This Week In Annexation II.1 By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 20 days to go until the Smith MAGA ballot in Alberta, The DNA Report begins a second round of This Week in Annexation with a post on banker-PM Mark Carney’s sanctified quest for membership in Fortress Europe, aka the European Union (EU). In a gambit to apparently ‘strengthen’ Canadian sovereignty, Carney has run with the suggestion from European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen, that the co

The full speech delivered by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tô Lâm -- with its call for solidarity with Cuba and a new international order -- on September 22 at the high-level General Debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly translated into English. Via the UN and the government of Vietnam. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The world is undergoing profound shifts in the internat

Conference text: The view of the NCPN on socialism This summer, the New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN) held a conference to discuss the theses of the Central Committee concerning the view of the NCPN on socialism. More specifically the theses address the lessons to be drawn from the historical experience of socialist construction in the USSR, the theoretical foundations for the development of communist society, and the possibility and necessity of socialism in the

Delegates walk out as Netanyahu begins his speech at UN -- image via news video screenshot By Vijay Prashad When Benjamin Netanyahu rose to address the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, the rows of empty seats spoke before he did. Diplomats walked out, while others stayed away from the outset. News reports citing an Israeli tally put the number of delegations absent or departing at 77. This was not a recorded UN vote, nor did all 77 stage a coordinated walkout.

United Nations General Assembly Hall -- Mojnsen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Guillermo R. Barreto This month, like every year, the United Nations General Assembly takes place. Heads of State take the floor to send messages to the world. These messages are broadcast on TV, transcribed, and recorded in official documents and the press. We have heard denunciations of violations of international law, calls for peace and coexistence, and also cynical remarks from leader

Speech by member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and head of its Department of International Relations, Emilio Lozada García, at the the International Forum for Peace convened by the Communist Party of Spain in Madrid, September 25, 2026, translated from the Spanish. Inauguration of the Peace Forum Dear José Luis, Enrique, Marta, Gloria Dear comrades present here, It is an honor for the Communist Party of Cuba to participate in this International Forum

While genuine concern exists, constant warnings from AI companies serve as both a marketing tool and a consolidation strategy. As major companies manage stock prices and upcoming IPOs, the benefits of portraying the technology as powerful and dangerous are becoming clear. By John P. Ruehl Just weeks before its scheduled November IPO, Anthropic is facing growing attention over the potential dangers of its technology. The resignation of former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon o

A Historical Look By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 23 days until Alberta’s pre-annexation referendum, The DNA Report is engaging the fact that, prior to Herr Trump’s deranged threats to annex Canada as the ‘51st state’, the public here was largely unfamiliar with the term “annexation”. With that in mind, this note offers a sample primer on the history of annexation from ancient times until the 19th century so as to provide a basic understanding of this imperial

Sydney Sweeney holds equity in sports prediction market Novig and helped create its nearly nude campaign, making her both an author of the image and the object of the gaze it solicits. As women athletes contest what the ad displaces, the backlash shows how the attention economy can turn desire, feminist criticism, and outrage into commercial value. Sydney Sweeney at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival -- JoshPopov / WikiPortraits (cropped) By Reynard Loki In an adver

Trump Lends A Hand In Siccing Anger Against Immigrants By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 24 days until Alberta’s pre-annexation referendum, The DNA Report is taking a first look at the regressive ballot by reviewing the five anti-immigrant questions cooked up and launched by the Governor Smith cabinet on March 31. This review comes as Herr Trump snarled a ‘Truth Social’ statement on September 23 pushing immigrant scapegoating in Canada. The Orange Ogre’s putativ

In a strikingly anti-democratic move, on Wednesday, the Israeli Central Elections Committee (CEC) voted to bar the Joint List, an alliance comprising the Arab Balad and Ta’al parties, the communist-led Arab-Jewish Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality), and a fourth conservative Islamic party. "The disqualifications are a malicious attempt by Netanyahu and Ben Gvir to steal the election and silence the voices of millions,” the Joint List alliance, headed by Hadash,

Communist Party of Swaziland CPS condemns Mswati’s reckless alignment with Taiwan — a betrayal of national interests 24 September 2026 The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) condemns Mswati’s continued diplomatic recognition and alignment with Taiwan, as observed in his address at the United Nations General Assembly 81st session, an act that constitutes flagrant interference in China's internal affairs and a grave disservice to the Swazi people. This alignment represents not

Public domain image CPUSA responds to Trump's UN speech In a 38-minute tirade before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, President Donald Trump bragged about kidnapping foreign leaders, bombing fishing boats in the Caribbean, starting an unjust war on Iran, and deeming Cuba a failed state. He singled out the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), Democratic Socialists of America and “Antifa” as part of a “coordinated subversive network” allegedly controlled by Cuba. “That’s

This Week In Annexation I.2 By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 25 days to go until the Smith MAGA ballot in Alberta, The DNA Report is concluding This Week in Annexation with the last of a trifecta of troubling developments for the Trumpy far-Right. This sad episode concerns the hailed leader of the Albertan ‘separatist’ movement, Jeffrey Rath. He is the wheeling-dealing lawyer and co-founder of the Albertan Prosperity Project--the leading force for American Anne

Prediction markets allow people to trade on the outcomes of real-world events, from elections and earnings reports to weather and war. Supporters see them as powerful forecasting tools, while critics warn they can encourage speculation, manipulation, and the financialization of uncertainty. Image via news video screenshot By Leslie Alan Horvitz Prediction market platforms allow people to bet on real-world events like politics, culture, economics, war, and sports. Their defini

Thulisile Dladla with Lai Ching-te on September 22 -- image via X CPS condemns the puppet deputy prime minister’s Taiwan visit as a grave disregard of the one-China principle and international obligations 24 September 2026 The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) strongly and unequivocally condemns the decision of the tinkhundla regime to send the puppet Deputy Prime Minister Thulisile Dladla to Taiwan, where she met Taiwan’s so-called President of the separatists Lai Ching-te

Image via X Both the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India have issued statements demanding the resignation of the chief election commissioner of India, Gyanesh Kumar. The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement: Gyanesh Kumar Has No Right to Continue! Reform The ECI The explosive revelations in the Indian Express (September 23) surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls r

By Urariano Mota I am now publishing in English Guanaíra Amaral’s moving account of the novel ““Never-Ending Youth”. She is a psychiatrist, poet, and survivor of the dictatorship. She was the sister-in-law of Jarbas Pereira Marques, the person who inspired my creation of the character Vargas in the novel. These are the words of Guanaíra Amaral: “I just finished reading the book! I’m speechless! It was unsettling! I'm still feeling the impact of what I read. When I say “speech

This Week in Annexation I.1 BCNDP Premier David Eby calling the snap election -- image via X screenshot By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 27 days to go, The DNA Report is continuing This Week in Annexation with another sad news story for the Trumpy faction, this time in BC. Events have been moving very fast in the province today as a leadership collapse in the opposition Conservatives has given way to a snap election. Political pundits have been devouring popcor

Trump delivers remarks at the White House AI Summit, July 23, 2025 -- public domain image By Rezgar Akrawi On 8 September 2026 the researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic, declaring that the two largest companies in the field are ‘gambling with our lives,’ and the people building these systems ‘earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.’ His concern was not an isolated one. Tens of thousands of people, among them leading scientists, have sign