‘Swarming’ the US in West Asia, Until it Folds
The US is so deeply mired in an unwinnable battle from the Levant to the Persian Gulf that only its adversaries in China, Russia, and Iran can bail it out.
Davos and the Melting World Economy
As billionnaires meet in luxury, Oxfam publishes a staggering condemnation of capital’s failure to meet humanity’s needs.
Argentina: Shock Therapy, Resistance, and the Role of the Left
With Congress likely to approve Milei’s neoliberal agenda, the only limits to his onslaught will come through mass mobilization, coordinated strike activity, and other forms of social unrest.
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Sunsetting the War on Terror — Or Not: The Stubborn Legacy of America’s Response to 9/11
There is certainly one lasting lesson from the war on terror: once powers previously outlawed or at least restrained in the name of fair, just, and responsible laws and norms become codified and implemented, the road back to normalcy is tantamount to impossible.
Legendary Palestinian Resistance; World Rises in Support – 3 Articles
‘100 Days of War and Resistance: Legendary Palestinian Resistance Will Be Netanyahu’s Downfall’; ‘Israel’s War on Palestine and the Global Upsurge Against It’; ‘Hundreds of Thousands March for Gaza as World Demands Cease-Fire’.
Commemorating Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur: Some Personal Family Anecdotes
An article commemorating the birth centenary one of the most noble persons in India’s politics, Karpoori Thakur, social reformer and two-time chief minister of Bihar.
After Threat of Coup and Nine Hours of Delay, the President of Guatemala Is Sworn in
Attempt to weaken the new president’s parliamentary group backfires as his Semilla Party assumes presidency of Congress.
Decoding Iran’s Missile, Drone Strikes
The stunning missile and drone strikes on three countries — Syria, Iraq and Pakistan — over a period of 24 hours and Tehran announcing its responsibility for the attacks conveyed a very big message to Washington that its stratagem to create a coalition of terror groups in the region surrounding Iran will be resolutely countered.
South Africa’s Case Before the International Court of Justice on Genocide in Gaza – 3 Articles
‘Genocide in Gaza’; ‘International Court of Justice Hears Devastating Presentation of Israeli Genocide in Gaza’; ‘Why We Have to Make the Jewish Ghetto Comparison’.
India Gets a Rude Awakening in West Asia
Prescience is often lacking in India’s West Asia strategy. This is not a region for one-dimensional men. It has been a strategic mistake to be aligned to the US and its allies in the Indian Ocean under the rubric of ‘maritime security’.