Toxic Contagion: Funds, Food and Pharma

Colin Todhunter August 18, 2021. A day like no other? For, on this day seed systems, farmer-managed seed systems and farmers’ rights on the African continent came under direct attack by a body that should be their primary custodian—the African Union (AU) | Source In 2014, the organisation GRAIN revealed that small farms produce most of…

The Splendor of a Thousand Suns: Hiroshima and Imperial Forgetfulness

Gonzalo Armúa Underwater atomic test carried out at Bikini Atoll in 1946. Photograph: United States Government Navy Joe Biden’s visit to Hiroshima in the framework of the G7 once again brings to the surface the cynical memory of an empire that 78 years ago unleashed the power of “a thousand suns” on a defenseless population….

Charles III Coronation Ignored Imperialism, Colonialism, Genocide, Trauma, Deadly Colonial Legacy & Palestine

Dr Gideon Polya Perhaps billions around the world saw at least part of the coronation of King Charles III  and marvelled at the pomp, the pageantry and the glorious choral music.  The colourful military uniforms and the final parade of thousands of British and Commonwealth military forces testified to past  imperial glory. However the lavish…

Patterns of Deception and Deviance in the Post-Truth Period

Daniel Broudy “Let no man deceive you by any means …” – 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3 1. Introduction Patterns of deception are everywhere and their deeper meanings patently plain. We need only be willing to see what is present before our eyes and try to notice, too, what is absent. Such are some of the key…

The Story of Seven Countries: A Review of US Aggression in West Asia and North Africa

Ali Karbalaei In the 21st century, the U.S. learnt the hard way of its catastrophic foreign military policy in West Asia: From boots on the ground to so-called precision strikes. Washington’s success in destabilizing a continent with terror and destruction over two decades came at the expense of mass civilian casualties?, dead U.S. soldiers, expensive…

More than Mercenaries: Police as the Crucible of Fascism in the US

Comrade Dremel Fascism is ascendant in the imperial core. The U.S. and its junior partners are waging an increasingly bloody war on all fronts, in an attempt to bolster the decaying husk of capital. The foot soldiers in this war are the police. Armed to the teeth and trained to kill, police are positioned as…

Ukrainian Nazism: Why a New Nuremberg is Necessary

Viktor Medvedchuk Since the “collapse” of the USSR and the emergence of an independent Ukraine, Western politicians, and special services in Ukraine began to revive Nazism through the introduction of nationalist ideology in the consciousness of Ukrainians. According to Western plans, a Nazified Ukraine was to become a “weapon” against Russia. One of the ideologues…

Black Lives Remain in Danger Throughout the United States

Abayomi Azikiwe Lynnette Williams holds a sign during a gathering at Second Baptist Church in Akron, Ohio, calling for justice for Jayland Walker, July 2, 2022. (AP) Even after three years of mass demonstrations and urban rebellions in the United States, law-enforcement agencies and the entire legal system are still “justifying” the shooting deaths of…

Iraq Invasion 20th Anniversary: 5 Million Dead in Iraqi Holocaust

Dr Gideon Polya The 20th anniversary of the war criminal US, UK and Australian invasion of Iraq in 2003 will fall on about 20 March 2023. On this occasion mendacious and racist Western media will at best remember the Iraq War as a US policy mistake. However decent people will remember the carnage. From 1990…

12 Years Ago NATO Bombed Libya to “Protect Civilians”, Leaving Tens of Thousands Dead and a Country in Ruins

Moussa Ibrahim The Western war machine only served its own interests in destroying a nation that could liberate Africa On the 19th of March 2011, the NATO bloc began a violent 8-month long military onslaught of Libya, a sovereign African-Union founding member state, which had enjoyed four decades of stability, prosperity and one of the…

Even After U.S. Empire’s Vileness is Exposed, its Agents Uphold the Cult of NATO

Rainer Shea There’s an explanation for why even after the United States has been exposed a thousand times over as a perpetrator of war crimes, and its ruling institutions have betrayed its own people by engineering horrors like the Ohio chemical spill, there are still actors who uphold the lies that let it continue committing…

US Attempts to Build a Secret Biolab in Kyrgyzstan is Failing

Vladimir Platov Russia’s special military operation to denazify the criminal Kiev regime allowed it to collect and receive more than 20 thousand documents on the US bioweapon program at the captured Ukrainian military facilities. This program, as it turns out, does not only include Ukraine. Relevant reference and analytical materials on this aspect of US…

Rwanda: Who is Benefiting Here?

Jessy Damba Diamba Rwanda, 2005. Image credit Jon Evans via Flickr CC BY 2.0. The UKs deportation pact with Rwanda is being likened to a “human trafficking deal.” It reflects the state of Rwandan politics. It was one morning in August 2020, when Carine Kanimba first heard the news of her father’s kidnapping. She was in Washington,…

Western Sanctions Will Mean that More Syrians Die after the Earthquakes

Eva Bartlett Syrian quake survivors stay at tents following 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centered in Turkiye’s Kahramanmaras, in Salqin district of Idlib, Syria on February 09, 2023. © Photo by Muhammed Said/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The economic stranglehold and selective approach to aid will lead to more death and displacement Following the devastating…

Why Does Ukraine Keep Attacking Civilian Areas in Donetsk?

Vladislav Ugolny Rockets have hit peaceful neighborhoods once again. Why does Kiev continue its policy, if not purely out of hate? The logic behind the terror At least ten rockets hit central areas of Donetsk on Saturday morning, damaging three residential buildings, a local Russian official has reported in his Telegram channel. One of the projectiles fired…

Venezuela Urgently Needs a Feminist Emergency Plan

Andreína Chávez Alava Venezuelan women demanded justice for femicides during last year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. (Andreína Chávez Alava) Venezuelan women are being murdered at a frightening pace, and yet the country still lacks a clear path of action to understand, report, prevent and eradicate this extreme form of gender-related…

Black Alliance for Peace: Bulletin on U.S. Domestic Militarization

The “Bulletin on U.S. Domestic Militarization” replaces “The 1033 Monthly.” This iteration aims to provide a broader look at militarization in the United States, of which the U.S. Department of Defense’s 1033 program plays a role. The internal war in the United States continues on the working class and on people outside the point of…

USA: Memphis Cops Indicted in the Beating Death of Tyre Nichols

Abayomi Azikiwe Memphis Activists Block Highway To Protest Tyre Nichols Death The brutal execution was fully captured in a police video camera mounted on a neighborhood pole. Five African American Memphis police officers assigned to the notorious special unit known as the Scorpions, have been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes which resulted in…