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Shifting power: New Zealand on U.S. decline
After meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken last April, New Zealand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, said that the two countries had pledged “to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests.” In recent moves exemplifying this support, New Zealand has deployed a targeting team to a United States-led coalition conducting strikes against Yemen, extended its military participation in the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine, and is considering membership of AUKUS, the anti-China military agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Global diffusion of production and the concept of imperialism
THERE has been a significant diffusion of production occurring in the world economy. Many call this phenomenon a shift from a U.S.-led world economy to a “multipolar world economy”, but no matter what one thinks of this description, the fact of diffusion is indubitable.
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We’ve seen this “antisemitism crisis on the Left” script before
It sure is a crazy coincidence how western politicians and media always start urgently telling us about an invisible epidemic of left wing antisemitism every time western military ties to Israel are subjected to widespread public scrutiny.
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Fascism and resistance in France today
John Mullen spoke to Green Left Weekly about the rise of the far right in France and prospects for the left in the upcoming election
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Death of petrodollar is a Biden legacy
The Deep State should have been alert five years ago when Candidate Joe Biden announced that he, if elected as president, was determined to make the Saudi rulers “pay the price, and make them in fact the pariah that they are.”
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House Republican claims every GOP colleague has an ‘AIPAC babysitter’ pressuring them to cast pro-Israel votes
Thomas Massie – “I’m not the only Republican who hasn’t taken the AIPAC trip to Israel, but I’m probably one of a dozen that hasn’t taken that trip and the other ones just haven’t got around to it.”
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Russia and Cuba, beyond warships
While the international media only report on the arrival of a Russian naval detachment in Cuba, relations between the Russian Federation and Cuba go much further and are getting stronger.
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NATO developing ‘land corridors’ to rush U.S. troops to frontlines in event of war with Russia
The alliance began drawing up plans for war with Russia in 2023.
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As French embassy closes in Niger, West Africa charts a new course
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are charting a new course—one of increased economic and security sovereignty.
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Gaza resistance sources say fear is rising U.S. pier will be used for forced displacement of Palestinians
Critics warn the U.S.-constructed pier off Gaza’s coast is being used for military purposes. Now a source in the Gaza resistance says there are indications it will be used to facilitate the forced displacement of Palestinians.
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NATO escalates dangerously
Ukraine Says Some of Its F-16 Fighter Jets Will Be Stored Abroad.
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61% in U.S. are against sending aid to Israel
The movement for Palestine in the U.S. has mobilized hundreds of thousands of people to oppose the U.S. policy of unshakable support for Israel. Last Saturday, 100,000 surrounded the White House as part of the “people’s red line” against genocide.
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World War III and our failure to defend against climate
In World War III the enemy is not an array of tanks, shells and soldiers, but a collection of beliefs damaging to the earth’s future. The enemies are the minds and actions of those with the cult of neo-liberalism and greed acting through the power of huge industries, the enemy within.
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The NYT’s one true subject is the One Percent
From granular coverage of the career triumphs of nepo babies and the goings-on at elite universities, to deep dives about luxury real estate and ritzy goods and services most people have never heard of, it’s clear that the New York Times’ most cherished subject is the One Percent.
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Intelligence services have penetrated and corrupted human rights NGOs, says former senior lawyer with the Office of the UN High Commissioner
On April 7, 2022, the UN General Assembly voted to exclude Russia from the UN Human Rights Council.
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Using tasers on incarcerated people risks lives without repercussions
The deployment of electronic control devices on prisoners continues to have a human cost. Overlooking it ensures more suffering on the inside.
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China springs a BRI surprise on U.S.
The report of the death of China’s Belt and Road Initiative [BRI] was an exaggeration, after all.
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U.S. army aided Israel in bloody military op launched from Gaza ‘Aid Pier’
The operation saw the mass killing of over 200 Palestinians, with health officials describing the inside of Al-Aqsa Hospital as a ‘slaughterhouse’
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Are you ready for WWIII? The Russians are
The Armavir Incident–the destruction on 23 May of a key part of Russia’s nuclear defence–means the Doomsday clock is ticking closer to midnight.
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European recognition of Palestine signals major shift in global discourse
Israel now stands in near-complete isolation, due, in part, to its genocide in Gaza but also to the courage and steadfastness of the Palestinian people and the global solidarity with the Palestinian cause.