Around the world

Rwanda’s military is the French proxy on African soil

September 9, 2021 Vijay Prashad

On July 9, 2021, the government of Rwanda said that it had deployed 1,000 troops to Mozambique to battle al-Shabaab fighters, who had seized the northern province of Cabo Delgado. A month later, on August […]

How Reagan’s war drive exploited a tragedy: The real story of Korean Air Lines Flight 007

September 7, 2021 Stephen Millies

Thirty-eight years ago, 269 people were killed when Korean Air Lines flight 007 was shot down over the Soviet Union on Sept. 1, 1983. President Ronald Reagan called it “an act of barbarism.” U.S. cops […]

Los Angeles protest: Peru’s will must be respected!

September 6, 2021 Jefferson Azevedo

On August 26, Peru Libre — the Free Peru national political party – organized a demonstration in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. A group formed by people from Peru, other South American countries, Mexico […]

Tears of empire

September 4, 2021 Mumia Abu-Jamal

It happened with a suddenness that was stunning. The Taliban taking town by town, village by village, province by province until Kabul itself toppled all without virtually firing a shot. The sudden full of the […]

New Orleans marches against U.S. imperialism

August 28, 2021 Gregory E. Williams

On Aug. 21, New Orleanians marched against U.S. imperialism, “from Kabul to the Caribbean,” as stated in the announcement. The action was initiated by organizers with Freedom Road Socialist Organization – New Orleans, and the […]

Philippines: Revolutionary artist Parts Bagani murdered in police and military raid

August 27, 2021 Bayani

The art of Parts Bagani is world-renowned, undeniably distinct, and always in service of the masses. Spend enough time among the anti-imperialist forces in the world and you will inevitably see his work, whether decorating […]

Peru: Héctor Béjar’s resignation, ‘The President and the government put themselves hostage to the military’

August 21, 2021 Carlos Aznárez

The government of Pedro Castillo has suffered its first defeat, by yielding to the pressures of the right-wing coup and the most reactionary sectors of the Armed Forces. The imposition of the resignation of Foreign […]

Afghan resistance ends U.S. occupation

August 21, 2021 Scott Scheffer

The long and brutal U.S. imperialist war in Afghanistan is coming to a chaotic, inglorious end. For 20 years, the people of Afghanistan resisted the U.S. occupation and today the puppet government and its phony […]

Washington spent more than $2 trillion on a war that it knew could not be won

August 19, 2021 Vijay Prashad

On August 15, the Taliban arrived in Kabul. The Taliban’s leadership entered the presidential palace, which Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had vacated when he fled into exile abroad hours before. The country’s borders shut down and Kabul’s […]

Haiti needs aid not intervention!

August 18, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha

Stop the deportations! Over 1,400 people were killed by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Aug. 14. Thousands more may have died. At least 30,000 families were made homeless. This misery was compounded by […]