Conflict

Belgium’s Lumumba Case Raises a Question

By Tafi Mhaka On January 20, a court in Brussels, Belgium, convened a procedural hearing in the long-running case concerning the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the…


Venezuela Under Siege

A Hundred Deaths at Sea – Hundreds of Thousands by Sanctions By Roger D. Harris Washington is targeting the Venezuelan people in an escalating regime-change offensive, combining open military violence with an economic siege that…


Exxon’s Long History in Venezuela

By Nick Corbishley Exxon has a long, rich history in Venezuela dating back over a century. Its predecessor, Standard Oil, was one of the first companies to explore for oil in the South American country…




Bodies as Barricades

By Calla Mairead Walsh The ongoing “Prisoners for Palestine” hunger strike in British prisons, now exceeding 46 days, is the largest protest in UK prisons since the 1981 Irish republican strike. Eight political prisoners, remanded…


US Interference Invalidates Honduran Election

By John Perry While Washington’s aversion to foreign interference in its domestic elections verges on paranoia, the gross hypocrisy which runs through its foreign policy leaves it free of any compunction when meddling in other…


China Cuts a Supply Chain

Antimony and the existential fragility of American military power By Shanaka Anslem Perera I. The confession hidden in plain sight Buried in paragraph 47 of the Defense Logistics Agency’s September 2025 contract announcement was a…


Venezuela Solidarity Protest in Raleigh

Protesters demand safe return of Maduro to Venezuela and no war By Carl Hintz On Saturday January 3rd, protesters assembled in Raleigh, NC at Moore Square in opposition to the illegal and unconstitutional attacks on…


The EU’s New Censorship Machine

By Thomas Fazi The EU loves talking about freedom. Just look at one of its recent press releases, launching something called the Euro­pean Democracy Shield, which promises to protect everything from “free people” to “free…