April 2025
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The Coalescing Orange Chaos
Nima Alkhorshid of Dialogue Works interviews Mohammad Marandi, Larry Wilkerson & Chas Freeman as the clock ticks for Iran and U.S.: Talks or Total War? The constant changes of tack and talking points by Witkoff and Trump, and internal faction fighting and mixed messages, add to the confusion. The eCONomic War on China, and despair… Continue reading
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US/Zionism versus Palestine: Some words
Arnold August argues that Gaza today mirrors Auschwitz, exposing the US-Zionist axis as a genocidal force and calling for unconditional Western support for the Axis of Resistance. Continue reading
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A quite believable tale: Yemen Rules!
In terms of Chinese and North Koreans being in the back and in planning and operating rooms in Russia to take part in the SMO (in a training capacity if you like), I have no qualms to accept. But, they are not fighting in the front ranks. Continue reading
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Walid had dreams; ‘Israel’ took them from him at 17
Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad was just 17 years old. A Palestinian boy with dreams, a future, and a family who loved him. Starved, tortured and neglected, Walid was killed in an Israeli prison. This is Walid’s story. Continue reading
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CECOT: Bukele’s mega prison where “the only way out is in a coffin”
The alliance between Trump’s expanding deportation campaign and Salvadoran President Bukele’s carceral authoritarianism has major implications for human rights and the future of democracy. Continue reading
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The pincer movement against the BBC
So the BBC Director General, Tim Davie has agreed there should be an independent inquiry into the corporation’s coverage of what they will not call the genocide in Palestine. Continue reading
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Trump orders purge of Black History from Smithsonian, targets African American Museum
Even the most cynical observers knew this day would come. Continue reading
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Shell Exits Nigeria, Leaving Behind Trail of Environmental Degradation
I’ll never forget seeing the vast, charcoal wasteland left from a devastating oil spill in the village of Ebubu, in the heart of Ogoniland in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. The oil from a pipeline belonging to the Anglo Dutch oil group Shell had burst three decades before my visit, destroying the community’s streams and aquatic life.… Continue reading
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Facing Prison Time in Germany for Criticizing an Israeli Journalist: The Case of Hüseyin Dogru
Amid a crackdown on pro-Palestine voices in Germany, a journalist regularly attacked as a Russian operative is facing up to three years in prison for defamation of an Israel-based journalist. Hüseyin Dogru, founder of red. media, has been charged with defamation for actions relating to a spat with Nicholas Potter, a German state-funded reporter working… Continue reading
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Mark Sleboda: Putin Drops BOMBSHELL on Trump, Orders New Offensive & BIG Plans with China & Iran
7 PM: International affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda joins on Russia’s NEW offensive and big moves coming with strategic partners China and Iran. Trump’s time is up to stall the surge of the multipolar world and this stream spills the details. Continue reading
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Scraps of Paper, Enduring Chains: Africa and the Legacy of Western Treaties
For centuries treaties have exploited Africa. From the Papal Bull, issued by Pope Nicolas V to the ICC Treaty, the West has played a significant role in dictating the terms of Africa’s international engagement. Continue reading
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Somaliland: British Colony, Palestinian Concentration Camp?
In recent months, Somaliland has become a subject of intense, unprecedented interest for the Western media. As Israeli and US officials scramble to find a destination to forcibly relocate Gaza’s population from their shattered homeland, the little-acknowledged, unrecognised breakaway statelet is increasingly viewed as an attractive option. Multiple mainstream media reports indicate officials in Tel… Continue reading
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The global communist resurgence, capital’s great crackdown, & the era of civil wars that we’ll need to navigate
We are in the transitional stage between when the USA started off its own demise, and when the global working class has won its final victory. Washington was the true loser of the Cold War; its self-destructive imperial schemes guaranteed that the U.S. would keep losing influence, and that communism would keep rising. Continue reading
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In Britain’s schools, we are fighting and we are winning
We face austerity from the government, privatisation via academies, a toxic influence on our students online, the attacks of the populist right in Trump and Farage — but we are growing, in number, in militancy — and we have shown we cannot be beaten, says NEU general secretary DANIEL KEBEDE Continue reading
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Wiz Acquisition Puts Israeli Intelligence In Charge of Your Google Data
Google recently announced it would acquire Israeli-American cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The price tag — 65 times Wiz’s annual revenue — has raised eyebrows and further solidified the close relationship between Google and the Israeli military. Continue reading
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🇺🇸🇨🇳Western Media Finally Admits Tariffs Aimed at Isolating China, Not “Reindustrialization”
As warned, the US predicated tariffs on “reindustrialization” to sell to a gullible public, but was always aimed as preparations for isolating and eventually warring with China Continue reading
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Waiting for a New Bandung Spirit: The Sixteenth Newsletter (2025)
In the last days of March, I was in China’s new city of Xiong’an, less than a two-hour drive from Beijing. The city is being built to relieve congestion in the capital, but it will also be home to women and men who are eager to develop China’s new quality productive forces and will be… Continue reading
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Oligarchy and the subversion of democracy–warnings from South Africa
The world has an oligarchy problem. It threatens economic and social stability and accelerates planetary environmental destruction and global warming. While much has been written about Russian oligarchs, it has become clear that the West, particularly the U.S., has a similar and growing oligarchy problem. Thom Hartmann writes how ” The American Oligarchs Have Arrived… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 