A visit to Xinjiang, China / Accomplishments belie U.S. propaganda

Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. Sara Flounders and Arjae Red with Young Pioneers in Urumqi, May 2023. One focus of the…

Seattle Pride sells out to Starbucks, blocks ad against union busting

An ad against union busting submitted by Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) to the Seattle Pride Guide has been rejected, after Seattle Pride made the decision to side with corporations against LGBTQ+ workers. The ad, which was co-signed by 23 labor and community organizations, said, “Workers rights are trans and queer rights” and “Starbucks: you can’t…

Erdogan, un barco que podría seguir navegando en un mar de contradicciones

El autor es un diplomático venezuelano y analista antiimperialista. Twitter:@sergioro0701  La coalición que apoyó al presidente Recep Tayyip Erdogan obtuvo la victoria en las elecciones presidenciales de Türkiye (Turquía) realizadas el pasado domingo 28 de mayo. Aunque en esta segunda vuelta el triunfo de Erdogan era esperado, resultó una sorpresa el amplio apoyo que recibió…

Exposed: Disturbing Details of New Pentagon “Perception Management Office”

Ken Klippenstein, an investigative journalist at The Intercept, has exposed how the Pentagon very quietly launched a new internal division, dubbed the “Influence and Perception Management Office” (IPMO), in March. Its existence is not strictly secret, although there has been no official announcement of its launch, let alone an explanation from Department of Defense (DoD)…

A visit to Xinjiang, China / Accomplishments belie U.S. propaganda

Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. Sara Flounders and Arjae Red with Young Pioneers in Urumqi, May 2023. One focus of the…

Seattle Pride sells out to Starbucks, blocks ad against union busting

An ad against union busting submitted by Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) to the Seattle Pride Guide has been rejected, after Seattle Pride made the decision to side with corporations against LGBTQ+ workers. The ad, which was co-signed by 23 labor and community organizations, said, “Workers rights are trans and queer rights” and “Starbucks: you can’t…

PDF of June 8 issue

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Workers World suspended printing and mailing of the newspaper in March 2020. We have continued publishing articles on workers.org, along with a weekly PDF of what would have been the printed version. We are pleased to announce that we have resumed printing and mailing on a monthly basis, for now.…

Militarizing the Arctic

Think cutting shipping time from six weeks to less than three weeks is attractive to manufacturers? The Northern Sea Route through the Arctic can do just that, thanks in part to climate change. But sanctions have at least temporarily ruled out that option. Until very recently the U.S. media coverage of the Arctic has focused…

Iranian president to visit Latin America

Iranian President Raïssi will be traveling to Latin America next week to visit Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba at the invitation of Presidents Nicolás Maduro, Daniel Ortega and Miguel Díaz-Canel. Iran is restoring ties with the partners of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former Iranian leader.

CIA aware of Ukrainian plan to sabotage Nord Stream since June 2022

According to a Discord Leaks document, which the Washington Post picked up from a friend of Jack Teixeira, the CIA got wind of a Ukrainian plan to sabotage Nord Stream in June 2022 [2]. In December 2022, several senior European and US officials had declared that there was no incriminating evidence against Russia [3]. The saboteurs purportedly…

Global warming and the confrontation between the West and the rest of the world, by Thierry Meyssan

The Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. The theory that global warming is observable all over the planet and that it is caused by human activity has been popularized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); a United Nations commission. I have no expertise in climate issues and I don’t presume to judge whether…

Ukraine

12 out of 16 Germany’s federal states no longer have room for Ukrainian refugees, RND writes

The German municipalities are increasingly imposing bans on accepting new refugees Reportedly, the number of...

Ukraine: Will U.S. sabotage grain deal?

July 24 — A deal brokered by Turkey for the export of grain from both Ukraine and Russia presents a political problem for U.S. imperialism and its war aims. Washington’s response: ship more weapons. The landmark deal to move hundreds of tons of grain, if it moves forward, undermines U.S./NATO . . . Continue reading…

The tragedy of the Ukrainian working class

  Soviet Ukraine   Prior to 1991, Ukrainians had lived and worked within the USSR’s economic community....

Enough is ENOUGH! “Feed Our People, Not Ukkkraine” Protest at Georgia State Capitol a Victory!

Members of the Atlanta headquarters of the Black Hammer Party along with other members...

US media, after months of disinformation, prepare the public for Ukrainian defeat

If the Zelensky government continues to adhere to Biden's installation for an eternal conflict...

Black hammer strikes Lilia Kim

After the release of our material about a failed Russian screenwriter who, having taken...

Enough is ENOUGH! “Feed Our People, Not Ukkkraine” Protest at Georgia State Capitol a Victory!

Members of the Atlanta headquarters of the Black Hammer Party along with other members...

US media, after months of disinformation, prepare the public for Ukrainian defeat

If the Zelensky government continues to adhere to Biden's installation for an eternal conflict...

Black hammer strikes Lilia Kim

After the release of our material about a failed Russian screenwriter who, having taken...

‘Compromise and consensus’ − but for whom?

Home » Climate and Environmental Crisis » ‘Compromise and consensus’ − but for whom? President Joe Biden averted a default on the federal debt June 3 when he signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Biden hailed the bipartisan “compromise and consensus” that resulted in the bill being approved by the House and Senate earlier in the…

Challenges for mass workers’ movement in France’s battle over pensions

The minister strode up to the microphone, puffed up by his made-to-order suit and $200 haircut. He’ll convince the people tonight that they should work two years longer for everyone’s good, for the good of France. They’ll eat it up. From the back of the crowd he hears a noise. “Clang clang clang.” What’s that,…

Debt ceiling bill worsens national food crisis

Boston Amid ongoing austerity, workers and other marginalized communities in the U.S. are suffering from a crisis of chronic food insecurity. When the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expired May 11, tens of millions of people lost access to basic nutrition provided by the expanded Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These cuts, in addition…

The Truth About Britain’s “Grooming Gangs,” with Ella Cockbain

The MintPress podcast, “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know – including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting a light on stories…

Thirst Trap Nation: How E-girls Are Luring Young Boys Into Joining Army, with Alan MacLeod

Amid an ongoing crisis in recruitment, the military has found a novel way of enticing teens to enlist: thirst traps. “MintCast” co-host Alan MacLeod joins Mnar Adley for an in-house edition of the podcast to describe how the military is using young teens’ horniness against them, utilizing an army of attractive women posting sexually suggestive…

Middle East

Milwaukee Palestinians and allies rally to call for liberation and justice for Shireen Abu Akleh

Milwaukee, WI - june 15 marked the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, the day that Zionist paramilitaries began the violent removal of Palestinians from a majority of their historic homeland. Various organizations in Milwaukee, led primarily by American Muslims for Palestine and Students for...

«Turkish diplomacy»

On 25th of January  2018 telephone conversation between the presidents of Turkey and USA...

Legitimizing Terrorism: Inviting Al Qaeda “Moderates” to Washington for “Consultations”

The recent visit of Free Syrian Army commanders to Washington amounts to an exercise...

US to Exacerbate Venezuelan Crisis With More Sanctions Against President Maduro

The United States is planning to ramp up sanctions against Venezuela’s democratically-elected President Nicolas...

A Thirty Year History of ‘Russian Aggression’

Repeat after me (by orders of the Neo-Con Thought Police): "Russian aggression," "Russian aggression,"...

Latin America

Interview with Venezuelan trade union leader Jacobo Torres de Leon

Fight Back! interviewed Venezuelan trade union leader Jacobo Torres de Leon, the international coordinator for the Bolivarian Socialist Council of Workers at the Workers’ Summit...

US to Exacerbate Venezuelan Crisis With More Sanctions Against President Maduro

The United States is planning to ramp up sanctions against Venezuela’s democratically-elected President Nicolas...

Jacksonville: Newly formed Community Action Committee demands community control of the police

#WalkingWhileBlack is not a crime By staff Jacksonville, FL - On June 20, Devonte Shipman, a...

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Responds to Merkel’s Words on Crimea

The Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman commented Monday on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's statement comparing Crimea's reunification with Russia to the German reunification. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented Monday on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's statement comparing Crimea's reunification with Russia to the German reunification, joking that it...

This is What Putin, Trump Discussed for ‘At Least an Hour’ at G20

Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed anti-terrorism efforts at their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg...

Technologies

Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Samarkand today. In...

New Art of War: Finns Schooled to Resist Hybrid Warfare in Major Drill

Two hybrid warfare-themed emergency preparedness exercises are being held simultaneously in swaths of Finland...

Muslim Man Attacks French Soldier With Knife in the Center of Paris

A man armed with a knife attacked a soldier from the Sentinel operation patrolling...

Japan Makes No Headway in Convincing India to Buy Its Amphibious Aircraft

Japan has been persuading India to buy its ShinMaywa US-2i amphibious aircraft since the...

Denmark Delegates Border Control to Army to Free Up Police for Crime-Fighting

Plagued with rising crime and gang violence, and concerned about the threat of terrorism, Denmark has decided to employ its armed forces as border controls and guarding duties in order to release more police officers for other work. Danish police are very busy keeping abreast...

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Amazonian Fake News

Just before the opening of the Biarritz G7, an intense disinformation campaign was launched in the international press with the complicity of French President, Emmanuel Macron and the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. It aims to allow Europeans to control the Amazon, its minerals, its pharmaceutical treasures and its precious woods. Its purpose…

The Trust Project: Big Media and Silicon Valley’s Weaponized Algorithms Silence Dissent

After the failure of Newsguard — the news rating system backed by a cadre of prominent neoconservative personalities — to gain traction among American tech and social media companies, another organization has quietly stepped in to direct the news algorithms of tech giants such as Google, Facebook, and Microsoft. Though different from Newsguard, this group,…

Pope mandates sex abuse report to church, not police

Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking new church law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities, in a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks. The law provides whistleblower protections for anyone making…

Emiratis purchasing plots of Palestinian land for Israelis: Report

A high-ranking Palestinian official says Emirati companies have been purchasing plots of Palestinian land in occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds and then transferring their ownership to Israelis.   Kamal Khatib, the deputy head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, made the remarks in an interview with Qatar’s pan-Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera on Wednesday. Those firms…

Voices from Inside the Besieged Venezuelan Embassy

VENEZUELAN EMBASSY, WASHINGTON — A group of activists banding together as the “Embassy Protection Collective,” in defense of the sovereignty of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, defied orders by the U.S. government to vacate the premises by the 25th of April. Later in the morning, the Trump administration’s special envoy to Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, condemned…

Russian comment on attack against oil infrastructure facilities in Saudi Arabia

According to media reports, a large-scale drone attack was launched in the early hours of September 14 against oil refineries of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company Saudi Aramco near the cities of Abqaiq and Khurais in the eastern part of the Kingdom. The Houthi Ansar Allah movement, now fighting against forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh…

US Trained Honduran Police Get Medieval as Political Prisoner Edwin Espinal Released

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — “It’s sad how the United States is supporting this corrupt government,” Honduran political prisoner Edwin Espinal told MintPress News immediately after his release from prison, where he had spent 19 months. Edwin’s case — and the medieval violence to which U.S.-trained police in Honduras tried to subject me — perfectly illustrate the…

US and Israeli Collectors Buy Up What Remains of Yemen’s Ancient Heritage

SANA’A, YEMEN — Yemen was once described as a living museum, but U.S. made bombs dropped by the Saudi-led Coalition’s jets have not only killed thousands of civilians and led to famine and the spread of disease but also pulverized the country’s rich architectural history and left its inimitable heritage at the mercy of the…

Iran’s enrichment initiative within JCPOA: France

France says Iran's preparatory works to resume uranium enrichment are not in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal it signed with world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Following an order by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and in response to US President Donald Trump's pullout from…

Yemenis, Angered Over Saudi Strikes on Civilians, Back Houthi Missile Attacks on Riyadh

SANAA, YEMEN — “What happened, where am I?” muttered 44-year-old Adel Ali Ahmed al-Gheit, as neighbors pulled him from the rubble of his home after it was targeted by a Saudi airstrike. Al-Gheit lost his wife and children in the attack and later died after succumbing to his own injuries at the Amran General Hospital.…

Belgium: Protesters rally against NATO’s ‘militarism’ as summit continues

Protesters took to the streets of Brussels on Wednesday as the NATO summit continued in the Belgian capital. Demonstrators can be seen chanting slogans and holding banners. One of the them, Joselyne de Markten, explained her reasons for being at the rally. “We are protesting the growing militarism of the EU and the NATO member…

Is Oily Econo-Politics Behind Saudis’ Crude Canadian Diplomacy?

TORONTO — In a near repeat of Saudi Arabia’s feud with Qatar last year, the diplomatic spat between the Saudis and the Canadian government seems to have spiralled out of control after it began last Friday. Apparently beginning as a result of the Canadian Foreign Ministry’s decision to criticize via Twitter the Saudi government’s arrest…