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Namibia slams former colonial ruler Germany for defending Israel in ICJ genocide case
The Namibia presidency issues scathing criticism against Germany for failing to draw lessons from its genocide against the people of Namibia.
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Bombing Yemen–as British as afternoon tea
The UK military’s latest bombing of Yemen comes on the 60th anniversary of a forgotten British campaign in the country involving brute force and deliberate attacks on civilians, declassified files show.
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Fake intellectuals working for Think Tanks funded by the Arms Industry are driving support for war after war after war
Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Russia, China, and Now Iran.
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What does ‘rules-based International Order’ mean when U.S. can bomb Yemen at will?
What U.S. foreign policy shamelessly amounts to is this: “We make the rules so we get to break the rules.”
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Thoughts on Abolition
Since 2020, there has been a gradual realization about the limitations of various strategies, ideologies, and political approaches, particularly in the context of using “abolition” as a catch-all umbrella.
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Ecuador in crisis: five points to understand a country broken by neoliberalism
Some clues to unravel how in a few years Ecuador went from being a peaceful country to becoming a territory governed by organized crime.
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Your man in the Hague — Day 1
Former British diplomat Craig Murray was in the public gallery for the first day of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. Here is his highly-personal account.
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Why I believe what I believe about the Chinese Revolution: The Second Newsletter (2024)
I have tried not only to provide some facts to guide our discussion but also to thread them into the theory of socialism that I believe is most attractive.
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Insorgiamo: The story of how workers of an Italian factory are creating history
Laid-off workers of the former GKN plant in Campi Bisenzio, who have been leading a 900-day long struggle, have proposed to take over the plant by forming a cooperative to facilitate futuristic production.
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The “Ghost Budget”: How America pays for endless war
There were three primary drivers of the Ghost Budget: unusual economic conditions, congressional budget dysfunction, and military assertiveness.
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‘International Law on trial as much as Israel’ – Irish MEPs join rally at ICJ
Irish members of the European Parliament joined a rally in front of the International Court of Justice at The Hague in support of Palestinians in Gaza, stating that this is a trial on International law as much as Israel.
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An ex-CIA agent looks back at 22 years of torture at Guantánamo Bay
“Guantánamo has been universally condemned by every human rights, civil liberties, and civil rights group in the world that has expressed an opinion, as well as by the United Nations, and most countries in the world,” writes John Kiriakou.
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Charter schools will desert and violate thousands in 2024
Currently, about 3.7 million students are enrolled in roughly 7,800 privately-operated charter schools across the country. The U.S. public education system, on the other hand, has been around for more than 150 years and educates about 45 million students in nearly 100,000 schools.
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Upsurge of neo-fascism and ‘dollarisation’
Neo-fascist rulers like Javier Milei propose to control inflation not by curbing capital flight, but by launching a massive attack on the working class.
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In 41 U.S. States, richest 1% pay lower tax rates than everyone else
“Almost nobody says we should have the richest pay the least. And yet when we look around the country, the vast majority of states have tax systems that do just that.”
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Why I risked prison to shut Elbit down
The co-founder of Palestine Action writes about her and fellow activists’ acquittal by a UK court for attempting to close down the Israeli arms firm’s operations in Britain.
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Calls to prosecute Israel for war crimes grow louder in Europe
Anti-imperialist groups across Europe will observe January 13 as the Day of Action for Gaza, to mark the 100th day of Israel’s ongoing genocidal war.
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We need to reverse the culture of decay and march on the street for a culture of humanity
The final months of 2023 pierced our sense of hope and threw us into a kind of mortal sadness.
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Corporate media fed COP 28 carbon capture confusion
The conference, held in Dubai, capital of the oil-dependent United Arab Emirates, reeked of almost comedic irony.
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Paul Burkett, rest in power
In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024.