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U.S. hybrid war against Venezuela goes to court: The case of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab

October 2, 2022 John Philpot and Roger D. Harris
As Venezuela’s special envoy and a deputy ambassador to the African Union, Saab has diplomatic immunity from arrest and detention under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Although a party to the convention, the […]
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Brazil: A presidential election that will mark the immediate future of Latin America

October 1, 2022 Gustavo A Maranges
Interview with Latin American political scientist and filmmaker Micaela Ovelar on the current scenario in the South American country and other defining issues ahead of the presidential election This Sunday, October 2, Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy, […]
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The real Babyn Yar

September 30, 2022 Lev Koufax
81 years later, the Jewish community, and all those who would resist fascism, remember The U.S. and European political mainstream love to use the Holocaust. They use it to justify Zionist apartheid. They use it […]
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Philippines administration displays hypocrisy on political prisoners

September 30, 2022 Lev Koufax
Earlier this month, newly elected Philippines president and neo-fascist demagogue Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. visited Singapore, a fellow country-member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It is important to note that ASEAN was […]
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Four straight years of nonstop street protest in Haiti

September 28, 2022 Vijay Prashad
A cycle of protests began in Haiti in July 2018, and—despite the pandemic—has carried on since then. The core reason for the protest in 2018 was that in March of that year the government of […]
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Jean-Luc Godard, revolutionary filmmaker

September 15, 2022 Rasika Ruwanpathirana
We are saddened to receive the news of the death of the pioneering filmmaker, critic, and political activist Jean-Luc Godard on Sept. 13.  His films broke ground as part of the French New Wave. Most […]
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After Queen’s death, victims of British imperialism share why ‘we will not mourn’

September 12, 2022 Brett Wilkins
As millions of Britons and admirers the world over mourned Queen Elizabeth II’s death Thursday, others—especially in nations formerly colonized by the British Empire—voiced reminders of the “horrendous cruelties” perpetrated against them during the monarch’s reign. “We do […]
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The bewildering vote in Chile that rejected a new constitution

September 10, 2022 Taroa Zúñiga Silva and Vijay Prashad
On September 4, 2022, more than 13 million Chileans—out of a voting-eligible population of approximately 15 million—voted on a proposal to introduce a new constitution in the country. As early as March, polls began to suggest that the […]
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Silencing the lambs: How propaganda works

September 10, 2022 John Pilger
In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler’s leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography […]
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The Queen’s diamonds: Why has the monarchy survived?

September 9, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
“The Queen is dead. Long live the King.” On September 8, Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the succession of the Prince of Wales, now King Charles  III. During the official […]