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Settlers launch wave of attacks after UN’s highest court rules Israel must end colonisation of West Bank
The court said Israel had no right to sovereignty in the territories, was violating international laws against acquiring territory by force and was impeding Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
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Feeling the heat: capitalism and global warming
Global carbon dioxide emissions (the main cause of global warming) continue to rise, hitting a new high in 2023.
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Mister Netanyahu comes to Washington and will receive a warm welcome
Next week, on Wednesday, July 24th, Israeli Prime Minister and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit Washington, DC, although he has not yet received a formal invitation.
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“Parenting for Liberation”: An interview with Jalessah T. Jackson
Jalessah T. Jackson: Rooted in revolutionary love, parenting for liberation is an embodied practice in which, to paraphrase June Jordan, I aim to love and nurture my children into their own freedom.
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Adam Smith on Bengal and North America
In his opus ‘The Wealth of Nations’ published in 1776 Adam Smith drew a distinction between the progressive state, the stationary state and the declining state.
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NATO/U.S. complicity in the relentless Israeli genocide of Gaza
As the genocide continued and a few days after the end of the NATO celebrations, an assassination attempt on former President Trump caused President Biden to address the nation and orate that “political violence has no place in America and U.S. politics should never be a killing field.”
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The Pacific lands and seas are neither forbidden nor forgotten: The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2024)
A powerful struggle is taking place in Kanaky (New Caledonia) between the indigenous people and French colonial authorities. In the background, the US-led militarisation of the Pacific intensifies.
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Global Wealth Report 2023: An orgy of enrichment for the super-rich
Multimillionaires around the world have benefited from the inflation year 2023, while the German super-rich alone increased their wealth by 10 percent to more than €2.1 trillion.
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The U.S. seeks to recover regional control with NATO office in Jordan, says Dr. Issam Khawaja
Dr. Issam Khawaja told Peoples Dispatch that by opening the office, the US-dominated alliance is seeking to enhance its presence in the Eastern Mediterranean, prevent the eruption of a regional war, and protect Israel.
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Planning crimes: 2024 NATO Summit’s agenda
This year’s NATO Summit was a show of the West’s commitment to warmongering and its plans to wreak havoc around the world to maintain its dominance.
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China dominates AI innovation: 74.7% of Global GenAI patents
Outpacing the U.S. 6 to 1.
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Rethinking Holocaust memory after October 7
“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”
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Fragments from damaged life: Bertolt Brecht’s Collages
Every intellectual in exile is mutilated, wrote Theodor W. Adorno in California during World War II.
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Capitalism kills: The case for ecosocialism
To say capitalism kills is not hyperbole: it is simply incompatible with continuing life on Earth.
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Between goals and the cups
The Copa America and the Euro Cup are coming to an end and deserve a reflection, even if this is just a grain of sand in a wave that has moved multitudes on Planet Soccer.
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Police violence, security breaches, and brawls mark the U.S.-hosted Copa America
The continent’s most important national team football tournament was overshadowed by serious incidents on and off the field. Many point the finger at the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) and the host country, the United States.
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“Voices for African Liberation”
In 1974, 50 years ago, the newly launched Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) journal boldly announced its intentions in the first editorial, “Appropriate analysis and the devising of a strategy for Africa’s revolution must be encouraged and we hope that the provision of this platform for discussion will assist that process”.
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Climate activists shuts down Aberdeen incinerator choking working-class kids
A £150 million waste-to-energy plant sited just 300 yards from a primary school and burning a staggering 150,000 tonnes of unrecycleable waste a year was brought to a standstill on Saturday as Climate Camp Scotland and local campaigners stood together on the picket line.
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What’s behind the rise of AI powerhouse Nvidia?
Nvidia’s brief streak as the world’s highest valued company in the last several weeks has catapulted the chipset manufacturer into the headlines all over the world. A year ago, Nvidia was valued at just under $1 trillion. Nine months later, it blew past the $2 trillion mark, and just 30 days after that, for a moment in June 2024 Nvidia peaked at $3.3 trillion.