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Gaza Cease-Fire Now! No Wider War

We must join the majority of the world’s nations in building pressure on Biden and Netanyahu to declare a ceasefire, to deluge Gaza with the food, water, medicines, and fuel essential for life. We must do this with everything we’ve…

People and Peace 2024 Conference: speech by Claire Daly

The hybrid conference “People and Peace 2024” takes place from 13 to 15 January in Celen, Sweden. Here is the address by the Irish MEP, Claire Daly, a member of the GUE/NGL. Hi, everyone. It’s great to address People and…

The State of Capitalism’s Climate System

Three years ago, 15,000 scientists declared a climate emergency by signing onto a State of the Climate Report. That signing led to annual updates, for example, the most recent version: The 2023 State of the Climate Report: Entering Uncharted Territory,…

A real new year

9 January 2024, El Espectador It will be a real new year when the world announces that the dictators have gone back to their caves, that hunger has been satiated, and that there are no more rivers silvered by mercury,…

Israel’s War on Palestine and the Global Upsurge Against It

Hundreds of millions of people across the world have been deeply moved by the atrocity of the Israeli war on Palestine. Millions have attended marches and protests, many of them participating in such demonstrations for the first time in their…

Why The Two-State Solution Is The Only Viable Option To The Exclusion Of Any Other

Although the two-state solution has been all along the only viable option that best serves Israel’s national security and political interests and meets the Palestinians’ national aspiration for statehood, the Israel-Hamas war has only reaffirmed that there is no other…

An American Appeals To Taiwan: Don’t Vote To Be Ukraine 2.0

“American bullets, Taiwanese blood” Is a Cruel and Evil Bargain By John V. Walsh On January 13, the people of Taiwan, officially designated the Republic of China (ROC), will elect a new President and unicameral legislature known as the Legislative…

Without the help of “the forces of heaven”, Milei faces a harsh reality check

Surrounded by the expectations, not only of Argentina but of half the world, the ultra-right Javier Milei started 2024 with a series of setbacks and, despite the promoted intentions of the self-styled “forces of heaven” to remove the state from…

Argentina: More inflation, Milei’s gift for the Three Wise Men

Three Kings Day has passed, the day children wait all year to receive a present. But in this year 2024 too many Argentine children were left without presents: in the last 30 days sales in toy shops and related stores…

Yes, I’m a Jew! So what? The Dilemmas of Being Jewish and Left-wing in Chile

After forty days and forty nights on the ark, crammed among a large family and animals of all species, the waters began to recede, and Noah saw an extraordinary seven-colored bow of light in the sky. Noah and his descendants…

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