Category: Thinking Politically
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Oppose repression of mass uprising in Pakistan-administered Jammu Kashmir
In one of the most brutal attacks on an unarmed rally, Pakistani rangers and police killed at least 18 Kashmiris, and left dozens injured, on July 28.
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Bolivian Prosecutor’s Office Issues Arrest Warrant for Evo Morales
Morales, who is in hiding in Cochabamba, claims that the arrest warrant is an act of political persecution by the right-wing government of Rodrigo Paz.
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Rot from Within: The Palace-to-Street Silence Consuming the Arab World
Until the Arab world addresses its own internal rot, the blood of the innocent will remain an indelible indictment of a civilization that turned away.
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Ecuador: Noboa’s Semi-Dictatorship Seeks to Win by Eliminating Opponents, Not by Votes
President Daniel Noboa governs Ecuador with increasingly authoritarian methods. Elected in 2023 and reelected in 2025, he has concentrated power in the executive branch, clashed with the Constitutional Court, abused states of emergency, and turned the justice system into a tool against his opponents. Analysts and human rights organizations describe a drift toward a dictatorial…
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Resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan: The First Victory, not the Final Destination
The resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is presented as the first achievement of a wider democratic movement led by the Cockroach Janata Party, with support from students, youth, civil society and citizens. The article argues that meaningful change cannot end with a minister’s departure but must continue through institutional reforms, public accountability and…
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Venezuela: Getting Rid of Illusions
Taking advantage of the catastrophic situation, armed US troops have landed in La Guaira, warships have been stationed on our coasts, and Venezuelan airspace is daily violated by drones, planes, and helicopters of the occupying power. They have not rescued anyone, they have not assisted anyone.
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Israel Firebombed a Family Home Where Children Were Sleeping in Latest Killing Spree
GAZA CITY—The charred shell of the Al-Masri family home in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City was still smoldering on Tuesday afternoon, hours after the Israel military bombed it, killing Firas and Salsabeel al-Masri and their four children—Faryal, Salma, Amira and Naim—as they slept.
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Two Competing Capitalists Across the China Sea
Although some consider China to still represent aspects of socialism or communism and others support so-called democratic opposition to China in Taiwan, we argue that both China and Taiwan are capitalist states. Their opposition to each other and U.S. interests in Taiwan only exacerbate the chances of international imperialist war. Workers in China, Taiwan, the…
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South Africa and the rainbowfication of whiteness
The cover of Pink Floyd’s album Dark Side of the Moon is a perfect visual metaphor for the South African transition from apartheid. The image, a single beam of white light being refracted through a prism, becoming a rainbow, perfectly captures the way the transition to democracy in 1994 became a prism refracting whiteness into…
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Book Review: The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide by Robin Andersen
This is Robin Andersen’s excellent analysis of what’s been going on in Gaza, and how the mainstream media has covered it!
