Courtesy VOA The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a meeting with his generals and decided that troops would not open fire on civilians to enforce a curfew, two serving army officers with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.— Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman then reached out to […]

Courtesy The Daily News (Sri Lanka) Colombo, August 5: Following the month long violent unrest over the job quota issue in Bangladesh, and upon the intervention of the Bangladesh army chief Gen.Waker-uz Zaman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday flew out of the country, the daily Prothom Alo reported. Army Chief Gen. Zaman began a meeting […]

Geopolitical Economy Report Why has the US constantly tried to overthrow Venezuela’s leftist government, backing coup attempts against Presidents Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro? Ben Norton analyzes the role of Venezuela’s large oil reserves and natural resources; socialist system; anti-imperialist foreign policy; partnership with China, Russia, and Iran; and leadership in building a multipolar world.

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 Saeed Naqvi Dated: 30.07.2024 The brutal realism of Tarantino’s Django Unchained may well cause the weak of stomach to throw up. A white plantation owner in America’s deep south, seated on a sofa in his living room, watches two burly slaves wrestle to the grim end or atleast until one of them has gouged out […]

MintPress News Retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson joins the MintCast director Mnar Adley to discuss the decline and possible fall of the U.S. empire. It is clear to at least half the world, some four billion people, that the United States is not the power that it once was… Our reputation is in tatters […]

MIKE WHITNEY  Courtesy The Unz Review Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, poses for a group picture with members of the Palestinian factions during the signing of the Beijing Declaration in Beijing, China, July 23, 2024. Credit: Chinese Foreign Ministry […]

New Money The Congressional Budget Office has admitted that the US national debt cannot be repaid. So what’s the solution from the US Government and Federal Reserve, will this weigh on the election, and what will the result be for the stock market?

By Tom Engelhardt Courtesy TomDispatch It’s not a happenstance or some sad mistake that, barring a surprise, Americans will go to the polls in November to vote for one of two distinctly ancient men, now 77 and 81, both of whom have clearly exhibited language and thought problems for a significant period of time. To put […]

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Story by Gergana Krasteva Courtesy Metro (UK) Russian soldiers fire from the BM-21 ‘Grad’ self-propelled 122mm multiple rocket launcher in an undisclosed location in Ukraine (Picture: AP)© Provided by Metro One of Russia’s top propagandists has unveiled seven targets in the UK, which Vladimir Putin could strike in retaliation to sir Keir Starmer’s military help to Ukraine. London, Kent, Manchester, Birmingham and Portsmouth are on the […]

Story by Dave Malyon Courtesy Knewz A Vladimir Putin blowhard in Russia, Yevgeny Popov, claimed that the Kremlin had nuclear missiles lined up” to take out a list of seven Western capital cities. Knewz.com has learned the allegations come amidst a string of threats following America’s announcement of its plans to deploy intermediate-range guided missiles in Germany. The alleged nuclear targets […]

Michael Klare Courtesy TomDispatch July 4, 2024 In his years in power, Joe Biden and his top foreign policy officials have come up with a distinctly more aggressive and militarized approach to a rising China and, in particular, its claims to areas of the South China Sea or the island of Taiwan. As an old […]

Juan Cole Courtesy Tomdispatch. July 2, 2024 Though I was never in the U.S. military, my life experience has been American wars, wars, wars, and more wars. I was born during World War II. I was in grade school when the Korean War took place. I still have a faint memory of a photo of […]

Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom In this eye-opening conversation, Judge Napolitano sits down with Ambassador Chas Freeman to discuss the critical factors behind Israel’s ongoing struggles. They delve into geopolitical dynamics, historical contexts, and the shifting global sentiments that are influencing Israel’s position on the world stage. Don’t miss this in-depth analysis and thought-provoking discussion […]

BY BINOY KAMPMARK Courtesy counterpunch Image by Samuel Regan-Asante. One of the longest sagas of political persecution is coming to its terminus. That is, if you believe in final chapters. Nothing about the fate of Julian Assange seems determinative. His accusers and inquisitors will draw some delight at the plea deal reached between the WikiLeaks founder’s […]

Geopolitical Economy Report Countries around the world are seeking alternatives to the US dollar. IMF economists say de-dollarization is “broad-based”. The Federal Reserve reluctantly admits that it is happening. Ben Norton analyzes the latest research.

Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In early June, a rumour began to circulate – which was widely reported in the Indian press as true – that the government of Saudi Arabia had allowed its petrodollar agreement with the United States to lapse. This agreement, made in 1974, is quite straight-forward and fulfils various needs of […]

Jeffrey Sachs Of Fans Jeffrey Sachs is a well-known American economist, academic, and public policy analyst who has made significant contributions to the fields of sustainable development and economic development. He has held various prestigious positions throughout his career, including serving as the director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and as a special […]

Courtesy defenddemocracy.press Ukraine Says Some of Its F-16 Fighter Jets Will Be Stored Abroad Putin has previously warned that Russia could target bases in NATO countries if they’re hosting warplanes that are being used in Ukraine June 10, 2024 A senior Ukrainian Air Force official said Monday that Ukraine plans to keep some of the […]

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos Courtesy defenddemocracy.press June 3, 2024 Napoleon campaigned in Russia and was crushed. The Western powers heavily intervened in Russia against the Bolsheviks (1918-21), only to face humiliation and see their own troops revolt. Hitler’s Germany attacked Russia and was destroyed. Their glory is apparently envied now by Biden, Scholz, Macron, Stoltenberg, von […]

Vijay Prashad Their Rules-Based International Order Is the Rule of the Mafia: The Twenty-Third Newsletter (2024)   Ana Segovia (Mexico), Huapango Torero (‘Huapango Bullfighter’), 2019. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. The skin is the largest organ of the human body. It covers our entire surface, at some points […]

TomDispatch June 2, 2024 War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Or so the song lyrics go anyway. But in the case of this country, war, it turns out, has been good for plenty of high-class Americans, especially our weapons makers. As TomDispatch regular David Vine and Theresa Arriola report today, the military-industrial-congressional complex […]

Geopolitical Economy Report While BlackRock veterans run Joe Biden’s Treasury, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is financed by Wall Street’s highest-paid CEO, of Blackstone, the world’s largest commercial landlord. Ben Norton explains how Wall Street investment companies, asset managers, and banks essentially buy US elections.

By Ben Norton Courtesy defenddemocracy.press Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, sought to unite the Global South against Western imperialism, joined BRICS, advocated dedollarization, and strongly supported Palestine. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19, left behind a legacy of working to build a more […]

patriotic people’s front assam Guwahati: Expressing shock and dismay over the Dudhnoi incident, where two teenage girls were gang-raped and a youth was killed by a group of hooligans, a nationalist forum in northeast India demands a stringent punishment to those criminals. Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) also urges Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, […]

Matanat Nasibova Caliber.Az Macron’s France is once again reaping the fruits of its failed policy toward overseas territories, particularly in New Caledonia, where unrest has been raging since May 13 over a bill that envisions granting the right to participate in regional elections to people who have lived in the archipelago for more than 10 […]

By Andre Damon 16 May 2024 In a major escalation of the US-NATO war with Russia in Ukraine, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown told the New York Times Thursday that the NATO military alliance will eventually” send significant numbers of active-duty NATO troops to Ukraine, which the newspaper said […]

Sputnik May 15. 2024 ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held an emergency meeting with the heads of intelligence and the ministry of justice after his fellow party member, Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli, had warned of a possible coup d’état being prepared by law enforcement agencies, the Turkiye newspaper on […]