US Uses a Fabricated Drug Charge For a Potential Strike on Venezuela

SUDDENLY, out of nowhere, the United States government agencies began to repeat the name ‘Tren de Aragua’ as if it were the new al-Qaeda.

How to Get the IMF to Think

WHEN will the International Monetary Fund (IMF) learn to think? Over its 81-year history, the IMF has published over 15,000 reports. Yet, if you download any one of the reports from its website, it is likely that you will know what is being said before you have even read it. The reports are so generic that you do not even need to ask ChatGPT to create a template: each document is a template for the next.

The Global Economic Benefit from the Genocide of Palestinians

ON June 16, 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967, Francesca Albanese, published a new report titled From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide. Spanning over thirty-nine pages, the report indicts several major multinational corporations of profiting from the occupation and genocide of Palestinians.

Israel and the Drug War in Syria

TENSIONS increased in southern Syria as Israeli warplanes bombed the Ministry of Defence in Damascus and areas around the presidential palace as well as villages in As-Suwayda. At least 250 Syrians died in these air strikes on July 16, 2025. The transitional authorities in Syria led by the former al-Qaeda chief Ahmed al-Sharaa condemned the attacks, which Israel justified as necessary to stop the fighting between the Syrian forces, the hastily organised Quwwat al-Badu (or Bedouin Forces), and the Druze Harakat Rijal al-Karama (Men of Dignity).

Communist Wins Chile’s Left Primary, Faces Right in November Election

JEANETTE Jara (born 1974) prevailed in the presidential primary of the four major left political forces held on June 29, 2025. With 60 per cent of the vote, Jara defeated Carolina Toha of the Democratic Socialist Party (28 per cent), Gonzalo Winter of the Frente Amplio or Broad Front (9 per cent), and Jaime Mulet of the FRVS, a merger of the greens and the progressives (2 per cent).

Ploy to Erase Palestine

IN a meeting with US President Donald Trump on July 7, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that “the US and Israel are working with other countries who would give Palestinians a better future”. He added, “We are working very closely with the United States to identify countries that are ready to realise what they’ve always said – that they want to offer the Palestinians a better future. I believe we are getting close to securing the involvement of several such countries”.These words reveal the shameless mindset of an annexationist and occupier.

US, Israel Attack Iran: The Great Game in Play

A FRAGILE ceasefire was announced by US President Donald Trump on June 24, following 12 days of Israeli attacks on Iran. Israel had launched its offensive on June 13. The boldness of the assault stunned many, especially given that the US and Iran had appeared to be engaged in sincere negotiations. The Israeli offensive effectively derailed these talks. The US directly joined the attacks on June 22, deploying B-2 bombers to strike Iranian nuclear sites with bunker-busting bombs.

The Sahel Moves Forward but Faces Serious Challenges

ON January 2025, the three countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger formally departed from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which these three countries had helped to found in May 1975. They had provided the legal one-year notice and so the departure was not a surprise.

‘Land of Upright People’ in the Fight against Imperialism

BURKINA FASO is a small country in the Sahel region of Northwest Africa, with a population of 20.9 million (2.1 crore). It has recently made headlines for defeating an imperialist-sponsored coup against the current government led by Ibrahim Traoré. Just a few years ago, Traoré himself, then an army officer, led a coup that brought down the previous government. To understand the differences between these two coups, we must delve into the country's history.Burkina Faso was formerly a French colony known as Upper Volta.

The Guns Are Again Ablaze in Libya

ON May 12, 2025, Abdul Ghani al-Kikli, known to everyone in Libya as Ghnewa al-Kikli, was killed during a meeting inside a militia facility run by the 444th Combat Brigade in Tripoli. Ghnewa, as he was called, led the Stability Support Appartus (SSA), which had ruled parts of Tripoli, and indeed sections of northern Libya, with an iron fist. The leader of the 444 Brigade, Major General Mahmoud Hamza, celebrated his troops for ‘overthrowing the Ghnewa Empire’.

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