India-Russia ties take a quantum leap in the fog of Ukraine war
The lodestar of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on July 8-9, it must be the disclosure by the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration in the...
View ArticleNATO SUMMIT: Collectively losing their minds
Soon after Russia entered Ukraine, the Pentagon corrected Antony Blinken for saying Kiev would get NATO fighter jets. Blinken was applauded at the NATO summit yesterday for saying F-16s would soon...
View ArticleScience and Freedom: Toward a new revolutionary epistemology
Paul Robeson, speaking of the scientific achievements of the West which have formed the bedrock of its claim to supremacy, posed a question for the 20th century: “having found the key, has Western...
View ArticleUnderstanding bodily autonomy through triple oppression
The concepts of self-determination sovereignty extend far beyond the individual empowerment of self-advocacy, and encompass collective liberation and self-determination. Claudia Jones’ work emphasizes...
View ArticleCities must be adapted for climate change
In the past few years, whole towns have been wiped out by fire and flood, suburbs have been inundated by floodwaters or storm surges in Sydney and Melbourne, and extreme heat is putting more people in...
View ArticleFrom Auschwitz to Gaza
If one reads the entire translated transcribed text of Himmler's speech carefully or listens to it, the thought might suddenly occur to one that history is repeating itself in today's political arenas.
View ArticleBorn to win with Chávez: A women-led commune in the Venezuelan Llanos
Located on the outskirts of Biruaca, in Apure state, Nacidos para Vencer con Chávez [Born to Triumph with Chávez] is a women-led commune in a rural context that has a long history of patriarchal...
View ArticleLancet: 186,000 Palestinians or more killed in Gaza
By denying the world access to the true death toll in Gaza, Israel is acting, once again, as a complete rogue state.
View ArticleA failure for ‘Divisive Concepts’ legislation is a victory for education
Laws like this have a chilling effect on teachers' free speech. It remains to be seen whether New Hampshire's win in federal court will become a bellwether for democracy throughout the country.
View ArticleU.S.-German missile plans at NATO summit threaten cities deep inside Russia
The decisions taken as the NATO summit in Washington closed Thursday show the NATO imperialist powers are planning direct military intervention against nuclear-armed Russia. The day before, the NATO...
View ArticleThe Shift: Columbia suspends deans for ‘antisemitic’ text messages
News items often seem to slip through the cracks at this point in the summer, and the media’s current focus on the Democratic Ticket has understandably dominated domestic headlines.
View ArticleThe predicament of climate scientists on the road to a super tropical Earth
As temperatures in large parts of the Earth are soaring (cf. 52.3°C in Delhi, flames engulf large regions in California, tornadoes ravage the Gulf of Mexico states, severe drought starve populations in...
View ArticleLuxembourg goes to war
Little Luxembourg has concluded a “security agreement” with the American puppet of Ukraine, Zelensky. This astonishing event might call to mind the foreign policy of The Grand Duchy of Fenwick.
View ArticleAI and the digital scramble for Africa
We are told that Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be a powerful tool for advancing democratic concerns and human rights across Africa. Yet, there are also early indicators that AI...
View ArticleCapitalism’s New Age of Plagues. Part 7: Wildlife farms and wet markets
Commercial farming of wild animals as luxury food for the rich triggered a global pandemic.
View ArticleUnprecedented inequality in the ‘billionaire raj’
The ‘billionaire raj’ of the reform period has emerged to be far more unequal than the ‘British Raj’.
View Article170 years of U.S. aggression against Nicaragua
On July 19 Nicaragua will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution.
View ArticleWhat’s behind the rise of AI powerhouse Nvidia?
Nvidia’s brief streak as the world’s highest valued company in the last several weeks has catapulted the chipset manufacturer into the headlines all over the world. A year ago, Nvidia was valued at...
View ArticleClimate activists shuts down Aberdeen incinerator choking working-class kids
A £150 million waste-to-energy plant sited just 300 yards from a primary school and burning a staggering 150,000 tonnes of unrecycleable waste a year was brought to a standstill on Saturday as Climate...
View ArticleHelena Sheehan Opens the 2024 Red Flag Festival
Socialist author and activist Helena Sheehan opened the 2024 Red Flag Festival with readings from her books and reflections on her life in the Labour movement that has spanned more than seven decades.
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