Living on a Sci-Fi Planet
Once upon a time, who could have imagined that humanity would inherit the kinds of apocalyptic powers previously left to the gods or that, when we finally noticed them, we would prove eerily unable to respond?
The Elites Are Fighting a Vicious Class War All the Time
Noam Chomsky talks about why working-class politics can secure universal health care, climate justice, and an end to nuclear weapons — if we’re willing to fight for them.
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Biden’s Campaign in Europe to Intensify Cold War; China Replies
Joe Biden has been participating in several international meetings covering a wide range of issues but with one key goal in mind: intensify the new Cold War with China and construct a global front towards this end. After a communique issued by a NATO summit, China finally responded to this campaign.
Farmers Find Novel Ways to Keep Movement Alive – Four Articles
Farmers Burn Copies of Farm Laws Across the Country as Part of Call for ‘Sampoorna Kranti Diwas’; Dispute Simmers Between Govt and Farmers in Haryana; Far Away From Media Attention, Rural Punjab Keeps Farmers’ Protest Alive.
Why the Overton Window has Suddenly Shifted on Israel-Palestine
In the past week, it seems as if the U.S. attitude towards Israel and Palestine has changed more than in the previous 50 years. Everybody seems to be acknowledging it, from progressive media to pillars of the establishment like The New York Times and The Washington Post.
The Case of Alex Saab vs. The Empire
US efforts to extradite Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab to the USA raises dangerous precedents in terms of extraterritorial judicial abuse, violation of diplomatic status, and even the use of torture to extract false confessions.
Farm Laws: Farmer Unions to Observe May 26 as ‘Black Day’ as Protest Completes 6 Months
The farming community along with common citizens would hoist black flags on their homes, tractors and vehicles and burn the effigy of PM Modi in villages, farmer leaders said.
Nowhere But in the Struggle: Solidarity with India’s Agricultural Women Workers
In the tradition of proletarian internationalism, working women and farmers from Tanzania express their solidarity with the women farmers of India who have been engaged in struggle for the last several months against pro-corporate farming bills of the Modi-led government.
Zimbabwe Celebrates 41 Years of Independence
For decades Zimbabwe’s people fought for freedom, finally winning independence on April 18, 1980. Thousands of Africans died for it. Because independent Zimbabwe’s rulers are not willing to be US stooges, the US has imposed sanctions on the country. Lift the sanctions!
From Rafael Correa to Guillermo Lasso via Lenin Moreno
How can we explain that a significant part of popular votes did not go to the leftist candidate Andres Arauz to prevent the neoliberal banker Guillermo Lasso from getting elected? What are the lessons to be drawn?