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Why is Biden endorsing corporate colonialism in Honduras?
If Donald Trump “crippled” the World Trade Organization, the Biden administration has recast this crisis as an opportunity to ditch the old orthodoxy and welcome new trade rules that “equip it to better tackle modern-day imperatives,” as Biden has defined them.
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World Bank enables private capture of profits, public resources
The World Bank insists private finance is needed for economic recovery and the Sustainable Development Goals but does little to ensure profit-hungry commercial finance serves the public interest.
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Capitalist contradictions and revolutionary struggle: An introduction
Hearing or reading about the “contradictions of capitalism” in an article or at a rally might be intimidating, like a foreign language or a term only a certain group can understand.
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Anne and Joe argue about the child-killing murder robot
“The Child-Killing Murder Robot has a right to defend itself!”
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Running the Red Gauntlet–Russia is negotiating with the Houthis for Red Sea passage of oil cargoes defying U.S./EU sanction
Russia is negotiating with the Houthis of Yemen to protect Russian oil cargoes moving through the Red Sea for delivery to India and China, the principal destinations of Russian oil currently traversing the waterway, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden.
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Refaat Alareer: Literature as resistance
His efforts to open space in global literature for Palestinian writers were a contribution to the struggle against apartheid.
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Shipping firms cease deliveries to “Israel” or reroutes around Africa
The Singaporean shipping company, ONE, declares that it would be ceasing all shipments to the Occupation’s ports, according to reports by Israeli media.
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Moves of UK and U.S. over Chagos expose true nature of ‘values-based alliance’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and visiting British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Thursday local time in a joint press conference that they had discussed the “vital” U.S.-UK Indian Ocean air base at Diego Garcia.
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Why Latin America and the Caribbean stand with Palestine: Israel viewed as U.S. proxy
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, with a few notable exceptions, have been critical of Israel’s ongoing campaign of genocide in Gaza. Perhaps more than any other region, they have expressed their solidarity with Palestine. Most recognize that the partnership between U.S. imperialism and Israeli Zionism applies not only to Palestine, but also […]
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Scholz’s low blow: Telling Orban to ‘get coffee’ during Ukraine vote
The German chancellor has taken credit for a cunning coffee break tactic, which saw the European Union voting to advance accession talks with Ukraine.
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When genocide is no longer genocide
Some of Israel’s defenders want to do away with the concept of genocide in hopes of washing away its war crimes. Any redefinition would allow the U.S. to disappear the many genocides it has committed domestically and internationally.
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CAIR seeks investigation over teen’s expulsion from Florida school
This comes after the school fired his mother Dr. Maha Almasri, a Palestinian-American, for her posts in support of Palestine.
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A master of terror
The murky background of the likely next President of Indonesia may come to haunt Indonesia, and Australia.
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We fight with our eyes. We plant seeds with our hands. We will watch the wheat fill the valley: The Fiftieth Newsletter (2023)
Culture is a vital centre of struggle. It is where people see who they are, learn what they are capable of, and dare to imagine what they would like to build in this world. Art itself does not change the world, but without bringing imagination to life through art, we would resign ourselves to the present.
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Texas is challenging 150 years of immigration law
Senate Bill 4 could be the vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to finally unleash Lone Star Republicans on the world’s huddled masses.
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600,000 workers strike in Quebec: We can defeat the hated CAQ government!
On Nov. 23, close to 600,000 public sector workers in Quebec were on strike. Considering that Quebec has around 4,439,000 people active in the labour market, this represents 13.5 per cent of all workers in the province!
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Activists detail frontline struggles against U.S. militarism in Northeast Asia
The Asia-Pacific region has once again become a hotspot in Washington’s new Cold War, as Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy has been dead set on forging a new anti-China bloc across the region.
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Dossier no. 71: Culture as a weapon of struggle: The Medu Art Ensemble and Southern African Liberation
The story of Medu is not just a South or southern African story, but an international one. No single liberation struggle can exist without the circulation and exchange of ideas, strategies, material resources, political solidarity, and culture across the globe.
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U.S., Big Oil exploit Guyana border dispute to attack Venezuela
Until recently Guyana was the third-poorest country in Latin America. U.S. business journals have been painting a picture of Guyana potentially becoming the richest country in Latin America.
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U.S. blocks Gaza peace proposal at UN for 3rd time, holding world hostage
The U.S. government has paralyzed the United Nations, voting against the rest of the world and preventing peace in Gaza by vetoing three different resolutions in the Security Council. Meanwhile, Washington continues giving weapons to Israel.