Thursday, 6 February 2025 — Al Mayadeen English
Trump has frozen US aid to South Africa, citing land confiscation and human rights concerns, but analysts see it as retaliation for South Africa’s ICJ case against “Israel” over genocide in Gaza.
Thursday, 6 February 2025 — Al Mayadeen English
Trump has frozen US aid to South Africa, citing land confiscation and human rights concerns, but analysts see it as retaliation for South Africa’s ICJ case against “Israel” over genocide in Gaza.
29 January 2025 — The Conversation
Artificial intelligence technologies, like chatbots, are attracting growing scrutiny for their voracious energy demands. However, energy consumption is only one part of their broader environmental impact.
Wednesday, 5 February 2025 — Drop Site
Jabailya refugee camp in northern Gaza. February 4, 2025. Photo by Abubaker Abed.
Wednesday, 5 February 2025 — Al Mayadeen English

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto slammed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, calling him “pathetically obsessive” after he labeled Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela as “enemies of humanity.” Rubio’s remarks, made on Tuesday, blamed these nations for the region’s migration crisis.
In a forceful response, Gil exposed Rubio’s fixation on these countries, stating, “It seems he cannot sleep without thinking about Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Could it be because, despite the hatred he spews and his desire to harm with blockades, sanctions, and aggression, these nations have defeated him time and again with dignity and resolve?”
Gil further described Rubio’s resentment as “the rage of a frustrated bureaucrat” unwilling to accept Latin American resistance against US policies. Turning the accusation back, he called the US the real “enemy of humanity,” citing its history of global destruction and suffering.
Ending with a direct message to Rubio, Gil declared, “We will remain, standing tall, defeating your fantasies as always: with sovereignty, resistance, and our heads held high.”
Monday, 4 February 2025 — Global Delinquents
In November 2024, previously US-funded Ukrainska Pravda published a little-noticed investigation, documenting in frequently disquieting detail the catastrophic failure of Kiev’s long-running effort to capture the village of Krynky in Russian-controlled Kherson, October 2023 – June 2024. That it was to all intents and purposes a British operation, from deranged inception to miserable conclusion, was perhaps the most shocking revelation. As the proxy war teeters on collapse, it’s high time London’s covert role in fomenting relentless escalation, and getting enormous numbers of Ukrainians pointlessly killed, is critically scrutinised.
Monday, 3 February 2025 — National Security Archive

Monday, 3 February 2025 — GM Watch
Monday, 3 February 2025 — Geopolitics And Climate Change
The beginning of the end of any mafia boss is when his made men start to question his power, and when he starts to distrust and lash out against those made men. He thinks that he is disciplining those made men and keeping them in line, but he has crossed a line into insulting them and making them question his temperament and decision making. That’s when the made men start looking to make alternative arrangements, while they carefully back away from the mafia boss. One day he finds that he has a lot less made men on his side than he thought he had.
Monday, 3 February 2025 — ColdType
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Monday, 3 February 2025 — Geopolitical Economy

Monday, 3 February 2025 — Glenn Diesen’s Substack
We discussed how peace can be achieved in future negotiations with Dmitri Polyanskiy, the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations.
Polyanskiy argued that it would likely be a Russia-US negotiation as this primarily is a conflict between NATO and Russia, and the US is the only real actor within NATO. The Europeans would likely seek to undermine the negotiations, while Zelensky has set unrealistic conditions, has imposed a decree that does not permit him to negotiate, and Russia is concerned about the legitimacy of his authority to make any deals. A stable and durable peace requires a wider solution to the zero-sum European security architecture, and if this cannot be resolved then it will be very difficult to find a solution to the war that enhances the security of all participants in the war.
Saturday, 1 February 2025 — The Postil
Greetings to all our dear readers. A lot has been happening in this world and we have some interesting points of view for you to consider, and even ideas to ponder. How quickly we find ourselves in the second month of the new year!
Friday, 31 January 2025 — Moon of Alabama
After three months of intense propaganda the CIA decided to bury an Ukrainian disinformation scheme and announced to ‘pull North Korean troops off the front line’.
Well. How did North Koreans get to the front line in the first place?
Friday, 31 January 2025 — Al Mayadeen
After a report went into light highlighting MIT’s role in Israeli crimes in Palestine and the entire region, the institute prevented access to the damning evidence. MIT, to this day, still contributes to the research and manufacturing of Israeli weapons to be used against the innocent people of West Asia.
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Thursday, 30 January 2025 — Drop Site
This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cancel the visas of college students who protest in support of Palestine, opening the path to their deportation. A small company called Stellar Defense & Cyber Intelligence is ready to help by deploying AI technology to identify anonymous, masked pro-Palestinian protestors, through a campaign it refers to as “Operation Wrath of Zion.”
Wednesday 28 January 2025 — Black Agenda Report

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black people must be discerning about racist attacks on DEI programs while also acknowledging that “diversity” can be a con that damages Black politics, just as it was meant to do.