Category: Thinking Politically

Only those of us who live in Cuba can truly grasp the intensity, the injustice, and the inhumane escalation of the blockade, which the U.S. regime has recently intensified with tremendous ferocity against the Caribbean island.

The U.S. military just can’t help meddling in the Philippines. The Pentagon and private capital have teamed up to militarize the island nation.

A new project by The Intercept reveals the hundreds of candidates still taking the pro-Israel lobby’s cash, and how AIPAC is obscuring its spending.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential election with 51.79% of valid votes, unexpectedly reversing the first-round result won by Flávio Bolsonaro, a first in Brazilian presidential elections. Between the two rounds, he gained about 10.4 million additional votes. Defeated, right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro announced that he would ask for the election to be…

Israeli forces have raided hundreds of homes in Hebron, seizing money, gold jewellery and personal belongings while forcing families to leave without their possessions. According to Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, around 300 families, comprising approximately 2,200 people, were displaced amid demolitions, mass arrests and severe restrictions on movement. Testimonies describe soldiers taking cash and jewellery…

Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor raised hopes of a break with established political and economic power. Bhabani Shankar Nayak argues that his early political choices reveal a growing gap between his democratic socialist identity and his practice in office. From his appointment of police commissioner Jessica Tisch to his response to protests…

Between smiles and a handshake, Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez thanked US President Donald Trump for “supporting the country’s return to multilateral forums,” following a face-to-face meeting on September 22 that she called “historic.”

The expansion of the far right in Latin America is giving continental form to Project 2025—the anti-democratic Republican plan drafted by the Heritage Foundation with the support of more than 100 Christian nationalist organizations in the United States and various officials close to Donald Trump.

Dozens of people were injured and arrested, and journalists, photographers, and cameramen were attacked—this was the outcome on Thursday of one of the most brutal crackdowns ever seen in this capital, aimed at preventing the fifth massive march of students, teachers, university workers, and educators from reaching the Plaza del Congreso de la Nación. The…

Thousands of Italian students and teachers join a growing European protest movement, challenging Giorgia Meloni’s education policies and demanding investment in schools instead of militarization.