Criminally, the NATO aggressors are creating a boiling frog situation for Russia. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The European Union announced its 20th round of economic sanctions against Russia this week. The...
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Ukraine’s General Staff announced on April 24 the dismissal of the commanders of the 10th Corps and 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade over allegations of losing Ukrainian positions, providing inadequate support to frontline troops, and concealing the true situation in their...
Washington has vowed to curb what it sees as the unauthorized extraction of intellectual property from United States-developed artificial intelligence models, sharpening its stance just as China’s DeepSeek unveiled its latest system. The White House Office of Science and Technology...
An Iranian delegation arrived in Pakistan on Friday for talks to revive ceasefire negotiations, two Pakistani government sources told Reuters . The delegation includes Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Araghchi "will hold meetings with Pakistan's senior leadership to...
The Trump administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil. The move, announced Friday and first reported by The Associated Press , makes...
Pravda.Ru editor-in-chief Inna Novikova conducted an interview with Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences Galina Nechitailo to talk about risks of genetically modified products. From nutrition on Earth to the survival of our planet — a conversation about health, science, and...
U.S. Military Fuels Extreme Weather Events
Full ArticleExtreme weather has swept across large parts of the United States this month, bringing dozens of tornadoes, flooding, softball-sized hail, and winds near 200 miles per hour. Although much of it hit Texas, the Midwest, and Vermont, the extreme weather...
Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured - Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox - An American millionaire big-game hunter has died...
The Houthis have reiterated support for Iran despite their limited involvement in the Islamic Republic’s recent war with Israel and the United States. The Yemeni terrorist group is also reportedly weighing a toll for the safe transit of ships in...
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday once again suggested the international community should show gratitude for President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, which has led to a global oil supply shock and created the potential for food shortages in the...
Michael Roberts – Spring books: a capitalist history, a transformation; controlling or replacing capitalism?
Full ArticleThis post reviews some recent economics books published by various authors, both Marxist and non-Marxist. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Robert’s Blog Photo is made available under the...
Aidan Regan – Ireland’s fuel protests show you cannot do climate policy without doing class politics
Full ArticleCapitalist democracies face an inescapable trade-off between three objectives: sustaining economic growth, maintaining democratic legitimacy, and delivering serious climate action. They can pursue two. They cannot pursue all three. Aidan Regan is a professor of political economy at the school of...
‘Tell It to the Judge, Roberts’
Full ArticleThe Trump era outpaces expectations. It routinely shows us that we can be abandoned by more institutions, and become much more fascist, much faster than we thought. The worst things happening for the worst reasons can feel hacky...
Gaza’s healthcare system, devastated by over two years of Israeli war, now requires $10 billion in investments over a period of five years, the World Health Organization said on Friday. Reinhilde Van de Weerdt, WHO Representative for the...
US software giant Palantir Technologies is expanding its work with several UK public bodies despite growing controversy over its political relationships, military contracts and the potential impact of its technology on privacy and civil liberties. Founded in 2003, Palantir builds...
Key developments in Ukraine's media space indicate escalating tensions between the authorities and segments of the population. Reports of Harsh Conditions in the Armed Forces A scandal has erupted on social media involving soldiers from the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, operating...
The US is considering lifting sanctions on the repressive East African state of Eritrea as it looks to deepen its influence along the Red Sea coast, according to The Wall Street Journal . Trump's Africa envoy...
Former Syrian rebel leader Issam Buwaydani was released in April after being detained for nearly a year by the UAE , in a case that drew attention due to his past as head of one of the...
The closure of a UK Foreign Office unit tasked with documenting, recording, and verifying incidents and attacks where Israel has potentially breached international law has closed, citing funding cuts. The unit focused on Israeli activities in Gaza and, more...
BEIRUT, (PIC) The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has revealed documented testimonies indicating a pattern of Israeli forces looting civilian property in southern Lebanon, including breaking into homes and stealing money and personal belongings, in a serious violation of international humanitarian law...
Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was seriously wounded in the US-Israeli airstrike that killed his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei but is mentally sharp, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Citing several Iranian...
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice dropped its investigation Friday of the Federal Reserve and Chair Jerome Powell over building renovation costs, a move that could open the door for new Fed leadership next month — and signaled a victory...
When plans were announced for an open-pit copper mine in the cloud forests of Ecuador in 2004, they were vigorously opposed by residents. The project risked damaging forests, water sources and the area’s rich biodiversity, they said. In a rare victory...
With local elections set to take place across the West Bank and one city in Gaza, residents are split as to the vote's legitimacy and potential for change. The post What’s at stake as Palestinians go to the polls for...
Palantir Just Unmasked Itself to the World
Full ArticleThe manifesto published by Palantir Technologies last week is neither a technical document nor an economic vision. It is an explicit political document announcing a new phase in the trajectory of digital capitalism, a phase in which it has...
The Metropolitan Opera said Thursday that a major partnership with Saudi Arabia had fallen through, removing a key potential source of funds as it faces tough fiscal challenges. In September, the 143-year-old New York opera...
GAZA, (PIC) The Gaza Center for Human Rights has strongly condemned the escalating targeting of police and security personnel in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces, describing it as part of a recurring pattern aimed at weakening the structure of public...
“F*ck the Queen!”: Tourette’s as British Melodrama
Full ArticleAt the recent British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London, the BBC failed to edit out of the TV broadcast a guest hurling a racial slur at members of the cast of “ Sinners .” What seemed a...
Was St. George really Palestinian?
Full ArticleA saint, a prophet, a dragon-slayer. Saint George has made his mark on religion, folklore, and as a national symbol. He is the patron saint of dozens of countries and cities, including England, Ethiopia, and Stockholm but Saint George probably never...
GAZA, (PIC) At least two civilians were killed and others injured on Friday after Israeli forces targeted a group of people in the Sheikh Radwan area, west of Gaza City. Local sources said an Israeli drone struck a police post in the...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators — who rebuffed similar efforts to...
No Kings? Meet King Don and King John – Part 2 of 3
Full ArticleSign at No Kings demonstration. Credit: Peter Costantini By Peter Costantini SEATTLE. USA, Apr 24 2026 (IPS) This is the second part of a three-part commentary. Read Part 1: No Kings? Meet King Don and King John – Part 1...
After more than 15 years of collaboration with Dr. Eric Esteve and IPnest, SemiWiki has acquired the famed IP reports with Eric Esteve staying on through 2026 to ease the transition. Not only will SemiWiki provide the industry standard Interface...
Norway should use some of the income from its $2.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, to help civilians suffering from the US-Israeli war on Iran , like it did for Ukraine , the head of the...
The " Boycott of Israel " law in Lebanon has moved to the centre of political debate amid the launch of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations at the US State Department in Washington on 14 April and their continuation on Thursday, 23 April,...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said his attendance at a sports event in Damascus which drew backlash over "suggestive" dance routines was unplanned, and that he had not been aware of the programme beforehand. His remarks came after...
Israeli soldiers have been accused of widespread looting of civilian property in southern Lebanon , with commanders failing to intervene, according to soldiers and officers. Troops taking part in the invasion of Lebanon have stolen significant amounts of property...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he had received successful treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, without specifying when the treatment took place. In a statement on social media, as his annual medical report was released, Netanyahu,...
Iran says it’s not in a rush to negotiate, but reality signals something else. Bill Roggio is joined by FDD Senior Fellow Miad Maleki — a former US Treasury sanctions architect — to break down why Tehran walked away from...
The US Justice Department announced that an American special forces soldier has been arrested and charged for pocketing over $400,000 by betting, on the basis of classified information, on the timing of the Trump administration’s abduction of Nicolás Maduro earlier...
Syria says it disrupted a Hezbollah-linked plot and uncovered rockets near the Quneitra area of the Golan Heights. Officials also reported arrests tied to another terrorist cell, plus the seizure of 500,000 Captagon pills in a joint anti-smuggling operation with...
ISTANBUL, (PIC) More than 500 civil society organizations in Türkiye have pledged support for a new international maritime initiative aimed at breaking the Israeli blockade on Gaza, according to organizers of the effort. Fatih Varol, a board member of the “Global Sumud...
The European Union could agree to impose sanctions on Israelis involved in settler terrorism in the occupied West Bank "in the coming days", France's top diplomat said on Thursday. Israel has relied on the support of Hungary to block settler-related...
Santa Marta Summit Aims to Push Fossil Fuel Phase-Out as Indigenous Voices Demand Urgent Action
Full ArticleProtests ahead of the 1st Conference Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels. Credit: Kefas Matos By Umar Manzoor Shah SRINAGAR, Apr 24 2026 (IPS) A high-stakes international summit in Colombia starting today (April 24) is expected to sharpen global efforts to phase out...
Challenging the Zionist narrative: Palestine’s right to resist and the international law
Full ArticleRAMALLAH, (PIC) “If there is no struggle, there is no progress, power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” These words by Frederick Douglass, originally spoken in the context of the fight against slavery, resonate strongly...
American ‘micro-militarism’
Full ArticleOr How Defeat in the Iran War Will Accelerate American Global Decline By Alfred McCOY Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Writing more than 2,000 years ago, the Greek historian Plutarch gave us...
To me this is going to be one of the bigger Chicken Little moments in the history of semiconductors. Mostly because we are now a click driven society and the media is plagued by so called influencers that live and...
Israel is planning a large-scale assault on Gaza despite ceasefires in place, according to remarks from officials and recent reports. Despite the October 2025 ceasefire deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, Israel has continued to launch deadly...
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