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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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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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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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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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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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“Massacre of journalists”: Four Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza in just five days
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Four Palestinian journalists were killed in separate Israeli attacks within five days amid the ongoing assault in Gaza, with media freedom organizations accusing Israel of committing “war crimes” against journalists there.
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Chávez, spirituality and revolution: A conversation with Joel Suárez (Part I)
A theologian from Cuba’s Martin Luther King Center talks about Chávez as a revolutionary man of faith.
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Understanding fascism requires understanding economic forces
Behind the confusion and debates about fascism lies a simple truth: it’s a power game driven by economic elites. Communists recognized that fascism’s form is shaped by class dynamics—an insight we shouldn’t forget.
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Was South Korea’s coup an attempt to restart the Korean War?
Opposition lawmakers are alleging the full scope of President Yoon’s coup involved a months-long plot to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea.
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Reaction to ICC indictment reveals bipartisan contempt for international law
The international community wants to hold Israeli leaders accountable for war crimes committed in Gaza. Why is the United States standing in the way?
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A NATO coup just took place in Romania
The Romanian Constitutional Court’s decision to nullify the election results based on unfounded allegations of Russian interference sets a terrifying precedent.
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The Tectonic Shift: The Gaza genocide and the limits of Israeli Hasbara
Nothing that Israel and its supporters can say or do will avoid the historical accountability of the extermination of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
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Universities are continuing to retaliate against staff for participating in Gaza campus protests
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country.
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Syria – Winners and losers or both
Syria has fallen.
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U.S. officials discussed merits of removing $10m bounty on HTS leader
Meanwhile, Jordan’s King emphasised importance of covert US support for the Syrian Free Army during his Washington DC visit, source says.
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Friday essay: ‘A future of dust’ – Jeff Sparrow on Gaza and why, in evil times, writers have a responsibility to take sides
“We must ask for no references to Gaza/Palestine/Israel as it’s a very sensitive topic in our area. If these topics are included it drastically changes our risk management plans for events. Thus for safety and harmony we kindly ask the guest speakers avoid these topics and any questions about it that come up.” – Sam Wallman and I received this message from our publicist, one day before an event at a suburban library about our coauthored book.
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Israel’s genocide in Gaza is fully intentional, and other takeaways from the Amnesty International report
Amnesty International this week confirmed what many others have already said: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. But the report goes to many lengths to prove one critical element in the case against Israel: that the genocide is fully intentional.