The Dangerous US Military Build-Up in the Pacific

IN September 2024, the US secretary of the air force, Frank Kendall told a meeting about China and the Indo-Pacific that ‘China is not a future threat. China is a threat today’. The evidence for this, Kendall said, is that China is building up its operational capacities to prevent the United States from projecting its power into the western Pacific Ocean region.

People Unite in Poignant Farewell to Communist Leader Sitaram Yechury

PEOPLE across the world have paid glowing tributes in coming to terms with the heartbreaking news of Comrade Sitaram Yechury’s sudden departure on September 12. Britain, Canada, Italy, Ireland and USA, the overseas outposts of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), devastated by the loss of the general secretary of the CPI(M), shared their grief in scores of public meetings.Ambassadors from China, Cuba, Laos, and Palestine, along with leaders past and present – from Jeremy Corbyn to Rob Griffiths – joined in expressing their condolences.

The European People Turn Slowly Against a World of War

IN February 2024, two years into the war in Ukraine and five months into the Israeli genocide in Palestine, the European Union released data on the mood of the European public. In terms of Ukraine, large majorities continued to support the provision of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and to welcome Ukrainian refugees. But increasingly, there was growing scepticism about the enormous tranches of funds going toward the Ukrainian armed forces to prolong the war and about the increased military spending in their own countries due to pressure from the United States.

One Year of US Imperialism’s Complicity in Israel’s Gaza Genocide

ONE year ago, as Israel launched its massive war on Gaza after the October 7 Hamas attack, the US government was fully aware its ally was embarking on a campaign that would end up with Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders charged with war crimes. And yet, as the whole world has seen, that advance knowledge did nothing to deter the Biden administration from arming and aiding the genocide that has been perpetrated since.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: The Man Who Defeated Israel

ISRAEL assassinated Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (1960-2024) because he refused to stop the attacks on northern Israel until the Israelis ended the genocide against the Palestinians. During the brief Israeli ceasefire, Nasrallah’s organisation –Hezbollah – paused their attacks also. When the Israelis resumed fighting, so did Hezbollah.Nasrallah was killed because he was unrelenting in his support for Palestine.

War on Lebanon: Conquering Palestine Not Enough for Netanyahu

PULVERISING Gaza, emptying the Strip of its people, bombing the West Bank, and expanding illegal annexations of land there – none of that is enough for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his genocidal drive to build “Greater Israel.” Lebanon, too, it seems, must be parceled up and pieces of it brought under Tel Aviv’s control.Since the war on Gaza was launched by Israel following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, Lebanon has been a secondary theater of combat, with periodic bombing runs by Israel and rocket launches from Iran-backed Hezbollah militants on the other side of the b

The Global South Opposes the War in Ukraine

SINCE the Russian military entered Ukraine, there have been six United Nations General Assembly resolutions about the ensuing war (ES-11/1 to ES-11/6). The voting record of the Global South countries, particularly the 54 African states, on these resolutions is notable. In only one resolution, which was about the referendum held in Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts (ES-11/4), did most African states (thirty of them) vote against Russia, with 24 states abstaining (none voted for the legality of the Russian referendum).

US: Over 10,000 Hotel Workers Go On Strike

Workers, organised by hotel workers’ union UNITE HERE, strategically went on strike during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.OVER 10,000 hotel workers went on strike early Sunday (September 1) morning across the United States in pursuit of fair wages, better working conditions, and more staff to help.

Fascism in Practice: The Israeli Police Decides to Close Down the Headquarters of the Communist Party in Haifa

ISRAEL and Ben Gvir's police have just decided to shut the headquarters of the Communist Party in Haifa for ten hours starting at 19:00 this evening (August 26, 2024).

Earlier, the police summoned Comrade Reem Hazan for the second time this afternoon and conducted an investigation with her and decided to close the party's headquarters in order to prevent the screening of Muhammad Bakri's new film "Janein Jenin" and the launching of an activity against the aggressive war on Gaza.

Can Europe Break Out of the NATO War in Ukraine?

THERE need not have been a war in Ukraine. The Russian government had made it clear almost two decades ago that it would not tolerate the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) eastward. In 1990, before the fall of the USSR and when the two parts of Germany had negotiated their unification, it had been made clear to the Soviets that NATO would not go beyond the eastern border of Germany. After the fall of the USSR in 1991, NATO violated that agreement and began to absorb states along the border of Russia.

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