Africa: We Need to Reawaken Thomas Sankara’s “United Front Against Debt” Dream

Richard Oduor Oduku On 29 July 1987, at the summit of the Organization of African Unity held in Addis Ababa, Thomas Sankara delivered the “Discours sur le Front Uni Contre La Dette” (“A United Front Against Debt”) speech — a fearless and incisive discourse on the place of debt in Africa’s development agenda.  He was…

All Quiet (Panic) on the Western Front

Pepe Escobar Shadows are falling / And I’ve been here all day / It’s too hot to sleep / And time is running away / Feel like my soul / has turned into steel /I’ve still got the scars / That the sun didn’t heal / There’s not even room enough / To be anywhere…

British Navy Involved in Nord Stream 2 ‘Terrorist Attack’

UK forces participated in an operation which damaged Europe’s energy security Units of the British Navy were involved in a “terrorist attack”, which destroyed the key Nord Stream gas pipelines, the Russian Defence Ministry alleged on Saturday. The preparation of this terrorist act and the training of military personnel of 73rd Marine Special Operations Center were…

João Pedro Stedile: Brazil’s Divided Bourgeoisie

João Pedro Stedile, Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) national directorate member : The Brazilian bourgeoisie that once marched united and gave us four coups is now divided thanks to contradictions in the class struggle. Economic, environmental and political crisis in Brazil has resulted in a split within the bourgeoisie and some have now abandoned Bolsonaro…

Freeze or Starve? Sanctioning Russia Leaves Germans a Choice this Winter

C.J. ATKINS Freeze or starve: With energy costs driving up the price of everything, Germans will face a choice this winter. Here, a pedestrian walks through the freezing winter fog in Berlin. | Maurizio Gambarini / dpa via AP The biggest beneficiary in the whole affair, Pohl argues, has been U.S. imperialism. Its energy companies…

Ukraine: Zelensky Kidnaps Student Dissidents, Bans Opposition Parties, Shuts Down Independent Media, Commits Egregious War Crimes and Imposes Regressive Labor Laws

Dmitri Kovalevich More Ukrainian Soldiers Continue to Defect as Eastern Ukrainians See Better Future with Russian Federation For more than five months, full-scale hostilities have taken place on the territory of Ukraine. The number of victims is growing every day on both sides of the front line. From the signing of the “Minsk 2” peace…

Chile: The Promise to Re-found Carabineros Translated into Carte Blanche for Police Violence

Ximena Soza Φωτογραφία Maclox. (Image by Maclox) The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, during his campaign promised to reform the country’s uniformed police. This promise was well received by the citizenry, as a response to the discrediting of the institution, not only the historical one, due to its role during the military dictatorship, but also…

Russian Ops in Ukraine (July 28, 2022): Ukraine’s “Kherson Offensive,” Battle in the Donbass

Update on Russia operations in Ukraine for July 28, 2022 – US continues sending weapons to Ukraine but in diminished numbers; – Pentagon overstates impact of HIMARS, omits Russian gains in Donbass; – Washington DC-based think tank admits Russia is still making gains; – Best case scenario for Ukraine’s “Kherson Offensive” falls far short of…

India: Resist Neoliberal Offensive of New Labor Codes

Narender Thakur, C Saratchand Indian workers during a two-day general strike in March 2022. One of the key demands of the strike was the scrapping of the four labor codes. Photo: Centre of Indian Trade Unions Four labor codes are set to be operationalized by the government soon. These laws will benefit big corporates at the…

US HIMARS vs. Russia’s Tornado-S

The Western media continues singing the praises of US HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems as well as the arrival of M270s from US allies across Europe. However claims that these rocket launchers are “more accurate” and give Ukraine a “game changing” ability are not only false, it omits the fact that Russia has much more…

PT and Broader Coalition Make Lula’s Candidacy for Brazilian Presidency Official

Brasil de Fato Traveling to Pernambuco, the former president did not attend the convention, which had no political actions – Vanessa Gonzaga/Brasil de Fato PE The candidacy of the former president, who will seek his third term, was made official by the federation formed by several leftist Brazilian parties The name of the former president,…

Breaking the Map with the Machete’s Edge: The Internationalism of the Landless

João Pedro Stedile Landless, but with a lot of history, the peasants of Brazil’s MST have been practicing internationalism as a principle since 1984. As in their own flag, the machete overflows the borders and traces the itinerary of new possible maps. For the Landless Rural Workers Movement of Brazil (MST), the dialectic between nationalism…

Ecuador in Revolt: Interview with Irene León

José Ernesto Nováez Guerrero The current situation in Ecuador has numerous interconnections with the country’s recent past and with what is happening on a regional scale. Once again, Latin America is the scene of a fierce dispute where, beyond the many nuances that can be attributed to any heterogeneous social process, the guiding framework is…

“Stay Safe”: The Whole World Is in Harms’ Way

Jim “Fergie” Chambers This house, a small homestead for a family of 6, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, was hit with a Ukrainian rocket last week. Shells continued to land nearby as we spoke with this family yesterday, as they have very day for 8 years In short, those of us who have any…

Designing a New Strategic Missile Will Pose Serious Problems for the United States

Alexandre Lemoine New details have emerged about the U.S. design of a strategic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. One could even say that the future of the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal is in question. Why has this happened and what problems will the Pentagon now face? The strategic weapons modernization program promised earlier…

The CIA Were in Mariupol Since the Spring of 2014

Laurent Brayard This investigation was conducted by Laurent Brayard in December 2015, in Donetsk and was difficult to obtain from Anastasia. She and her husband were the victims of the political police of Ukraine, the terrifying SBU, which engaged and has since engaged in bloody repressions and numerous crimes and assassinations. Anastasia took a long…

Italy: Airport Workers Claim Humanitarian Flights to Ukraine are Loaded with Weapons

One of Italy’s largest trade unions has called for a protest outside the Pisa airport on Saturday, after receiving a tip from some employees that Ukraine relief flights were transporting weapons and ammunition, not food and medicine. Several workers at the Galileo Galilei airport refused to load one of the cargo flights advertised as carrying…

The Hypocrisy of a Leftist “No to War” that Comes Too Late

Ramiro Gomez “Now, the people of Donbass will be able to leave their shelters and play in a park with their children, without fear of blowing themselves up, for the first time in 8 years.” I am writing this trying to contain the rage and indignation I feel at the reactions of the Western left…