[Will the US, France, or the UK pay for what they have done? We won't be holding our breath. The UN is a weapon, and it is wielded by the powerful against the weak. It is incredibly naive to believe that any of the permanent members of the Security Council would be brought to justice... Continue Reading →
Russia’s Advancing Multipolarity In Africa Through Mozambique
[This article is interesting as it highlights the challenges that African countries face in regard to their independence and development in the modern era as well as the role of Russia in organizing a world order that is not dominated by US imperialism. First of all, countries such as Mozambique face violence from armed opposition... Continue Reading →
Ukraine Seizes Russian Tanker, Kills Woman and Injures 3 Year Old With Shelling
[Following the recent example of Britain’s illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar, Ukraine seized a Russian tanker at the port of Izmail in southwestern Ukraine on the 25th of July. The Ukrainian government claims the Russian-flagged tanker “Nika Spirit” was involved in the Kerch Strait incident that occurred in... Continue Reading →
Speedboats & Helicopter Assault: Iran Shows Footage of British Tanker Seizure
[In response to the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker near the Strait of Gibraltar by British forces, Iran has seized two British oil tankers, one of which has already been released. The one currently being held, the Stena Impero, is British-flagged, and Iran claims that the tanker failed to observe international maritime regulations in... Continue Reading →
Too Many Africans?
[The article below details how environmental destruction, poverty, and economic crises are rooted in the imperialist nations' problems of overconsumption and unequal wealth distribution. The neo-Malthusian narrative about "useless eaters" and that the world has an "overpopulation" problem is beneficial to the capitalist class because when all focus and blame is shifted away from the... Continue Reading →
Ukrainian Forces Kidnap Retired Air Defense Soldier, Murder Civilian by Shelling, and Use Banned White Phosphorus
[This past week, the Ukrainian military has continued its shelling of civilians living near the front line in Donbass, killing one woman, injuring several others, and destroying multiple houses. In addition, they have used white phosphorus shells and incendiary bullets against a residential neighborhood. Three soldiers of the Donetsk People’s Republic were also killed during... Continue Reading →
Turkish Authorities Issued Arrest Warrants For Over 200 Soldiers Allegedly Linked To Gulen Movement
[The third anniversary of the failed coup attempt against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey falls on the 15th of July 2019. The coup attempt was organized and carried out by a faction of the Turkish military with links to the Gülen movement, an organization designated as a terrorist group by the Turkish... Continue Reading →
Collapse Of Ukraine’s Health Sector
[It should come as no surprise that Ukraine’s health sector would be among the hardest hit in the aftermath of the 2014 Western.-backed coup. As noted by the author below, the country’s health care system had already started to deteriorate following its “independence” and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 as it went... Continue Reading →
Ukrainian Military Attacks on Donbass Civilians Have Increased Under Zelensky
[Since the new President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, took office, Ukrainian military attacks against civilians in the Donbass region have increased in intensity. Although there has been routine shelling of civilian areas ever since the armed conflict started in 2014 following the Western-backed Euromaidan coup in Ukraine and the secession of its eastern regions, people... Continue Reading →
Red Army’s Operation Bagration Not D-Day Landings Broke Back of German Fascism During Summer of 1944
[The Soviet Operation Bagration which began on June 22, 1944 was one of the largest offenses in scale and one of the most decisive operations in all of World War II. It dwarfed the D-Day landings in terms of scale and the significant amount of damage it inflicted upon the Wehrmacht, which helped pave the... Continue Reading →
Russia questions US push to form ‘Arab NATO’
[It is no secret that Saudi Arabia, the other Gulf monarchies, and [post-Nasserist] Egypt are NATO-aligned client states which assist in carrying out U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, along with Israel. Sitting on top of an extraordinary amount of oil wealth, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in particular, assists the U.S. in plundering... Continue Reading →
US to begin INF Treaty withdrawal from February 2, Washington confirms
[The United States made the unilateral decision to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty on December 2018; the official withdrawal begins on February 2, 2019. Despite Russia consistently complying with the terms, the U.S. had always been looking for an excuse to not keep its end of the bargain. Just before the official U.S.... Continue Reading →