Subjects Archives: Imperialism

Though Western ‘news’ media have gotten their ‘explanation’ of this event from Ukraine’s Government, it never made sense that Russia would have wanted to flood, harm, and weaken, the entire western half of the territory that Russia now controls in the former Ukraine, including in Crimea (which was getting its water-supply from that dam).

Coverage of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and Nord Stream pipelines shows a western media willing to prioritise anti-Russian propaganda over facts.

In 1848 black Chartist prisoners were kept on prison hulks—in 2023 asylum-seekers are to be kept on barges. Little changes for those the state wants to want to keep out of the way, writes KEITH FLETT.

The war-torn east European country is a mecca for some of the most odious people on earth. What sort of threat does this pose to their home countries?

Around 10,000 military personnel and 250 aircraft from 25 countries are participating in NATO’s ‘Air Defender 23’ exercise scheduled from June 12-23. Anti-war groups have called it a provocation.

Its existence is not strictly secret, although there has been no official announcement of its launch, let alone an explanation from Department of Defense (DoD) officials as to its raison d’être or modus operandi. Its budget likewise remains a mystery but purportedly runs into the “multimillions.”

This is an open-and-shut case of the judiciary being misused to keep Trump out of the political process. Unlike during the Russiagate years, liberal authoritarians know they are operating in broad daylight this time.

The 2019 Global Climate Strike—in which more than 6 million people from 150 countries partook—is a misnomer.

Faina: “I have said many times that the war for me began on June 2, 2014, with the bombing of the Lugansk Regional State Administration by Ukrainian aircraft. And now comes another anniversary, already the ninth.”

Last month, the U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, outlined the international economic policy of the U.S. administration. This was a pivotal speech, because Sullivan explained what is called the New Washington Consensus on U.S. foreign policy.

The Venezuelan researcher offers her reflections on Chávez’s geopolitics and the reactivation of the Union of South American Nations.

Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible.

European economies are reeling from inflation and the spectre of de-industrialisation-fuelled by self-imposed foreswearing of all imports of cheap Russian energy.

“This crisis shows us the weakness of our society”

Big agribusiness and ‘philanthropic’ foundations position themselves as the saviours of humanity due to their much-promoted plans to ‘feed the world’ with ‘precision’ farming’, ‘data-driven’ agriculture and ‘sustainable’ production.

Right-wingers don’t have any answers for the issues that matter, so they’re viciously attacking a vulnerable minority.

TRADE unions marching in defence of Colombia’s first left-wing president need support, solidarity and publicity from their British counterparts.

After less than a year, Warner Bros Discovery has ousted CNN chair and CEO Chris Licht.

A New York Times’ reporter’s job this week is to persuade us that all those Ukrainian soldiers wearing Nazi insignia and marching through Kiev in Klan-like torch parades are not what you think.

The following is a revised and expanded version of an interview with Benjamin Abelow, author of ‘How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe’, originally published in Italian translation by the Italian news and commentary site, QuotidianoWeb.