Aninda Dey Besides USA and NATO, the United Nations and the International Criminal Court are equally responsible for leaving Afghan women in the lurch after the Taliban takeover. Fully aware of the crimes committed against them by the Taliban, these global bodies have done nothing but pass resolutions expressing concern about women and reiterating their…
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Aukus Pact: An Alliance against China that Excludes Europe
Yoselina Guevara Exactly one month after the fall of Kabul and the disgraceful withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the United States has come into the world limelight with the Aukus Pact, an alliance that takes the initials of the names of the three signatory countries (Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom), with…
John Pilger: ‘The Invasion of Afghanistan Was a Fraud’
John Pilger, Jipson John, Jitheesh P. M. John Pilger is one of the world’s most acclaimed investigative journalists and documentary filmmakers. He is a recipient of several prestigious awards, including an Emmy and a BAFTA. He has contributed to various international publications and news services, including The Guardian, The New York Times, BBC World Service, and Al…
The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It
Aaron Good, Ben Howard and Peter Dale Scott [Source: boottheglobalperspectives.com] Part 1: How the U.S. Used Radical Islam and 9/11 to Advance Imperialism and Override the Constitution This is Part One of a three-part re-evaluation of 9/11 in light of startling new evidence that may change many minds about the so-called “craziness” of those who…
101 Years of Communist Struggle in Turkey
Zoe Alexandra Image: Midhun Puthupattu On the 101st anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Turkey, Peoples Dispatch spoke to Ekin Sönmez, a member of the party’s Central Committee, about how the party is confronting the urgent challenges facing Turkey’s working class and is deepening the struggle for socialism Today September 10, 2021,…
No End in Sight to US War Crimes in Afghanistan
Scott Scheffer Aftermath of U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 people, including 7 children, on Aug. 30. On Aug. 26, a suicide bomb was detonated at the airport in Kabul amid the chaos of the U.S. troop withdrawal. Two hundred people were killed, including 13 U.S. soldiers. Reporters paid tribute to the U.S….
‘Woke’ Imperialism, Women’s Liberation and Afghanistan
Sharon Black Afghanistan’s socialist Vice President Anahita Ratebzad, standing at right, speaks with a group of activists. Ratebzad said, “Privileges which women, by right, must have are equal education, job security, health services and free time to rear a healthy generation.” There is no greater hypocrisy than the deceitful lies of imperialist propaganda. One of…
Nicaraguan President Warns of Nuclear Holocaust and Calls for Peace and Disarmament in Wake of US Atrocities in Afghanistan
'Who condemns the United States for crimes and genocide they've committed?' President Daniel Ortega on U.S. in Afghanistan: pic.twitter.com/07hI42z0nb — Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) September 3, 2021 President Daniel Ortega: "The United States has been behind the biggest acts of terrorism that have occurred" pic.twitter.com/31jA43Z9ym — Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) September 3, 2021 The Taliban has a…
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Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod After organizing coups, overthrowing democratically-elected heads of state, and arming death squads all around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, it was clear that the CIA had an image problem. The Reagan administration, therefore, began constructing a network of outsourced private organizations that would do the dirty work of…
“Regressive, Conservative Forces Promoted by Imperialists in Afghanistan Prolonged Wars”
Abdul Rahman U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar via Wikimedia Commons At a discussion organized by Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research, panelists pointed out that peace in Afghanistan can only be guaranteed through regional reconciliation led by regional players, independent of interference from the West The prolonged conflict in Afghanistan is a result of…
U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan: Is a Geopolitical Strategy Behind This?
Yoselina Guevara The Taliban celebrate the US departure The last US military plane left Kabul at 23:59 on August 30, bringing to a close a nearly 20-year invasion by the United States and its allies on Afghan soil. The Taliban immediately took control of the airport, announcing that the Islamic Emirate is now a “free…
Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan: The Return of the Taliban and its Consequences
The fall of Kabul to the Taliban marks the end of one tragedy and the beginning of another for the peoples of Afghanistan as if Afghanistan is a land of recurring catastrophes and its people are doomed to endless suffering. Fear, uncertainty, and confusion permeate society. Concerns about the gloomy future have taken away all…
