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Could Trump’s Iran Fiasco Be America’s Suez Crisis?

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, May 11, 2026 This is an interesting perspective on the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis.  All the more interesting with Trump going to China this week.  [jb] Empires rise and fall. They do not last forever. Imperial declines follow a gradual shifting of the economic tides, but are[…]

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Mali: Western-backed Coup, Regime Change and Destabilization Project Fails

, Terrby Michael Kramer, published on Workers World, May 6, 2026 Mali, along with Burkina Faso and Niger — all former French colonies — is a founding member of the revolutionary Alliance des États du Sahel (Alliance of Sahel States or AES). It is a landlocked country whose capital, Bamako, has a population of nearly 4 million people. On April[…]

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Mali Attacked by Western-backed Rebels

by Abyomi Azikiwe, published on Global Research, May 7, 2026 These incursions across the country were by no means surprising in light of the ongoing security crisis in Mali and throughout the entire Sahel region. The Tuareg people in northern Mali have been in conflict with the Malian government since the early days of independence during the 1960s. The Tuaregs[…]

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Trump’s Standoff With Iran Fuels Mounting Economic, Political Strain Across Europe

from PressTV, published on Workers World, May 2, 2026 European leaders are increasingly concerned that tensions arising from the U.S.’s unprovoked aggression under President Donald Trump against Iran, which has resulted in the Islamic Republic’s retaliation, could escalate from an economic shock into a broader political crisis for the European Union, a report says. Reporting on Monday [April 27], the[…]

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The Global Sumud Flotilla Remains Undeterred As Over 30 Boats Depart for Türkiye

Press Release from the Global Sumud Flotilla, May 8, 2026 Editor’s note:  More than a week after Israel hijacked the first ships from the Global Sumud  Flotilla in international waters far from the coast of Gaza, ships continue to sail.    May 8, 2026 MEDITERRANEAN SEA – The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) has officially departed Crete, with more than 30[…]

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Israel Must Release Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukeshek Who Were Abducted from the Global Summud Flotilla

Press Release, published on OMCT/SOS-Torture Network, May 7, 2026 URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY ISR 001 / 0526 / OBS 022  Arbitrary detention Abduction / Ill-treatment and torture / Incommunicado detention Israel 7 May 2026 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH),[…]

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Panama’s President Sticks to His Denial of Economic Lawfare While China Retaliates

by Miguel Santos Garcia, published on Global Research, April 20, 2026 After a series of calibrated Chinese retaliatory actions including tightened shipping inspections, frozen infrastructure projects, international arbitration and disrupted agricultural exports, Panama’s economy began feeling real pain from its decision to exit the Belt and Road Initiative and seize the Hong Kong operated port concessions through lawfare. Facing mounting[…]

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U.S. War on Iran has Worldwide Deleterious Effects

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, May 7, 2026 The war which President Donald J. Trump, with assistance from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, blithely began Feb. 28 with a decapitation strike on the leadership of Iran, has had deleterious effects on billions of workers, particularly in Africa, Latin America and East Asia. Workers in Europe and North America[…]

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Why the West Clings to a Settler State That’s Already Dying

by Rima Najjar, published on Medium, October 2, 2025 Author’s Note:  This essay asks and answers a single, urgent question: Why are Western powers aligned with Israel — despite its collapse, its open embrace of ethnic supremacy, and its strategic liability? The answer unfolds across history, ideology, and institutional complicity. From the coerced origins of the U.S.-Israel alliance to the[…]

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U.S. Global Lawlessness and Security Concerns for Non-White Nations and Their Fans Intensify Concerns that the U.S. is Not Appropriate Venue to Host World Cup

Statement by the Black Alliance for Peace, April 7, 2026 For Immediate Release Contact: communications@blackallianceforpeace.com (201) 292-4591 On April 6th, the Anti Fascist Football Coalition, a group of grassroots organizations in the three World Cup host countries – the U.S., Mexico, and Canada – delivered a petition to FIFA (signed by prominent individuals and organizations from every part of the[…]

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