Subjects Archives: Empire

Unlike Iran, Israel is already a nuclear state, with a secretive programme that dates back to the 1950s.

Pro-Israel zealots commonly attempt to discredit criticism of the Israeli government by equating such criticism with antisemitism, because Israel is the world’s only state with a Jewish majority.

Over 10,000 people died in transit to Spain in 2024 alone.[1] On June 2022, the border fence of Melilla, one of two Spanish enclaves in Morocco, was witness to a massacre that killed or disappeared over a hundred African migrants.[2]  A recent BBC investigation revealed that Greek border guards systematically repeal immigrants already on Greek […]

Gatekeepers who run groups have links to U.S. intelligence and only allow certain kinds of viewpoints—all while claiming to be promoting education and open debate about U.S. foreign policy.

Trump unleashes sweeping deportation plan, sparking legal battles and nationwide protests.

For today I have been asked to speak a bit about my country, Puerto Rico, and the socioeconomic crisis that is currently developing there.1 Given the time constraints, I want to provide you with a brief overview of what is being experienced there by the victims of the crisis. I want to also speak a […]

Putin is much too quick not to recognize that President Donald Trump is both a fraudster and an enemy.

For days, the world watched as California burned. Cars set ablaze, crowds being flash-banged, rubber bullets flying, smoke in the air as protesters and reporters run for cover, gasping for air and hurrying to put their masks on. The scenes on the ground gripped us all.

An Israeli official said Tel Aviv received a “clear green light” for the attack from Washington.

IDF troops have raided the Madleen, a sailboat that was carrying aid intended to break the Israeli siege on Gaza.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has said the Israeli regime kidnapped her and other pro-Palestinian activists in international waters while they were aboard the Gaza-bound Madleen aid ship.

“The standoff on the streets of Los Angeles,” warned critics, “shows how truly eager Trump and his administration are to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on the president’s domestic foes.”

Israel’s own actions since June 1 have proved that Israeli forces do indeed deliberately fire upon starving civilians seeking humanitarian aid. Israel lied. Again.

Robert Inlakesh is a political analyst, journalist and documentary filmmaker currently based in London, UK. He has reported from and lived in the occupied Palestinian territories and hosts the show ‘Palestine Files’. Director of ‘Steal of the Century: Trump’s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe’.

Rallying under the banner “IAM Max,” 200 union members and supporters gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, on June 6 to demand the release of Maximo Londonio, a member of Machinists (IAM) Local Lodge 695 who has been imprisoned by ICE since mid-May.

Trump deploys 2,000 troops to LA amid anti-ICE protests. Governor Newsom calls it a political stunt: “They want a spectacle. Don’t give them one.”

The victims had gathered in hopes of finding food for themselves and their families, following a nearly three-month total Israeli blockade of the territory. At least 31 people were killed; one Palestinian was also killed by Israeli fire the same day at another distribution site in central Gaza.

By threatening to defund Digital Equity Act programs, Trump has declared war on a program that benefitted many of his own supporters.

Programs that create opportunity, equity, and stability are being dismantled to make way for budget cuts that disproportionately favor the wealthy.

An international observer in Venezuela’s May 25 elections reflects on the country’s democracy and explains why solidarity with the Bolivarian Process is more urgent than ever.