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The real French Connection was CIA approved
While the French Connection imported opium from Turkey, later in the 1960s the center of heroin production shifted to Southeast Asia against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. The CIA’s Air America transported the junk.
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Argentina: Milei censors art and memory
The cancellation of Milo J’s show at the former ESMA is not an isolated event: it is further proof that the government of Javier Milei is afraid of art.
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The fabricated panic over antisemitism in the U.S. medical community conceals an attack on Palestinians
False charges of antisemitism in the U.S. healthcare community are spreading anti-Palestinian racism and doing irreparable harm to our work and obligation as healers.
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Impossible for a president of the imperialist U.S. to be a peacemaker
ON Friday, February 28, when U.S. President Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office of the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump mused: ‘I hope I will be remembered as a peacemaker’.
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Europe, Ukraine and the United States. The rearmament of Europe
This conflict has exposed all of us to the serious risk of a European or even global nuclear war and has caused enormous ecological devastation.
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‘I’m Still Here’ is a story for now
The success of ‘I’m Still Here’ at the Oscars is a tribute to the Brazilian people’s resistance to military dictatorship – and offers a warning over US encouragement of Brazil’s far-right today.
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Billionaire-backed Global Citizen whitewashes Kagame’s invasion of DRC
John Legend’s concert in Rwanda signaled global elite support for Paul Kagame amid his bloody invasion of the DRC. The event was organized by Global Citizen, a pseudo-activist NGO backed by corporations hungry for Africa’s resource wealth.
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Capitalism can’t end women’s oppression: We need a revolution
Fifty years ago, the UN designated 1975 as the International Year of Women.
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CIA documents prove the agency was lying to public about germ warfare in Korea for decades
For years, academic historians had dismissed the allegation that the U.S. had engaged in germ warfare in Korea as communist propaganda.
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Israel preparing ‘Hell Plan’ for Gaza that would cut electricity and water
Israel is also preparing for the full-scale resumption of its genocidal war within 10 days if Hamas doesn’t accept its terms.
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Ukraine, war propaganda, and the return of Russiagate
We must be able to acknowledge that Donald Trump has created a serious constitutional crisis while also recognizing that changing the U.S. relationship with Russia is groundbreaking and a necessity.
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Trump’s protest threat reflects belief that free speech belongs to some
You have to understand this notion of freedom—that to be free, you have to make someone else less free—to make sense of the idea that Donald Trump is a champion of “free speech.”
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Chainsaw diplomacy: Javier Milei’s Argentina destruction is a nightmarish model for Musk, DOGE
The Argentinian president gifted Elon Musk a custom chainsaw, which he promised to use to drastically reduce public spending in his new role as the de facto leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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Why class matters
Baffled by the voters who shunned Bidenomics and complained about the economy, Democratic Party pundits are convinced that voters are simply ignorant of the facts.
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Organization and Production: The 4F Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune (Part II)
Under the auspices of the Bolivarian Revolution’s call for people’s power, a self-organized Indigenous commune looks for state support to enhance its traditional production methods.
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To cozy up to Trump, Bezos banishes dissent from WaPo
“When billionaires talk about ‘personal liberties,’” media critic Parker Molloy noted, “they’re usually thinking about their personal liberty to avoid taxation and regulation.”
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Trump’s MAGA and deregulation
Trump sees the United States as just a big capitalist corporation of which he is chief executive.
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Conquered lands
To the victors, the spoils.
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Remembering nuclear victims 71 years after the Castle Bravo test
Pushing for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and War.
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Trump approves $3 billion in arms sales to Israel without U.S. Congressional approval
In a series of notifications sent to Congress on Friday, the State Department has reported it has approved the sale of more than 35,500 MK 84 and BLU-117 bombs and 4,000 Predator warheads worth $2.04 billion to Israel.