The following text is the English translation of an interview with Rémy Herrera, a research analyst at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the Sorbonne in Paris. The interview was carried out by Tang Xiaofu for the Observers’ Network, Beijing, and was recently posted in Workers World. While covering similar ground to the interview…
What’s Behind Regime Change in Bangladesh
Brian Berletic Violent regime change in the South Asian country of Bangladesh unfolded rapidly and mostly by stealth as the rest of the world focused on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, growing tensions in the Middle East and a simmering confrontation between the US and China in the Asia-Pacific region. The implications of the successful…
The National Endowment for Democracy: What it is and What it Does
Ministry of Foreign Affairs -The People’s Republic of China Introduction The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) acts as the US government’s “white gloves.” It has long engaged in subverting state power in other countries, meddling in other countries’ internal affairs, inciting division and confrontation, misleading public opinion, and conducting ideological infiltration, all under the pretext of promoting democracy. Its innumerable evil deeds have caused…
The Forever Wars Go Full War of Terror: The Axis of Resistance and Russia Need to Step Up the Game
Pepe Escobar Both the Axis of Resistance and Christian Orthodox Russia need to step up the game. Radically. Otherwise the intertwined wars of terror may become ominously unmanageable. This is a very simple demonstration. Please allow me to present only two Exhibits, A and B. Exhibit A The stunning confirmation came directly from Russian Deputy FM Ryabkov,…
On Elections and Collective Emancipation: A Conversation with Robert Longa
Cira Pascual Marquina A key cadre from El Panal Commune discusses US interventionism and Venezuela’s participative and protagonistic democracy. Our revolution is deeply rooted in Latin America, in the América Morena [*] that draws strength from its history. But our revolution is also grounded in the present and committed to changing everything that needs to be changed [an allusion…
Battle for Syria’s Oil Pits Local Tribal Forces Against US Occupation
Robert Inlakesh In Syria’s Deir Ezzor province, Arab tribal forces have mounted a determined assault on the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), aiming to reclaim their lands and challenge the U.S.’s de facto control over Syria’s oil-rich regions. The U.S. responded with missile strikes, underscoring the fragile hold Washington maintains over these critical resources, which…
Israel’s Geopolitical Gamble Necessitates a High-Risk Counter
Ali Salehian Israel is betting heavily that its recent escalation across West Asia will pan out favorably. But its opponents are prepared to take heavy risks, too, and they are concluding that peace may only come with a sharp and accurate punch at Tel Aviv. When it comes to decision-making, particularly in the context of…
Tommy Robinson and the Zionist Agenda: The Hidden Forces Behind the UK Race Riots
Kit Klarenberg Ever since July 29, Britain has been plunged into crisis, with incendiary far-riot rights sending towns and cities across the country spiraling into states of emergency. Vast mobs of armed, angry thugs, motivated by racist, Islamophobic animus, have vandalized homes, property and places of worship, violently clashed with police, and targeted hotels housing refugees with arson attacks in…
War by Other Means: Sanctions Destroying Syria
Kit Klarenberg US occupying forces in Syria continue stealing the Arab country’s oil, according to a report by The Syrian news agency (SANA). In keeping with prior US sanctions campaigns, the Caesar Act’s ultimate victims are average citizens. An Al Mayadeen investigation of July 31st documented how Washington has sanctioned so much of the world, an ever-increasing number of…
Media Coverage of Venezuela’s Presidential Election Normalizes US Interference
Roger D. Harris and Peter Bolton Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro submits his petition for a review of the July 28 vote to the Supreme Court. (Prensa Presidencial) Corporate media’s coverage of Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election is akin to an investigation of a homicide that is focused not with identifying the murderer but with an…
The Impending Yemeni Response
Ansarollah “The Yemeni response to the Zionist aggression in Hodeidah is inevitable,” declared Sayyid Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi, may Allah protect him, in a concise statement that has instilled fear and anxiety across all political, security, military, and societal circles within the temporary Israeli entity. Since the attack on Tel Aviv, Hebrew media of all kinds…
Yahya Sinwar Will Never Raise the White Flag
Marwa Haidar Image illustrated by Al-Manar English Website of Yahya Siwnar, who was named to be Hamas new overall leader (August 6, 2024). Hamas Palestinian resistance group surprised the enemy on Tuesday, naming Yahya Sinwar as its new leader, succeeding Ismail Haniyeh who was martyred last week in an assassination blamed on the Zionist entity in the…
Urgent Appeal from Lebanon and Palestine: To the Workers, Intellectuals, Women and Youth of the World
ALBA, Granada, North Africa Editorial Comment: We receive and send to you this important appeal from Lebanon following the redeployment of three US warships and 2,500 Marines to the Mediterranean off the coast of Lebanon for imperialism to protect its colony in occupied Palestine and destabilize the Lebanese-Palestinian resistance and the Yemeni offensive. Iran, the…
Striking Iraq: How US–Israel Attacks are ‘Unifying the Fronts’
The Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent The suspiciously-timed US–Israeli killing spree of Resistance officials across West Asia has deepened the unity of regional resistance fronts, now poised to coordinate a massive retaliation and open a multi-front war. Between the afternoon of 30 July and early the following morning, West Asia witnessed a series of significant events unfold…
De-Escalation vs. Self-Defense: Double Standards or Racism?
Jamal Kanj If “Israel” is perceived as the target of an attack, Western leaders promote Israeli “logic of reprisals” under the pretext of “self-defense”. On the evening of July 30, an Israeli drone targeted a residential building in the Southern Suburb of Beirut, killing three women and two children, and injuring 74 civilians. “Israel” claimed…
Venezuelan Lawyer Olga Álvarez: “Whoever Alleges Fraud Has to Prove it”
Peoples Dispatch Olga Alvarez. Photo: Zoe Alexandra The United States, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Uruguay and Panama recognized González as president, in a strategy dubbed “Guaidó 2.0” Following the presidential elections held in Venezuela on July 28, right-wing political figures and media outlets have created a hysteria alleging that fraud had been committed in the…
Yahya Sinwar, the Right Man at the Right Time?
A Cradle Contributor With Yahya Sinwar taking the reins, Hamas is poised to intensify the fight against Israel. A strategic man with deep ties to the Resistance Axis, Sinwar will aim to win both a ceasefire and a political victory for Palestinians everywhere. The future of Palestine is at a critical juncture, marked by significant…
Dmitry Medvedev: Russia Should No Longer Hold Back in Ukraine
On August 6, the borderline Kursk Region came under a massive attack from Ukraine. Shelling and drone strikes killed five civilians and injured 31 people, including six children. Army General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, reported to President Vladimir Putin that Russian troops would complete their operation in…
The World Court Has Ended the Oslo Ruse
Craig Mokhiber Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left), U.S. president Bill Clinton (center), and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat (right), during the signing of the Oslo Accords, September 13, 1993. The ICJ’s ruling that international law protects the rights of Palestinians, and they need not negotiate with their oppressors for those rights, dealt a definitive blow…
Former Candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia’s Criminal Past, Traces Impossible to Erase
Yoselina Guevara L. Behind the apparent fragility of Edmundo González Urrutia, former candidate to the presidency of Venezuela for the extreme right in the elections of July 28, 2024, hides his past as an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States and operator in the execution of the Condor Plan, a…
Groveling at the Feet of Greed: How U.S. Politicians Sacrifice Lives for Profit and Power
Peter S. Baron Picture the strength of a unified populace, rejecting the exploitation and brutality inflicted in our name. We must rise together, in defiance of the so-called leaders who have sacrificed their integrity on the altar of capitalism. For every life shattered by their betrayal, for every dream crushed under the weight of their…
Resisting the New Green Colonialism
Saber Ammar A proposed green hydrogen project in Tunisia prioritizes European energy needs over local sovereignty. In recent months, discussions about green hydrogen in Tunisia have dominated the media, particularly concerning the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on May 28, 2024, between TotalEnergies (a French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company), Eren Groupe (a French company…
Anti-fascists Outnumber Far-Right Protesters in Rallies Across Britain
Ana Vračar Anti-racist rally in UK, 2024. Source: Stand Up to Racism/X Trade unionists, activists, and communities intensify their opposition to far-right violence in the UK, gearing up for mass events on Saturday. Anti-racist and anti-fascist mobilizations continue across the United Kingdom, opposing far-right events announced in dozens of locations. The recent surge in Islamophobic and xenophobic…
Who Really Controls US Foreign Policy?
Brian Berletic From the ongoing US involvement in Ukraine, to an enduring US military presence in the Middle East, and growing US-Chinese tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, regardless of who controls the US Congress and regardless of who sits in the White House, these conflicts continue forward – often with a Democratic president setting the…
The Conundrums of Bangladeshi Politics
Vijay Prashad People rallying in front of the prime minister’s office after Sheikh Hasina’s resignation. Photo: Md Joni Hossain / Wikimedia Commons On Monday, August 5, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina boarded a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J military transport in a hurry and fled to Hindon Air Force base, outside Delhi. Her plane was refueled…
Arab Tribes Seize Control of US-Occupied Syrian Towns in Large-Scale Assault
The Cradle Tribal forces have undertaken a rebellion against US-backed Kurds in Syria since late last year. A coalition of Syrian Arab tribes seized several towns from US-backed Kurdish forces in the countryside of eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor governorate on 7 August. Tribesmen launched the “largest” attack on Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sites since the…
From East to West Africa: The People Are Uprising against Colonial Oppression and Corruption
Ferdinand Ibebuchi Waves of uprisings are spreading across the African continent and the masses are demanding freedom from imperialist powers and the comprador leaders that enable their ongoing exploitation. There are lessons to be learned from the past and current attempts at creating a unified Pan-African force that can free the continent from the clutches…
Fourth African State Sanctions Ukraine for ‘Supporting Terrorism’
RT Niger says the move is in solidarity with Mali, which has accused Kiev of backing rebels involved in deadly attacks Niger has severed diplomatic relations with Ukraine in response to Kiev’s alleged support for militants who killed dozens of Malian soldiers and Russian Wagner Group contractors in an attack last month. The West African…
President Maduro: An Expert in Defense and Counterattack
Clodovaldo Hernández An analysis of the electoral aftermath. One of the few advantages of being a country systematically besieged with increasing intensity for more than a quarter of a century is that its leaders become increasingly adept at defense and counterattack. This is one of the conclusions that can be drawn from the events following…
Australia: Buck-Passing Inside the Murky Arms Trade
Michelle Fahy The F-35 fighter jet is used by many nations around the world including Israel. Australia plays a key role in the plane’s global supply chain. Photo: Lockheed Martin. Australia is directly contributing to the supply and maintenance of a complex weapons system that lies at the heart of Israel’s military capacity. Australia bears…
As War Widens, US Assets Become Easy Targets
Mohamad Hasan Sweidan US economic and military interests across West Asia could come under direct fire as Israel’s aggressions drag Washington into a region-wide escalation. During a White House press conference on 31 July, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby underscored the US commitment to maintaining readiness to protect its security interests in West Asia. We have…
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov: “The Time for Moscow’s Unilateral Concessions is Over”
Excerpts from Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov’s interview with “Rossiya 1” TV channel: 📍 August 4, 2024 📝 In accordance with the Gorbachev-Reagan agreement, the USSR and the US destroyed all their ground-based intermediate and shorter-range ballistic and cruise missiles, also committing to not produce, test, or deploy such missiles in the future. By 1991, the USSR had destroyed 1,846 missiles, while the…
Salvadoran Ex-Combatants Reveal Edmundo González’s Role in US-Backed Massacres in El Salvador
Saheli Chowdhury Far-right politician María Corina Machado (left) and Edmundo González holding a candle in a religious political rally before the Venezuelan presidential elections. Photo: Henry Chirinos/EFE. The Venezuelan far-right former candidate for the presidential elections that were held on July 28, Edmundo González Urrutia, has declared himself the winner despite coming in second place….
Hamas Names Yahya al-Sinwar New Politburo Chief
Al Mayadeen The leader of Hamas in Gaza, Al-Sinwar, a former prisoner for 23 years, was a mastermind player in the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7. According to a statement by Hamas, the Palestinian resistance movement, Yahya al-Sinwar will serve as its new political leader, succeeding martyred Ismail Haniyeh. “The Hamas Islamic Resistance movement has announced the…
The Yemen Deal: Riyadh Capitulates, Washington Loses Leverage
Khalil Nasrallah Sanaa’s brash threats have compelled Saudi Arabia to make significant concessions to Yemen, showcasing not only Sanaa’s sharp regional ascent but also the US and Israel’s rapidly shrinking influence. Yemen’s strikes against Saudi Arabia over the past three years – including Operation Break Siege in early 2022 and persistent threats to use force…
Ukraine Shifts Wagner Confrontation to Mali
Habib Lassoued Tuareg rebels in Mali have been photographed holding a Ukrainian flag after killing dozens of Russians from the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC). Kyiv Post Ukraine’s entry into the Sahel-Saharan war provides new confirmation that the region has become a playground for international conflict. Kiev sees Mali as an opportunity for revenge Ukraine entered…
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