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In a crowded London auditorium, Nakba survivor Antoine Raffoul and Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos sit side by side and talk not about reconciliation or abstract "coexistence", but about genocide, return, and what it would mean to...

The fundamental problem which advocates of the political West have with China is that its state-led economic model is outperforming American capitalism. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael...

A lot of hopes are being pinned on replacing Keir Starmer, but Labour’s problems go much deeper than their leader. Tom Blackburn is a writer from Manchester. A founding co-editor of New Socialist, he has written for publications including The Guardian,...

Care underpins our society from childbearing to old-age, but it is not valued by capitalism because it is (usually) not commodified. Emma Holten is a feminist economist and writer. Her book Deficit (2024) sold more than 50.000 copies in Denmark and...

A broad exploration of the challenges facing humanity and the capacity of socialist politics to rise to the occasion. C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist who has taught and worked in numerous universities and research centers in Europe and the...

In a Tuesday hearing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth repeatedly rejected congressional concerns about depleting munitions stockpiles, dismissing them as “foolishly and unhealthily overstated.” “We know exactly what we have. We have plenty of what we need,” Hegseth told the House...

Microsoft has fired the head of its operations in Israel , Alon Haimovitch, and other senior figures, months after revelations about the Israeli subsidiary's use of Microsoft Azure cloud services to spy on Palestinians, Israeli business news...

Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) have launched a large-scale military operation in the deserts of Najaf and Karbala aimed at tightening security and reinforcing troop deployments, amid public anger over reports alleging the presence of an...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine testified before the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on Tuesday ostensibly to justify the President’s request for an historic $1.5 trillion budget. Unfortunately, they offered...

Just when the world needs it most, the multilateral system is coming apart. The institutional spaces created to confront threats like war, authoritarianism, and ecological disaster are collapsing because of direct attacks and longstanding cracks in their foundations. The old global...

Journalists on the frontlines and in exile share a commitment to truth Originally published on Global Voices Advox A woman journalist being interviewed. Image courtesy of ExileHub. Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’ partners in Southeast Asia, emerging...

This story was originally published by THE CITY. Sign up to get the latest New York City news delivered to you each morning. A month before the first World Cup soccer match takes place at MetLife Stadium across the Hudson...

Since 2014, U.S. lawmakers have introduced over 200 bills targeting the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The vast majority of these efforts have failed to pass, but more than 30 states have adopted anti-BDS laws. The first...

During U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China, pay special attention to China’s track record of manipulating information. The Chinese government has distorted the statements of foreign visitors and used them to serve its own rule over the people under...

The United Nations condemned Tuesday the toll from swelling Israeli military operations and settler attacks in the occupied West Bank on children, with 70 Palestinian children killed since early 2025. "Children are paying an intolerable price for...

“ Shame! Shame! Shame!” chanted over a thousand voices at the May 4 meeting of the Box Elder County Commission in rural Utah as the three commissioners collected their things and quickly made their way toward the exit. Police...

Genocide denial frameworks identify recurring strategies: minimising victim numbers, victim-blaming, questioning witnesses, and reframing violence as unavoidable. Contemporary discourse surrounding Gaza reproduces many of these strategies, but also extends beyond classical typologies of denial. Unlike historical cases of genocide, which relied...

Israeli forces occupying southern Lebanon have reportedly deployed lifelike mannequins dressed as soldiers inside homes and military positions in an attempt to lure and misdirect Hezbollah's increasingly effective first-person view (FPV) attack drones. Photographs circulated online in...

By Ron PAUL Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Last week “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth insulted Americans by claiming that a 50 percent increase in the US military budget – from...

Israeli forces crossed the Litani River in southern Lebanon during a covert, days-long operation that reportedly led to close-range clashes with Hezbollah fighters and injuries among Israeli soldiers, according to Israeli military and media...

US President Donald Trump met with his national security team on Monday, raising fears that he could re-launch attacks on Iran and resume the joint US-Israeli war on the country. The meeting came amid weeks of deadlock between Washington...

Paris hosted its first-ever Modest Fashion Week. And across the board, from the brands promoting their Muslim-friendly designs to the hijabi influencers flown out to promote, it seems to have been lauded as a success for inclusion and progression. However, there’s...

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said Tuesday that his Iran-backed group's weapons were not part of upcoming negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, and vowed his fighters would turn the battlefield into "hell" for Israeli forces . "Nobody outside Lebanon has...

Israel deported on Sunday two foreign activists seized from a Gaza -bound flotilla, in what a rights group representing them described as a "punitive attack" on a civilian mission. Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national of Palestinian origin,...

RAMALLAH, (PIC) In one of the most dangerous legislative shifts within the Israeli political system in recent years, the Israeli Knesset has approved, in its second and third readings, a law that would allow the prosecution of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners...

Relentless Israeli airstrikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon , which began on 2 March, have forced more than one million people – roughly one-fifth of the population – to flee their homes, destroying entire villages, levelling infrastructure, and...

A forensic investigation into how Washington leveraged the war in Iran to replace Nord Stream, save the dollar, and establish total command over the world’s fuel from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean. By Richard MEDHURST Junte-se a nós no...

A leading human rights barrister has won his appeal against contempt of court proceedings, which were levelled at him for a closing speech in the trial of Palestine Action activists. The court of appeal’s ruling on Tuesday in the case...

Bankers and magnates of the American and European bourgeoisie fund NGOs to produce narratives; then UN officials grant legitimacy to those narratives, which are subsequently amplified by dominant media outlets. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK ....

This statement was originally published on africafex.org on 2 April 2026. Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has partnered with five other Nigerian and international media freedom organizations to write a joint letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging him to...

Jordan has been shaken by a case involving a man accused of impersonating a cosmetic doctor and allegedly sexually assaulting three minors at his home in the capital, Amman, sparking widespread anger across the country. The families of the three...

By Anis Chowdhury SYDNEY, May 12 2026 (IPS) The Republic of Korea (Korea), Vietnam and Bangladesh are on three different rungs of the development ladder. While Korea is a member of the rich nations’ club, i.e., the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...