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Only our enemies commit war crimes
A half-baked report highlights the double standard U.S. officials use for Israel.
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Pentagon confirms ‘around 2,000’ U.S. troops deployed in Syria
Washington quietly doubled the official number of troops present inside Syria at an unspecified point before the fall of Damascus.
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Press downplays danger of Supreme Court case that threatens Trans rights—among others
There’s no reason to doubt the incoming Republican government will continue its attacks on trans people and their rights, only now with much more power at its disposal.
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Disempowering the people
The aim of all fascistic governments is to disempower the people; and the Modi government is no exception.
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NYT panics over outrage at insurance companies
Americans see the systems working in the rest of the world and know that the United States could have a better healthcare regime, but that corporate and government leaders simply choose not to.
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Imperialism is alive and unwell
Maurice Coakley, in an important assessment of capitalist interstate rivalry, analyses the changing and contradictory nature of imperialism and its impact on revolt against the system.
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Human Rights Watch finds Israel guilty of extermination and ‘acts of genocide’
Human Rights Watch has issued a devastating report concluding Israel is committing the crimes of extermination and genocide in Gaza by focusing on one crucial issue: water.
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How to understand the change of government in Syria: The Fifty-First Newsletter (2024)
The fall of Damascus and rise of HTS signal a dangerous shift in Syria, deepening regional instability, and isolation for Palestine. From Israel to Africa’s Sahel region, what comes next?
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Annexing the West Bank: Why Israel might pounce now
RAMZY BAROUD explains that with the world already unable or unwilling to confront Israel’s murderous devastation of Gaza, it is likely to seize the opportunity to annex the larger but equally vulnerable West Bank territory.
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Where does the aggression really begin?
The empire’s favorite trick is to begin the historical record at the moment its enemies retaliate against its abuses.
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Sanctions failing : China-Russian trade (December 11th)
The sentiment that the West is an unreliable trade partner in now common in Russia. In an interview with GUANCHA.CN, Russian consumer market expert Dmitry Reva noted that Western corps left the Russian market after the war broke out, leaving a vacuum. Following this, China-Russian trade has enhanced, with prospects for deeper cooperation in agriculture, Far East development, and other fields.
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Israeli historian accuses Canadian media of enabling Gaza war crimes
Lee Mordechai says Israel’s war has been “enabled and facilitated by massive media efforts to shape discourse” in the West.
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NATO Chief calls for Cold War-level military spending
Mark Rutte said the alliance needs to adopt a ‘wartime mindset’ and suggested cutting spending on pensions and healthcare.
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Is public, quality healthcare possible in the United States?
Healthcare workers in the U.S. have long been fighting for a radical transformation of the current for-profit healthcare system in order to provide quality care to all.
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Tariq Ali: Memories of the struggle reloaded
Following the publication of Tariq Ali’s latest memoirs, he spoke to Michael Lavalette about the contrasting periods covered in his autobiographies and the prospects for the left today.
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The geopolitical evolution of Pentalasia
The evolution of the Pentalasia has been and continues to be central in defining the Middle East and the entire geopolitical Rimland. To whom the control of Pentalasia will go, will probably go the control of the entire Rimland.
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Israel expands urbicide as a tool of genocide in Gaza
The Israeli military’s destruction of entire Palestinian cities and neighbourhoods in the Gaza Strip is a clear manifestation of the genocide Israel has been committing in Gaza for the past 14 months, and a primary tool for its implementation.
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Now Iran’s turn. The spectre of a new “1989”
Iran is now the key to the world.
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President Biden should certify the Equal Rights Amendment
The ERA will help restore abortion access, protect women from violence, and help build a gender-equitable future. Biden should certify it while he still has the power to do so.
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INTERVIEW: France and the Colonial Roots of Black Citizenship, Maboula Soumohoro, 2021
For more than 500 years, Europeans have controlled the world, enforcing their rule through genocidal violence.