1 Million Members, 100 Million Trees: How Brazil’s Socialist Farmers Are Fighting Big Ag
The one-million strong Landless Workers Movement (MST) is a backbone of the Brazilian left, famous for its mass actions and radical land occupations all across the Brazilian countryside. While fighting agribusiness giants, the MST has become the largest producer of organic rice in Latin America, has a plan to plant 100 million trees to fight […]
Is South Korea a Pawn in the US Cold War Against China?
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will soon go to Washington DC, where Biden is expected to put further pressure on him to isolate China. President Yoon’s visit to Washington takes on added significance after revelations from leaked Pentagon documents highlight CIA spying on South Korea’s government. According to Ju-Hyun Park, Engagement Editor at The Real […]
Who’s the Real ‘Gold Mafia’: Al-Jazeera Doc on Zimbabwe’s Corruption & Western Double Standards
A new documentary series from Al Jazeera makes explosive allegations about Zimbabwe’s gold trade and corruption, but does it tell the whole story? Rutendo Matinyarare, Chairperson of Zimbabwe Anti-Sanctions Movement (ZASM) and founder of Zimbabweans Unite Against US War Sanctions (ZUAUWS), says no. He says the US is utilizing new methods to maintain global hegemony […]
Why the US Still Refuses to Give Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal a New Trial
The fight for freedom for Muma Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther and award-winning journalist who has been in prison for over 41 years, has been set back after a new trial appeal was denied. A Philadelphia judge dismissed the appeal despite new evidence of racism and corruption within the prosecution, police and judges. Noelle Hanrahan, […]
China’s Saudi-Iran Peace Deal Is a Major Setback for US Empire, with Prof. Mohammad Marandi
The historic deal brokered by China for a Saudi-Iran rapprochement reflects not only a changing region, but a shifting world order. While the US focuses on its proxy war in Ukraine, with US officials essentially blocking meaningful peace discussion both there and in Yemen, its “strategic competitor” China now looks like the adult in the […]
How Silicon Valley and Anti-China Cold Warriors Are Uniting to Attack TikTok
On March 23, CEO of TikTok Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress, where he was grilled with ignorant and McCarthyite questions. The hearing served as the latest front in the New Cold War against China as Congress seeks to ban TikTok. Amanda Yee, an editor of Liberation News, explains how the hearing fits into Silicon […]
AMLO Responds to US Threats of Unilateral Military Action: ‘We Will Never Be a US Colony’
Amid ongoing US rhetorical attacks on Mexico, President AMLO held a massive rally to mark 85 years since the expropriation of its oil resources from foreign corporations. During the rally AMLO declared that Mexico will “never be a colony or protectorate of the US.” John Ackerman, Professor at the Institute for Legal Research at the […]
Indian Farmers Give Modi a Black Eye
Thousands of Indian farmers, who had been marching in the state of Maharashtra led by a Communist-led farmers’ organization (AIKS), concluded their protest on March 18 with the government accepting their demands. Vikas Rawal, Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharalal Nehru University, discusses the farmer’s demands and what […]