Around the world – Struggle

Brooklyn rally demands: Free Maduro and Flores

May 5, 2026 Stephen Millies

May 3 — People rallied outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, to demand freedom for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Combatant Cilia Flores. They were kidnapped in Caracas by Trump C […]

China tells firms: don’t obey U.S. Iran sanctions

May 3, 2026 Gary Wilson

China has directly challenged the U.S. sanctions campaign against Iran, ordering all Chinese firms and individuals to ignore U.S. penalties targeting five oil refineries accused of buying Iranian crude. China’s Ministry of Commerce invoked its […]

Oil supported the dollar — it did not replace gold

April 30, 2026 Gary Wilson

The petrodollar system took shape in the 1970s, sealed by Henry Kissinger. Saudi oil would be sold in dollars, Washington would protect the brutal Saudi monarchy, and Gulf oil profits would flow back into U.S. […]

Yemen forces a U.S. Navy detour

April 28, 2026 Gary Wilson

The USS George H.W. Bush did not take the direct route to the war zone near Iran. The nuclear-powered supercarrier left Norfolk, Virginia, on March 31, then sailed more than 11,000 miles around the Cape […]

Stored in a vault under the bank of england

The dollar makes the world pay for U.S. wars — but the system is cracking

April 27, 2026 Gary Wilson

For 55 years, Washington had a power no other government had. It could buy from the world, borrow from the world and wage war around the world with dollars it controlled. Other countries needed dollars […]

Claude Mythos and the AI protection racket

April 25, 2026 Gary Wilson

Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview on April 7. The company described the model as too powerful for general release. It said Mythos had discovered thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities in major operating systems and web browsers. […]

U.S. piracy from Hormuz to Panama

April 25, 2026 Gary Wilson

On April 19, U.S. forces boarded and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz. In the days that followed, Iranian forces seized cargo vessels attempting to transit the Strait without authorization. On […]

Trump’s war to save the dollar is killing it

April 20, 2026 Gary Wilson

The United Arab Emirates has asked Washington for a financial lifeline — and threatened to start selling oil in Chinese yuan if it does not get one. That is a contradiction of Trump’s war on […]

Russia warns of massive U.S. military buildup near Iran

April 19, 2026 Internationalist 360°

Reprinted from Internationalist 360°. Russia’s Security Council warned April 14 that the Pentagon is using ceasefire negotiations as cover to prepare a ground operation against Iran, even as Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy announced […]

The cowardice of qualification: when anti-war voices speak the language of empire

April 19, 2026 Ramzy Baroud

By Ramzy Baroud Even those who oppose war often do so within a framework shaped by the very systems of power they claim to challenge. A respected human rights activist has spoken repeatedly against the […]