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Thousands of Aid Trucks Needed Weekly to Avert Gaza Catastrophe, UN Warns

As the fragile ceasefire holds, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza remains on a knife-edge. Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and top emergency relief coordinator, told Reuters that “thousands of humanitarian vehicles must enter weekly to avert…

Imperial Double Standards: Warfare for Venezuela and Welfare for Argentina

Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has been in the vanguard of the Global South. In contrast, President Javiar Milei’s government in Argentina represents the logical, though absurd, consequence of extreme neoliberalism, which he calls “anarcho-capitalism.” By Francisco Dominguez, Roger D. Harris and…

Germany on the road back to become the 4th Reich

In Germany some disturbing developments are taking place. The government of cancellar Merz, who’s great grandfather was an active Nazi, is ramping up war retoric against Russia at a daily basis. Martin Jager, who took over Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service…

Marco Cavallo’s Final Ride for All Freedoms

The final stages of Marco Cavallo’s journey have brought the blue horse to Brindisi and Bari, two strategic ports in southern Italy facing the Adriatic and looking towards Albania. From these shores, Italy is experimenting with the externalisation of borders…

Lavrov’s Bridges to the East project, African Union Convenes and Discusses Abstract Topics

Undoubtedly, after several tectonic praises for Africa, the continental organization (African Union) and its regional economic blocs, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, suddenly, changed his long-term political assessment and, most probably, perceptions over economic approach and leadership paradigm. The summit…

Who is Claudia talking to?

No one can deny the abilities of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. If we were to draw an analogy between her performance in public office and that of, say, an outstanding professional athlete, we would observe above-average “physical condition”; we would…

Beyond Ceasefire: Advancing with Resolution for a New Middle East

From ceasefire to creation: building a new stage of human civilization in the Middle East. Amid the unbearable loss, a new responsibility is emerging — and with it, a new window of opportunity for humanity. As Palestinians walk back through…

Will the US Attack Venezuela?

Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the nature of the conflict. The US mission to wrench Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution out from its roots has a quarter-century pedigree. Stick around to…

The Unblinking Eye: Fifty Years Along the Afghan Fault Line

My story is not one of a warrior, but of a witness. It begins in the hushed, anxious darkness of a village courtyard, under a canopy of indifferent stars. I was in the fifth class, a child nestled amidst the…

Humanitarianism is important, but not sufficient

To understand the nature of a war and be able to make an informed decision, it is not enough to rely on what is happening internally within societies engaged in armed conflict. A state may be considered democratic in its…

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