Tag: current affairs – international

In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. But they’re silent about the biggest of them all

Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them Ingrid Robeyns This week, hundreds of government leaders, heads of state, and business executives are gathering at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. They will be discussing solutions to… Read More In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. But they’re silent about the biggest of them all

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Moment of reckoning

Lessons from the first year of Donald Trump’s second term The West’s complicity in Israel’s genocidal razing of Gaza and the impunity with which an allegedly isolationist Trump abducted Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, expropriated its oil, bombed Iran, and threatened to annex Greenland and Canada has, it’s fair to say, made international law a disreputable… Read More Moment of reckoning

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Congo: A Tragedy in Many Parts Over Many Decades

Since independence, the Republic of Congo has been suffering from ethnic strife, armed rebellions and military interventions by neighbouring countries. The presence of valuable minerals has added fuel to the strife which has taken millions of lives. Can peace ever come to this troubled nation? D.J. Ravindran The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formerly… Read More Congo: A Tragedy in Many Parts Over Many Decades

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Tar Wars

Behind today’s headlines is a history of imperial outrage—including a Philadelphia contract man who wreaked havoc in early 20th century Venezuela and helped oust a president. Greg Grandin Before Nicolás Maduro and Hugo Chávez, there was Cipriano Castro. Before Donald Trump, there was Theodore Roosevelt. And before petroleum, there was asphalt pitch. The following excerpt… Read More Tar Wars

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Neither turban nor crown, but Woman, Life, Freedom

Anti-regime pictures Hundreds of gunshot eye injuries found in one Iranian hospital amid brutal crackdown on protests Maryam Namazie A new nationwide wave of protest has spread across Iran since 28 December 2025. Initially triggered by acute economic collapse (currency freefall, sharp price rises for basic necessities, and renewed scarcity), it has rapidly become a… Read More Neither turban nor crown, but Woman, Life, Freedom

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With thousands dead, the Iranian regime may survive these protests – but not in its current form

NB: The Iranian theocracy is a brutal tyranny; and all those who stood up for the Palestinian people should support the long struggle of the people of Iran for democracy and freedom. Left wing acrtivists may recall that this regime has been punishing and executing leftists for decades. DS With fear, surveillance and brute force… Read More With thousands dead, the Iranian regime may survive these protests – but not in its current form

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Homeland Empire

From Venezuela to Minnesota, Trump is trying to create a borderless American power, collapsing the foreign and the domestic into a single domain of impunity… The good news is that the US is a large, diverse, energetic country, filled with people who do not like to be bullied and coerced, who still possess significant degrees… Read More Homeland Empire

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Pro-Palestinian activists are carrying out one of the UK’s longest ever hunger strikes

London, UK —  Heba Muraisi knows exactly what is happening to her body.“My organs are slowly but surely shutting down,” she said late Monday via phone call from HMP New Hall, a prison in northern England. The 31-year-old Londoner and pro-Palestinian activist is refusing food as part of a coordinated hunger strike – the longest the… Read More Pro-Palestinian activists are carrying out one of the UK’s longest ever hunger strikes

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Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?

Julian Borger The attack on Venezuela and the seizure of its president was a shocking enough start to 2026, but it was only the next day, when the smoke had dispersed and Donald Trump was flying from Florida to Washington DC in triumph, that it became clear the world had entered a new era. The US president… Read More Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?

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