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The Choices That Australia Makes
The skyline of Perth seen from Kings Park, Western Australia -- Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>...
Michael Laxer
Nov 13, 20245 min read
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: The Man Who Defeated Israel
By Vijay Prashad Israel assassinated Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (1960-2024) because he refused to stop the attacks on northern Israel until...
Michael Laxer
Sep 30, 20247 min read
The Israelis Are Conducting Scholasticide in Occupied Palestine
Israeli forces destroy Israa University in the Gaza Strip, January 17, 2024 By Vijay Prashad You must drive up a hill to get to Birzeit...
Michael Laxer
Sep 11, 20245 min read
ManiFiesta 2024 Brings New Energy to Activists and Movements Around Europe and the World
Palestinian solidarity performance at ManiFesta 2024 -- image via X By Global News Service Over 15,000 people gathered in Ostend,...
Michael Laxer
Sep 10, 20241 min read
Will Bangladesh Be Another Egypt?
Image via X By Vijay Prashad The day after former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka, I was on the phone with a friend...
Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20246 min read
Every Place in Gaza—Including Schools—Is a Target
Absolute devastation in Gaza -- image via the Palestinian People's Party By Vijay Prashad It is almost as if the Israeli army is trying...
Michael Laxer
Aug 14, 20245 min read
The Conundrums of Bangladeshi Politics
Image from the street protests in Bangladesh that brought down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina -- image via X By Vijay Prashad On Monday,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 7, 20249 min read
The Venezuelan People Stay With the Bolivarian Revolution
Image via X By Vijay Prashad On July 28, the 70th birthday of Hugo Chávez (1954-2013), Nicolás Maduro Moros won the Venezuelan...
Michael Laxer
Jul 30, 20245 min read
Venezuela Faces a Test This Sunday
Maduro rally July 20 -- Image via X By Vijay Prashad On July 28, the people of Venezuela will go to the polls to conduct the sixth...
Michael Laxer
Jul 25, 20245 min read
NATO Accelerates Its Conflict With China
Public domain image of the NATO Summit By Vijay Prashad At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Washington, the focus...
Michael Laxer
Jul 19, 20245 min read
Will the Palestinian Groups Create a New Palestinian Political Project?
By Vijay Prashad In Cairo, representatives from Hamas held indirect negotiations with Israel for a ceasefire. The sticking point for...
Michael Laxer
May 7, 20246 min read
Elites in the Global North Are Scared to Talk About Palestine
Professors join students at mass protests at Columbia University, April 22 -- Image via X By Vijay Prashad Israeli bombs continue to fall...
Michael Laxer
Apr 22, 20245 min read
5th People’s Health Assembly Begins in Mar del Plata
A panel at the assembly -- image via PHA website By Global News Service Over 600 activists from around the world have converged in Mar...
Michael Laxer
Apr 11, 20241 min read
The Unremarkable Death of Migrants in the Sahara Desert
Djebel al-Akakus (Tadrart Acacus) mountains in a desert area in south western Libya, part of the Sahara -- Luca Galuzzi, CC BY-SA 2.5...
Michael Laxer
Apr 5, 20245 min read
Europe Sleepwalks Through Its Own Dilemmas
Soldiers of NATO’s multinational enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup training with the 1st Estonian Infantry Brigade during Estonia’s...
Michael Laxer
Mar 25, 20246 min read
Starvation Is a War Crime: Note From the Israeli Genocide Against the Palestinians
Image via Al Jazeera screenshot By Vijay Prashad Speaking in Rome, Italy, the head of the United Nations World Food Program Cindy McCain...
Michael Laxer
Mar 12, 20245 min read
The Remarkable Decline in the Global North’s Leadership
Image via news video screenshot By Vijay Prashad A group of young people in Paris are enjoying a drink in a café on an unseasonably warm...
Michael Laxer
Mar 5, 20245 min read
There Is No Place for the Palestinians of Gaza to Go
Scene of apocalyptic destruction in Gaza -- image via the Palestinian People's Party By Vijay Prashad On February 9, 2024, Israel’s prime...
Michael Laxer
Feb 13, 20245 min read
The International Court of Justice Censures Israel for Its Genocidal War
By Vijay Prashad On January 26, 2024, the judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released their 29-page order that found...
Michael Laxer
Jan 30, 20246 min read
The Entry of a New German Left Party Shakes up the Country
Sahra Wagenknecht at the founding press conference of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, BSW -- image via video screenshot By Vijay Prashad...
Michael Laxer
Jan 24, 20245 min read
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