Month: August 2023

Political Prisoners

‘Long live the spirit of Jonathan Jackson!’

August 20, 2023 Stephen Millies
Two 17-year-olds at the door of history Jonathan Jackson was just 17 years old when he gave his life for oppressed people on Aug. 7, 1970. He went to the San Rafael, California, courthouse to […]
Around the world

What’s behind the U.S. military surge in West Asia?

August 20, 2023 Robert Inlakesh
In a significant move that sent worrying ripples across West Asia, the U.S. military has discreetly dispatched over 6,000 troops to the region, igniting tensions and triggering debates on regional stability. While the surge of […]
Around the world

As Senegal organizes troops to invade Niger, violence mars ‘constitutional order’ within its own borders

August 19, 2023 Tanupriya Singh
Senegal began “regrouping” its forces in the region of Thiès at the start of this week after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ordered the activation of a standby force for a potential […]
Around the world

Human Rights Watch blesses foreign military intervention into Haiti

August 19, 2023 Kim Ives
Just as missionaries preceded and prepared the ground for the sword-wielding conquistadors during Europe’s bloody conquest of the Americas, today, “human rights” groups are the imperial forerunners, attempting to politically and ideologically justify the coups, […]
Around the world

African Union will not back ECOWAS intervention in Niger

August 18, 2023 Pavan Kulkarni
The African Union (AU) said on Wednesday, August 16, that it will not support the military intervention that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is planning, with the backing of France and the […]
Fight racism

Knocking out white supremacy in Montgomery, Alabama

August 17, 2023 Stephen Millies
A righteous fightback in the spirit of Rosa Parks The whole world saw Black people successfully defend themselves against a drunken white mob on Aug. 5 in Montgomery, Alabama. Damien Pickett, a Black co-captain on […]
China

China issues report on U.S. violation of WTO rules

August 17, 2023 Liu Zhihua
China issued, for the first time, a report comprehensively revealing the United States’ excessive violation of World Trade Organization rules on August 11, urging the world’s largest economy to shoulder responsibilities and safeguard the multilateral […]
China

New book reveals Tiananmen square massacre, others fabricated by U.S.

August 17, 2023 Al Mayadeen English
For decades, Western media have been narrating the same story about China being this brutal “dictatorship” whose people are killed at the hands of the criminal communist regime, giving the Tiananmen Square massacre as a […]
U.S. / NATO war

Five key features of imperialism

August 16, 2023 Gary Wilson
War and Lenin in the 21st century, part 2    Vladimir Lenin, the revolutionary leader of the Soviet Union and a key contributor to Marxist theory, outlined his theory of imperialism in “Imperialism, the […]
U.S. / NATO war

U.S. funds war, takes over Ukraine assets

August 15, 2023 Gary Wilson
War and Lenin in the 21st century, part 1  The U.S. is funding a proxy war against Russia — Congress has approved $113 billion for Ukraine — seizing Ukraine’s assets in the process.  The […]