The French proletariat fights for its pension and retirement rights

France, like every other European nation is reeling under the combined weight of (1) self-inflicted financial meltdown as the Euro economies are throwing themselves and their workers to the wolves in a futile effort to save US hegemony, and (2) the ever-present cyclical crises of overproduction within the capitalist system which always lead to financial … [Read more…]

The murder of Tyre Nichols

On the evening of January 7, in a poor, mainly black, area of Memphis, a 29 year old black man driving home in his car was stopped by police and beaten to death. Tyre Nichols had committed no traffic violation that can be found on any traffic cameras, police car cams or the officers’ body … [Read more…]

Israeli persecution of Palestinians
taken to a new level

Since the start of 2023 until 30 January we saw 35 Palestinian people murdered by either the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) or the even more blood-thirsty (if that is possible) Zionist settler movement, a fact which is marked mostly by its near total absence from the TV and newspaper reports emitting from within the multi-headed … [Read more…]

Ukraine – From coup d’état to war

By Mario Sousa The lack of information about the events in Ukraine is great and makes many people wonder what is really happening and why. With these thoughts I wrote the following article.  On December 1, 1991, Ukraine declared itself an independent country even though the Soviet Union only ceased to exist just over 3 … [Read more…]

The West seeks to leverage Estonia against Russia

Reproduced from Infobrics, with thanks Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Western intentions to arm Estonia with the most modern types of conventional weapons which can target Saint Petersburg, as well as the installation of a medium-range anti-missile defence system, suggests that the Baltic country is wanting to challenge … [Read more…]

The DPRK pledges firm support for Russia

Pyongyang, January 27 (KCNA) — Kim Yo Jong, vice-department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on 27 January 2023:  The US, which has exposed the whole continent of Europe to the grave danger of war and caused big and small concerns, is now further crossing … [Read more…]

Peru’s fragile socialist government ousted by a soft coup

For decades Peru, like many other Latin American nations, has been trying to become a socialist country. It seemed that fulfilment of this aim may finally be at hand when, in July, 2021, Perú Libre (Free Peru), led by Pedro Castillo, a modest, unassuming school teacher from the high Andes, emerged improbably as the country’s … [Read more…]

Israel elections – even more racism and nastier fascists

It is a truism that the inhumanity of Zionism knows no bounds. It is matched only by the immense stupidity of the Zionists and the unflinching certainty that their Israel project will fail and fall! Going into the latest elections many people held the view that the Zionist government could not get more right-wing than … [Read more…]