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With its track record of leveraging cultural power for US gain and barely concealed promotion of coup attempts, the US Agency for International Development will not be mourned among the US’s southern neighbours.
The Trump administration has reimposed its maximum pressure campaign on Iran, triggering a currency crash, soaring inflation, and worsening energy shortages, while Tehran scrambles to offset the impact by reducing dependence on oil exports and strengthening economic ties with China and Russia.
As Iran and Russia-backed forces in Sudan achieve major battlefield successes, Tehran and Moscow look to gain a strategic Red Sea foothold to compensate for their setbacks in Syria.
Éric Toussaint compares events in Sri Lanka with what took place in Greece in 2015 and in Argentina between 2019 and 2023, with the attendant risk of a hard-Right government coming to power in the future.
Book Review: Refaat Alareer, ‘If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose’ and ‘Gaza Writes Back’. His final message is worth heeding: “As Palestinians, no matter what comes of this, we haven’t failed. We did our best. And we didn’t lose our humanity.”
It has been said and written many times that the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is “the first live broadcast war” in history. And that, as a result of this historic first, no one can now claim ignorance of what is happening in Palestine. Few, however, have asked themselves: thanks to whom was this war broadcast live? What follows is a tribute to all those who did so at the risk of their lives…
Whitney attempts to document the democratic and socially-responsible aspirations of her presidency and party. Also: ‘Claudia Sheinbaum Launches Initiative to Bolster Mexican Sovereignty as Trump Officially Declares Cartels as Terrorists’.
In this interview, Cira Pascual Marquina talks about the commune as the path and the end-goal for Venezuela’s socialist project. She also delves into Venezuela’s conjuncture after President Maduro assumed his third term on January 10th.
In this article, the Thomas Sankara Centre for African Liberation and Unity shares the experience of Burkina Faso delegates in Caracas for the World Anti-Fascist International Festival which coincided with the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro.
Sant Ravidass or Raidas was a North Indian saint of Bhakti tradition, a tradition which is respected by poor Muslims and Hindus both. His touching devotional songs are still very popular and have also been incorporated in the holy book of the Sikhs, Adi Granth.
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