo
Writing about Arghiri Emmanuel’s Unequal Exchange, Jairus Banaji noted that it is “the closest Marxist counterpart I can think of to Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth”.
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The revolutionary fire in the people starts with a song: The Thirty-Seventh Newsletter (2024)
In the dialectical spiral of culture, poems, songs, and stories inspire us to act and depict our actions, which in turn inspires others to do the same.
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The banning of X/Twitter in Brazil and the authoritarian drive of the capitalist state
The decision was the product of an escalating dispute between the STF and X’s fascistic CEO, Elon Musk.
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Burkina Faso nationalizes UK goldmines
Burkina Faso will nationalize two gold mines at a cost of about US$80 million.
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Mexico’s Senate approves Judicial Reform
The Mexican head of state achieved his goal of passing the Judicial Reform before leaving office on October 1.
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Exposed: How Israeli spies control your VPN
An estimated 1.6 billion people rely on VPNs to carry out the most sensitive tasks online, from watching illegal videos to engaging in sexual or political activities.
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More than 2,100 land and environmental defenders killed globally between 2012 and 2023
Colombia was found to be the deadliest country in the world, with 79 deaths in total last year—compared to 60 in 2022, and 33 in 2021.
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The Venezuela elections of 28 July 2024: What and whom to believe?
Analyst and former UN rapporteur Alfred de Zayas looks at the history of U.S. intervention and sanctions against Venezuela.