By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The course of history has conclusively demonstrated that, in order to further its interventionist and militaristic ambitions, the United States has sought subterfuges and fabricated false evidence, which history itself has either disproved or exposed as false. The manipulation of evidence to garner favorable support from the country’s public opinion in the first instance, and that ...
By Fernando Esteche The militarization of Los Angeles Los Angeles is bleeding. In the streets of a city that for decades stood as a symbol of the American dream, today the cries of resistance of those who built its greatness from the shadows resonate. The massive raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement (ICE), have unleashed a spiral of urban ...
By Michael Roberts * President Donald Trump implemented his new range of tariffs on US imports called reciprocal tariffs. In addition to those announced last Wednesday (Liberation day), Trump included an extra levy on Chinese imports in retaliation to China’s decision to impose a 34% tariff on US imports, which in turn was a retaliation against Trump’s 34% hike on Chinese imports ...
By Yunus Soner, Antalya / Türkiye US President Donald Trump’s trade policies were one of the main topics at the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum, convened by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on April 11-13. Here, we interviewed Jeffrey Sachs, professor at the U.S. Columbia university, a known economist and President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. How do you evaluate ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan The world keeps revolving, Swiftly, relentlessly. And it changes… A brief glance at the past month’s headlines reveals the weight of change and uncertainty. 1. Trump’s new tariffs President Trump declared a new wave of tariffs only on China, the European Union and the southern neighbors tightening his policy of “turning inward”. We are now entering ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein We don’t know the impact the Trump administration’s imposition of 10% tariffs on their exports will have on the inhabitants of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. We’ll likely never know, because the population of those territories consists solely of penguins, seals, turtles, and seabirds. It’s been more than ten years since a human last set foot ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The show staged recently at the White House, featuring the US president and the leader of Ukraine’s neo-Nazi regime as the main characters in the plot, dominated news coverage for several days. The morbid curiosity gripped everyone; Zelensky’s filthy shirt, which he claims will transform him into a high-flying military strategist, and the strident whining of ...
By Özgür Altınbaş One of the most prominent organizations in recent times, especially on social media, is the American Communist Party. The founding of the party was announced on July 21, 2024. Among its founders are Haz Al-Din, Jackson Hinkle, Rev Laskaris, who have received millions of interactions on social media. Haz Al-Din, the Executive Chairman of the party, answered ...
By Gökalp Erbaş The economic hardship of Western countries, especially the USA, is no longer expressed only by Asian experts. This situation has also started to be frequently mentioned by people and institutions that have important positions in the media, finance and ideological pillars of Western hegemony. We will examine some of the most important of these numerous confessional statements, ...
By Şafak Erdem In the second and last part of the interview, Harley Schlanger addresses various important issues surrounding the upcoming elections in the US. Schlanger covers the following topics: * The different fractions within US capitalist classes * “Left out” working people and elite establishment * “The empire” and the meaning left and right today. From what you were ...