In early May, the security cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met and agreed that Israel would ‘capture’ Gaza and remove its Palestinian population ‘to protect it’. To achieve this policy of annexation of Gaza, the Israelis tightened their siege by preventing the...

In his condolence message on the occasion of the notable Uruguayan leader, José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, the Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, emphasised: ‘His extraordinary life recalls the dark era of Washington-backed military dictatorships’. This reminder is necessary to avoid the trap that the mainstream media’s rhetoric...

The patience, strategic thinking, and chess-like approach of China’s leadership have once again proven their strength. Even one of the oldest weekly publications in the world, the British conservative Spectator, ran a cover story with a title that says it all: ‘China Has Won...

The past few days have felt like a decisive chapter in the Ukrainian conflict – a time of mounting tensions, sudden twists, and a game of diplomatic ping-pong between Moscow and the West. The apparently divided and squabbling West now appears united in its support...

Fifty years ago, on 30 April 1975, the revolutionary forces of the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front entered Saigon, then the capital of South Vietnam. Two days earlier, in a desperate attempt to avert further war, the US brought in a...

As we approach a major anniversary – 80 years since the defeat of fascism – a strange silence hangs over my country, Macedonia, and the broader region we now call the territory of former Yugoslavia. National authorities have been under sustained external (Western) pressure for...

Ninety percent of Indian workers are in the unorganised sector. This does not mean that they are outside trade union structures, but only that most workers must fight very hard to form unions. There are unions in the formal sector, of course, but there are...

Any relationship that endures for half a century is bound to be complex, marked by periods of harmony, tension, adaptation, and change. Sustaining such a relationship requires goodwill, mutual understanding, the ability to manage differences, and a commitment to respect. Over time, both partners evolve...

On 22 April, the 155th birthday of Vladimir Lenin, 164 delegations from 91 countries gathered at Red Square, each with a red carnation in hand. One by one, the delegations, representing communist and workers’ parties from around the world, laid these flowers at the Tomb...

On 4 April, 122 days after martial law was declared in South Korea, the constitutional court upheld the National Assembly’s impeachment motion and dismissed the former president Yoon Suk Yeol. Now, the country is readying for the 3 June snap presidential election. ...