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Alaska Summit: Between Expectation and Illusion
Donald Trump in July, 2025 -- public domain image By Biljana Vankovska It is entirely understandable that, after such a long and bloody...

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Aug 144 min read


Hiroshima Lives On – in Gaza
Rafah in January, 2025 -- Ashraf Amra, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska This year marks another solemn...

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Aug 95 min read


The Global Economic Benefit from the Genocide of Palestinians
IDF merkava tank in Gaza, July 2025 -- IDF Spokesperson's Unit via Wikimedia Commons By Ubai al-Aboudi and Vijay Prashad On 16 June 2025,...

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Aug 110 min read


NATO: The No-Exit Trap of Hotel California?
By Biljana Vankovska My analysis of the beginnings of cracks in NATO had been published with a short delay, just enough to become...

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Jul 264 min read


Public Funding is the Solution to Media Bias, Not the Driver
The billionaire class has its sights set on an ignorant populace that would be more receptive to its morally bankrupt ideology....

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Jul 255 min read


Israel and the Drug War in Syria
Syrian Ministry of Defense HQ in the aftermath of an Israeli bombing, July, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad Tensions...

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Jul 256 min read


The Last COP: Will Brazil Host a Conference that Saves the World’s Climate?
Lula during a 2023 ceremony announcing the holding of COP 30 in the city of Belém -- Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY...

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Jul 245 min read


The First Crack in NATO’s Fortress? Slovenia Opens the Referendum Conundrum
Public domain image By Biljana Vankovska At NATO’s recent summit in The Hague (24–25 June), alliance leaders triumphantly announced a...

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Jul 214 min read


The Corporate Takeover of Housing
Corporate ownership remains a relatively small percentage of American housing. But a growing number of financial firms, tech platforms,...

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Jul 138 min read


The US Makes Most Compelling Case for Nuclear Proliferation
By Vijay Prashad and Dae-Han Song The atomic bomb has been humanity’s most dangerous creation; that the United States government used the...

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Jul 95 min read


A Communist Wins the Left Primary in Chile and Prepares to Battle the Right in the Presidential Election in November
Image via Jara on X By Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva Jeanette Jara (born 1974) prevailed in the Chilean presidential primary of...

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Jul 15 min read


The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s Hallucinations
Leaders photo at the NATO Summit, June 25 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad By the end of the annual meeting of the North Atlantic...

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Jun 305 min read


The United States Strikes on Iran Will Increase Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
From the Pentagon briefing after the US attack -- U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad On 21...

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Jun 244 min read


Were Canadian Elections Existential in the Context of US-Canada Tensions? (Part 2)
Trump and Carney, May 6, 2025 -- public domain image By P. Ambedkar and Arnold August Editor’s Note: This interview is part two of two...

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Jun 188 min read


South Korea’s President Lee Shouldn’t Attend NATO: Amidst Crises, Peace is Pragmatic
President Lee leaves for Canada, June 16 2025 -- Ministry of culture, sports and Tourism Official Photographer : Lee jeong woo, Republic...

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Jun 174 min read


Were Canadian Elections Existential in the Context of US-Canada Tensions? (Part 1)
Trump and Carney, May 6, 2025 -- public domain image By P. Ambedkar and Arnold August Editor’s Note: This interview is part one of two...

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Jun 126 min read


New Spider-Man Sequence: One Second Closer to Doomsday?
89 seconds to midnight announcement, January 28, 2025 -- image via video screenshot By Biljana Vankovska In 2022, I was invited to...

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Jun 44 min read


It’s Time to Consign NATO to the Dustbin of History
By Biljana Vankovska As NATO’s next summit looms – against the backdrop of an escalating proxy war in Ukraine and a genocidal horror in...

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Jun 34 min read


The Guns Are Again Ablaze in Libya
Abdul Ghani al-Kikli prior to his killing -- image via screenshot on X By Vijay Prashad On 12 May 2025, Abdul Ghani al-Kikli, known to...

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Jun 36 min read


How to Win the Highest Minimum Wage in the USA
It took more than two years of hard work and relentless campaigning for LA’s tourism workers to win $30 an hour. Here’s how they did it....

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Jun 25 min read
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