Israel’s Brutality Against Palestinians Draws on British Rule

A Bustos British soldiers in Palestine during the Arab revolt, 1936. (Photo: SZ via Alamy) Britain’s “mandate” over Palestine from 1920-48 left an apparatus of repression which Israel inherited and still uses today in its ferocious war on Palestinians. Israel’s present use of collective punishment against Palestinians owes much of its origins to British rule…

Operation Legacy: How Britain Covered Up its Colonial Crimes

Audra Diptée The British sought to cover up their atrocities in Africa and the Caribbean by manipulating information to obfuscate history.  In 2011, the world learned of the secret British policy called Operation Legacy that was implemented in the 1950s. The goal of this policy was to remove incriminating documents from former colonies in the months before…

Delivering a ‘True Promise’: An Insider Account of Iran’s Strikes on Israel

The Cradle Iranian firebrand MP Mahmoud Nabavian reveals the calculated strategy, diplomatic intrigue, and bold military prowess that showcased Tehran’s 13 April missile strikes on Israel. Following the strategic success of Iran’s ‘True Promise’ retaliatory drone and missile operation in response to last month’s Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, The Cradle presents an exclusive insider‘s narrative provided…

Yemen Braces for Impending Massive US-Led Air and Ground Campaign

Ahmed Abdulkareem Senior military officials in Sana’a have informed MintPress News of ongoing military preparations by the US, UK, and Saudi-led Coalition over the past two weeks. According to these sources, there are plans to initiate a significant aerial assault on the Yemeni mainland, focusing particularly on coastal regions in the west, as well as…

Hostile Takeover: How NATO Annexed Macedonia

Kit Klarenberg The alliance welcomed its newest inductee on March 27th 2020. How extraordinary it would be, if the country was the last one in, and first one out. In Macedonia – or North Macedonia, or FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) – a counter-revolution impends. On April 24th, citizens went to the polls to…

How Britain Shields Israel from War Crime Charges

John Mcevoy and Phil Miller Benny Gantz received temporary immunity to meet David Cameron in March. (Photo: X) The Conservatives have repeatedly protected Israeli politicians, spies and soldiers from being arrested for war crimes when they visit Britain, a new list reveals. Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz among ten Israelis granted special immunity from prosecution…

World Court Rejects Ban on German Weapons Exports to Israel

Maureen Clare Murphy The International Court of Justice delievers a preliminary ruling in the case of Nicaragua vs. Germany, 30 April. The International Court of Justice has declined to issue emergency measures barring German arms exports to Israel but has not dismissed a complaint brought by Nicaragua. The ruling comes after Nicaragua initiated proceedings against Germany for its “participation in…

ICJ Declines Nicaragua’s Request for Provisional Measures Against Germany

While the court declined ordering provisional measures, it did not dismiss the case against Germany for complicity in Israel’s genocide. ALLEGED BREACHES OF CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY (NICARAGUA v. GERMANY) REQUEST FOR THE INDICATION OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES ORDER FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER ICJ PRESS RELEASE Nicaragua’s Position on…

Psyops Regarding 1994 Rwanda Genocide Continues With 30th Anniversary Commemoration

Jeremy Kuzmarov During a commemoration of the 30-year anniversary of the beginning of 1994 Rwandan Genocide, Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed the inaction of the international community for extending the horrors his people faced. Interview with Keith Harmon Snow Rwandan regime and Western intelligence agencies and their media and academic assets have spread disinformation for…

Nicaragua Acts to Stop Genocide and Strengthen International Law

Margaret Flowers and Carlos Arguello Gomez Ambassador Carlos Arguello in the International Court of Justice in 2013. United Nations photo. Margaret Flowers: Ambassador Carlos Arguello Gomez is a lawyer. He’s currently serving as Nicaragua’s ambassador to the Netherlands. Dr. Arguello has a long biography with many affiliations past and present. After the Sandinista revolution, from 1979…

UK Unveils “Lethal” Challenger 3, Failing to Learn Lessons from Ukraine

Brian Berletic The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense announced that the “UK’s most lethal tank” has rolled off the production line. The same statement would claim that British Army soldiers are “one step closer to getting their hands on one of Europe’s most lethal tanks – the Challenger 3.” However, with few exceptions, the details of the Challenger 3 main…

Fascist Imaginations & Colonial Realities: Italy’s Settler Project in Libya

Joseph Fisher Introduction  As the Fascists consolidated power in Italy’s imperial core following the March on Rome, one of the first questions the growing movement had to answer was the place of the colonies in their new version of the Italian state. With this question came a growing insecurity about the administration’s authority over Italian…

How Africa’s National Liberation Struggles Brought Democracy to Europe

Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research A crowd celebrates on a Panhard EBR armoured car in Lisbon, 25 April 1974. [Photo by Unknown author – Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril / CC BY 4.0] Fifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, the people of Portugal took to the streets of their cities and towns in…

Portugal: Fifty Years Since the Carnation Revolution

John Green Portugal’s democracy turns 50 as large crowdscommemorate the Carnation Revolution Fifty years ago, on April 25, 1974, Portugal was shaken by an earthquake. Not a geological earthquake, like the one in 1755 that razed Lisbon to the ground and killed around 50,000 people, but a political one, with only four victims. It was…

Argentine Military Defenselessness

Guillermo Martín CaviascaIn this interview with the Malvinas war veteran and Chief of Intelligence of the Argentine Navy from 2011 to 2015, Rear Admiral Guillermo Tomé, we look at the different stages of Argentine defense in the last 40 years until reaching the present day. You occupied a privileged position to observe the geopolitical, defense…

“Strategic Error” and “Surrendering Claims of Sovereignty Over the Malvinas”

Úrsula Asta Argentina, a member of NATO? These days, at the local level, Argentina exhibits some of the obscenest images. The president says, in a business forum held in the south, that those who hide money are heroes who have escaped the clutches of the State. Meanwhile, in terms of international relations, the country shows…

As Ukraine’s Defeat Looms, Imaginary War Unravels

Kit Klarenberg With the Imaginary War nearing over, and the Zionist genocide in Gaza beginning, it was, of course, necessary to wind down “OSINT” operations entirely, or focus them elsewhere. On April 11th, US General Christopher Gerard Cavoli, chief of Washington’s European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, addressed US lawmakers on Ukraine’s dire battlefield…

France Owes Haiti Billions in Reparations

Daniel Johnson France stole from Haiti almost 200 years ago. However, France has not made an effort to repay what some scholars refer to as a freedom tax. One group is connecting these events to present-day turmoil and calling on the United Nations to ensure a wrong gets righted. The Guardian reports that 20 non-governmental organizations are…