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Renaming The Gulf of Mexico Isn’t A Laughing Matter But Part of a U.S. Imperialist Power Grab

Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” isn’t just another absurd stunt or another example of his outlandish behavior. It signals a much deeper, more troubling agenda that seeks to erase historical identity and…

Venezuelan President Criticized for Not Being a Proper Dictator

Hot off the newswires are shocking tales of democratic elections in Venezuela, grassroots organizations forming food cooperatives, and repatriation of migrants. What will one of the media establishment’s most demonized “authoritarian regimes” do next? By Roger D. Harris Maduro criticized…

The US’ Coercion Of Panama Over The Canal Presages Impending Military Tensions With China

The US wants to preemptively neutralize as many of the means as possible through which China could asymmetrically respond to this scenario in plausibly deniable ways such as by having its company that controls port facilities on both sides of…

Beyond the Absence of War: Rethinking Peace as a Way of Life.

The White-West notion of peace is largely associated with the absence of war. Even the origins of the peace symbol stem from the denuclearization movement. But what do we mean when we talk about peace? If someone were to ask…

One Second Closer to Doomsday

“Cada segundo cuenta (every second counts),” said Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Colombia, as the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved their symbolic “Doomsday Clock” one second closer to midnight on January 28th of this year. By Timmon Wallis for…

Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plans To Build An Iron Dome For America

This is a game-changer in the New Cold War since it’ll take the US’ rivalry with Russia and China to a qualitatively more dangerous level through the consequent hyper-militarization of space. Trump signed an Executive Order to build an Iron Dome for…

Canada’s Policy in the Ukraine: Do as I Say, Not as I Do

By Nigel Martin and Yakov M. Rabkin Once, at the Foreign Press Club in Tokyo, during a discussion on Canada’s foreign policy, a Montreal journalist began his talk with a succinct statement: “There are three countries that are important for…

DeepSeek is showing us that another tech world is possible

How one Chinese company’s AI tool has slashed trillions from the US stock market, and revealed a future for technology without American tech hegemony. By Nuvpreet Kalra Last week, a Chinese startup, DeepSeek, released R1, a large-language model rivaling ChatGPT,…

President of Mexico asks not to speculate on the name of the Gulf of Mexico

The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Tuesday that the Gulf of Mexico will continue to be called that and asked for “no more speculation” on the subject, following the recent announcement of a name change that the internet…

Wall Street Will Frustrate Trump’s Push to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill,’ Shale Bosses Predict

President Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” call for a resurgence in United States oil production will be frustrated by the reluctance of Wall Street to approve another frenzy, according to shale bosses, reported the Financial Times. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes U.S. oil…

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