Lindsey Snell and Cory Popp “The weapons are stolen, the humanitarian aid is stolen, and we have no idea where the billions sent to this country have gone,” a Ukrainian complained to The Grayzone. In a video sent via Facebook messenger in July, Ivan* can be seen standing next to his car, an early 2010s model Mitsubishi…
Category: NORTH AMERICA
“Everyone’s a Little Problematic in Ukraine’s International Legion”
Lindsey Snell and Cory Popp “Benjamin Velcro” in Ukraine “Benjamin Velcro” is former US serviceman and volunteer with the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine, the official unit of foreign volunteers under the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In early August, Russian media widely shared voice recordings in which Velcro recounted the torture and murder of a…
Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Struggles and the Cuban Revolution
Abayomi Azikiwe Cuban And Angolan Leaders Fidel Castro And Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Black August Series No. 3 As far back in history as the period of enslavement of African people in North America, resistance and rebellion has been met with retaliatory repression from the ruling interests. Freedom fighters such as Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vessey,…
The Venceremos Brigade & the Necessity of Solidarity with Cuba
Onyesonwu Chatoyer Members of the Venceremos Brigade with Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel The Venceremos Brigade (VB) is the youngest and oldest Cuba solidarity delegation in the US. By that I mean the VB, whose name means the “We Shall Overcome” Brigade, is the longest running US-Cuba solidarity delegation in existence with a base of brigadistas who are…
Is the Ukrainian War on its Own People Now Over?
Henry KamensMy former neighbour in the US wrote to me, tongue in cheek, a few days ago. “I was told the Ukrainian civil war is over and Russia won because the Azov Battalion was wiped out. There is a total media blackout in the US, and worse than that – so much disinformation before and…
NATO Ready to Attack a Nuclear Plant to Ethnically Cleanse Russians from Ukraine
I interview independent journalist George Eliason based in Donbass for shocking insight into the predatory nature of NATO member states. “Why is Zelensky shelling a Nuclear plant? The war will end and money stream will dry up. If Ukraine sets off a Nuclear explosion (3 times that of Chernobyl) funding opportunities increase and are guaranteed…
Tedros is Playing the Race Card to Revive Western Support for Terrorism Against Ethiopia
Andrew Korybko He’s immorally taking advantage of the Western population’s growing awareness of their authorities’ racist policies to manipulate perceptions in order to mislead that targeted audience into wrongly thinking that their governments’ scaling back of support for the TPLF is due to racism against Tigrayans when it was actually their tangible support for that…
Biden Administration’s Incapacity Emerges in Henry Kissinger’s Statement
Yoselina Guevara López Henry Kissinger is not at all a statesman for whom one can feel admiration, given his bloodthirsty record, especially in Latin America, marked by the persecution and annihilation of the left, participation and organization of coups d’états and a long etcetera of actions against the peoples. Nevertheless, objectively speaking, it cannot be…
Ukraine: A Wake-Up Call for Europe
Boaventura de Sousa Santos It is becoming clear that US neoconservatives have succeeded in creating a warmongering, anti-Russian mood in Europe through an unprecedented information war. It is becoming clear that US neoconservatives have succeeded in creating a warmongering, anti-Russian mood in Europe through an unprecedented information war, the consequences of which will take some…
The Truth about the Church in Nicaragua
Cuaderno Sandinista Religion, faith or feelings of spirituality are broad arteries of the human psyche that connect with the deepest fibers of our emotions. This is not new and throughout history these feelings have been used for or against political projects. Nicaragua, today is the victim of massive attacks by transnational mega corporations that spread…
Mumia Abu-Jamal Remains the Voice of the Voiceless
Abayomi Azikiwe Mumia Abu Jamal As A Youth Member Of The Black Panther Party In Philadelphia After 40 years of incarceration the “voice of the voiceless” remains a focus of international attention Black August Series No. 2 During the late 1960s, Mumia Abu-Jamal became a youth activist in the city of Philadelphia where a succession…
Europe: In Addition to Gas, Drinking Water is Becoming a Strategic Resource
Vladimir Odintsov The sanctions war on Russia, inspired by the Russophobic policies of the United States and its allies, has plunged the world into not only economic and energy crises, but also ecological collapse. To comply with instructions from Washington to reduce Russian gas deliveries, the authorities of the Western states have considered reviving coal…