The following is an interview of Workers World managing editor John Catalinotto by Robin Delobel, written and published in French on Sept. 26, 2024, at investigaction.net. That was before the massacre in the suburb of Beirut that assassinated Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of the liberation organization Hezbollah, which Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu ordered…
Home » Global » PFLP statement on massive bombing in Beirut suburb This statement on massive bombing in Beirut suburb was issued by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on Sept. 27, 2024, and was posted at Resistance News Network. The massacre in Dahiye [Beirut, Lebanon] is a full-fledged genocidal crime planned by…
Reflexiones en torno al genocidio y al asesinato de Sayyed Hasán Nasralá. El autor es un antiimperialista venezolano, antiguo militar y diplomático. “No es verdad la muerte cuando se ha cumplido bien la obra de la vida” — José Martí Hiere si quieres herir que el golpe aguardo sereno pues yo en cambio te condeno…
Iran’s retaliatory ballistic missile attack against Israel has sparked widespread condemnation from Western nations. These reactions have been accompanied by both denials of the strike’s effectiveness and suggestions that civilians were among the targets. However, video evidence and statements from Tehran’s military leadership present a different narrative. The Iranian attack, dubbed “Operation True Promise 2,”…
The following is an interview of Workers World managing editor John Catalinotto by Robin Delobel, written and published in French on Sept. 26, 2024, at investigaction.net. That was before the massacre in the suburb of Beirut that assassinated Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of the liberation organization Hezbollah, which Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu ordered…
Home » Global » PFLP statement on massive bombing in Beirut suburb This statement on massive bombing in Beirut suburb was issued by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on Sept. 27, 2024, and was posted at Resistance News Network. The massacre in Dahiye [Beirut, Lebanon] is a full-fledged genocidal crime planned by…
In December 2022, Canada imposed strict sanctions on Gilbert Bigio, frequently referred to as “Haiti’s only billionaire” and the deeply impoverished country’s “richest man.” He, along with two other super-wealthy Haitian citizens, was accused by Ottowa of using his outsized influence and power in the country “to protect and enable the illegal activities of the…
Home » U.S. and Canada » Philadelphia: U.S./Israel – Hands off Lebanon and Gaza! Photos and caption: Joe Piette Hundreds of people, diverse and multigenerational, marched in Philadelphia on Sept. 25 to protest continued U.S./Israeli bombing and other acts of violence against the people of Palestine and Lebanon. The march started at the posh Rittenhouse…
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Amos Hochstein, in his capacity as President Joe Biden’s special representative and not as an Israeli officer, suggested to French President Emmanuel Macron to propose a peace initiative for Lebanon. Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron immediately issued a statement: "It is time to reach a settlement on the Israeli-Lebanese border that guarantees security and…
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…
Southern Workers Assembly The following statement was issued by the Southern Workers Assembly on Sept. 27, 2024. Contact [email protected] On Oct. 1, the International Longshoremen’s Association began a strike that is impacting seaports along the U.S. east and gulf coasts. “[Charleston, South Carolina is] the place that imported more enslaved Africans than anywhere in this…
Home » Global » Africa » Historic event in the U.S. celebrates China at 75 October 1, 2024, marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, when Mao Zedong declared that “the Chinese people have stood up.” The Friends of Socialist China organized events in London on Sept. 28 – …
The following is a slightly edited statement from the Bronx Anti-War Coalition issued on Sept. 28, 2024: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of Hezbollah. The latest Zionist massacre in Lebanon, orchestrated by Israel Occupation Forces (IOF), was an indiscriminate attack leading to the murder of hundreds of Lebanese civilians. This terrorist act, veiled by Western…
Boston’s proclamation on Oct. 6, 2021, that the second Monday of October every year would be Indigenous Peoples Day “in lieu of” Columbus Day was a victory for Native peoples, since the U.S. settler-colonial project, which resulted in genocide and the theft and devastation of their lands and cultures, began and continued in what is…
There is a breaking story from Saudi news channel Al Hadath claiming that an unidentified man, traveling from Iran to Lebanon, met with Nasrallah shortly before the leader’s death for the express purpose of shaking his hand. The handshake was purportedly intended to transfer a trackable substance onto Nasrallah’s palm. Who was the man? What…
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...
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...
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...
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...
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Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Samarkand today. In...
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...
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…