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From Ukraine to Gaza, profit is the policy: Trump’s wars enrich defense conglomerates

The State Department recently updated its list of wars that Donald Trump allegedly ended. Trump now claims that he has…

2 weeks ago

Petro implodes U.S.-Colombia relations with his final U.N. speech

Colombian President Gustavo Petro used his final address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 23 to deliver a…

2 weeks ago

Trump’s U.N. tirade: Threats, invasion plans, and cheers for bloodshed

President Donald Trump used his U.N. speech to boast about the use of U.S. military power in recent actions, threatening…

2 weeks ago

Regime crisis in France: Bayrou falls, now Macron must go!

The ‘Bloquons tout’ mass movement precipitated the fall of French PM François Bayrou with its call to block everything on…

3 weeks ago

French police arrest 473 as ‘Block Everything’ sweeps France

French police reported 473 arrests by 5 p.m. as over 250,000 protesters (number provided by the CGT labor federation) rallied…

1 month ago

In Los Angeles, as militarized, racist federal agents attack: The significance of Japan’s Kantō Massacre

On Sept. 1, 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the Kanto region of Japan, claiming the lives of more than…

1 month ago

Indonesia: Responding to the demonstration on August 28 and violent and brutal actions by police

Statement by Gabungan Serikat Buruh Indonesia (GSBI) [the Federation of Indonesian Labor Unions] Responding to the Demonstration on August 28,…

1 month ago

France: Unité CGT says ‘Block everything!’ on Sept. 10

In this translated article, Unité CGT — the left wing of France's General Confederation of Labour (CGT) — has issued…

1 month ago

U.S.-backed Syrian government is rebranded Al-Qaeda, kicks out Palestinian groups

Earlier this year, the new government of Syria – now under the rule of a rebranded Al-Qaeda sect known as…

2 months ago

Post-Morales era: Bolivia’s 20-year MAS cycle ends, rightward shift begins

No other country in Latin America has as intense a way of doing politics as Bolivia. The official end of…

2 months ago