Biden Announces End to America’s Afghanistan War – Two Articles
Was Everything Biden Said About Ending the Afghanistan War a Lie?; The 20 Year War: How the West Destroyed Afghanistan.
Taking Nuclear Vulnerabilities Seriously
All nuclear-weapon states have admitted to the possibility that deterrence could fail.
An “Accumulation of Anger” in Putin’s Russia: an Interview with Boris Kagarlitsky
World-renowned Russian sociologist and activist Boris Kagarlitsky talks about Putin’s power system, Navalny’s return, and the coming tectonic shifts in Russian politics.
175 Years of Border Invasions: The Anniversary of the U.S. War on Mexico and the Roots of Northward Migration
Amid renewed fear mongering about an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border, this week’s 175th anniversary of the 1846–1848 war the U.S. government instigated with Mexico is a reminder that throughout U.S. history, invasions have gone almost exclusively from north to south, not vice versa.
Bay of Pigs: First Defeat of Imperialism in Latin America
Since the invasion, when the Cuban people defeated US troops attempting to overthrow the revolutionary Cuban government, 60 years have passed. Cuba continues its socialist path despite the increased sanctions imposed by the USA to strangulate the Cuban people by hunger and disease.
How Long will New Delhi Let Washington Do as it Pleases?
US ships are setting a precedent for other navies to violate Indian territorial seas at will.
Brazil: Lula Makes a Comeback – Two Articles
With the Brazilian Supreme Court annulling all charges against Lula, will the world’s sixth most populous country move away from fascism and towards a social democracy putting economic justice and anti-imperialism first once more?
Capitalism | COVID19 | Online Blog | USA | World Politics
Bolsonaro’s Increasing Isolation
A discussion with Joao Pedro Stedile, one of the leaders of the Landless Movement of Brazil, on the current situation in his country, which is submerged in a very grave health crisis as well as another crisis resulting from the disaster produced by the appalling government of Jair Bolsonaro.
On the Significance of the Electoral Victory of Pedro Castillo in Peru – Two Articles
Today, surprising everyone, an authentically popular left has finally arisen in Peru, after Pedro Castillo won the first round in the recent Presidential elections. The rural teacher and farmer from Cajamarca now faces off against the ultra-right-wing Keiko Fujimori in the second round in June.
Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Myanmar – Two Articles
The majority of the population faces a long and protracted conflict with the Tatmadaw. The coup and its subsequent repression have created a new sense of solidarity among the minorities, and is also uniting them with the working classes in the cities. Either they together build a new Myanmar; or the alternative is barbarism.