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Venezuela Stands Defiant: Trump’s Imperial Gambit and Debunking the US ‘Anti-Drug’ Myth

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Oct

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Venezuela Stands Defiant: Trump’s Imperial Gambit and Debunking the US ‘Anti-Drug’ Myth

The conundrum for the United States in Venezuela is the exigent non-surrender of a colossal segment of the population. According to some observers and certain reports, the US military is steadily intensifying its actions against Caracas. Last Saturday, it targeted another boat off the coast of Venezuela, claiming drug trafficking. Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia, has become a vocal critic of Donald Trump's actions. He condemned the targeting of the boat, which caused the deaths of eleven people. He called it "the murder of poor Caribbean youth." Petro rejected the US claim of a war on drugs. He insisted that…

Against All Odds: How Iran Emerged Victorious in the 12-Day U.S.-Israeli War

06

Oct

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Against All Odds: How Iran Emerged Victorious in the 12-Day U.S.-Israeli War

In this analysis, I strive to proffer a realistic examination of the two wars waged upon Iran—the eight-year war between Iraq and Iran back in the 1980s and then the twelve-day conflict in June 2025—from a US strategic perspective. I will endeavor to demonstrate why, despite the preponderant material power of the adversaries, Iran emerged triumphant in both cases; I shall explore the catalysts and real determinants of asymmetric warfare, its economic and psychological repercussions, and the systemic factors behind the inability of the great powers to adjust to this dynamic. The Geopolitical Context and External Support During the Iran-Iraq…

Trump and the New McCarthyism: When American History Becomes the Enemy of the State

05

Oct

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Trump and the New McCarthyism: When American History Becomes the Enemy of the State

It all started with a short text of less than a thousand words. Вut this presidential order shook the globe's biggest cultural institution, the Smithsonian. Donald Trump started a campaign of ideological purification under the guise of "restoring the truth."He wasn't just targeting an administration; he was trying to assail the very history of a country. Behind the patriotic phrases, Trump's crusade against history was already taking shape. The White House aimed to "sanitize" narratives considered divisive and to erase the history of collective pain and the American colonial past, following a logic that transforms shame into pride while denying…

Inferno in California: Is Trump’s Mismanagement to Blame for the Disastrous Wildfires?

04

Oct

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Inferno in California: Is Trump’s Mismanagement to Blame for the Disastrous Wildfires?

At a time when global news is saturated with hasty images and superficial narratives, a crucial question arises: Is the calamitous management of the California wildfires solely administrative blunder, or rather a symptom of a structural collapse of our nation? As thousands of people flee the blaze, peaceful communities are reduced to ashes, and the hills of Los Angeles and the San Bernardino Valley suddenly seem to be playing apocalyptic arenas, the attitude of public authorities and media coverage deserve uncompromising examination. Images Replace Investigation In the meantime, television networks like Fox News, complicit with the administration, broadcast images of…

Gaza and the Anglo-Saxon Colonial Nightmare: Tony Blair, the GITA, and Imperialism’s Humanitarian Charade

02

Oct

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Gaza and the Anglo-Saxon Colonial Nightmare: Tony Blair, the GITA, and Imperialism’s Humanitarian Charade

By Ron Jacobs One of the most powerful conversations I've had this century took place in Washington Square in New York City on September 11, 2001—as the sky bore the acrid scent of a world that had just turned upside down. My friend and I were there, stunned, in the midst of the collective shock. A few blocks away, smoking concrete, flames, rubble: the material embodiment of a global trauma. Within earshot, a group of young people were discussing. One of them asked, "What should we do with the perpetrators?" I replied, "Find them, arrest them, try them." Another retorted…

The Collapse of the Federal State: Is Trump running the federal government like a reality show?

02

Oct

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The Collapse of the Federal State: Is Trump running the federal government like a reality show?

Today, our nation is going through a time of institutional upheaval in which every fissure becomes a great chasm. The federal budget impasse has gone beyond a simple legislative procedure; it heralds the potential collapse of the federal state—an internal fragmentation that jeopardizes our republican system. Nearly four million federal civil servants, including two million military personnel, are facing a salary freeze. Each day of paralysis leads to widespread economic turmoil, resulting in overdue rent, defaulted bank loans, and strained families. Meanwhile, the state, hitherto a guarantee of social and economic stability, is becoming a source of insecurity itself. The…

Trump and the Epstein Case: A Diabolical Scandal

01

Oct

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Trump and the Epstein Case: A Diabolical Scandal

The Jeffrey Epstein affair is a descent into hell, a shattered mirror revealing the rottenness of the powerful. Donald Trump, far from being a stranger to this world, is mired in it up to his neck. In the 1990s and 2000s, he paraded alongside Epstein, laughing at his wedding, appearing at lavish parties, and boarding the sinister "Lolita Express," the jet where luxury and perversion intertwine. This closeness is not an anecdote: it is an indelible stain. How can a man who drapes himself in the toga of the popular savior consort with a monster like Epstein? This question haunts,…

Behind the Veil of Ceasefire: Decoding Trump’s Betrayal of Palestinian Rights

01

Oct

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Behind the Veil of Ceasefire: Decoding Trump’s Betrayal of Palestinian Rights

Only a cursory look at Trump's Gaza plan, revealed during his summit with the Israeli Prime Minister at the White House on Monday, indicates that the Israelis have not yet achieved their military objectives after more than two years of bloodshed and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. In fact, both Trump and Netanyahu seek to seize control of Gaza and totally eradicate Hamas under the guise of "ceasefire". Following the anticipated meeting between Trump and Netanyahu, characterised as "efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza", both parties made remarks literally irrelevant to ceasefire or peace initiatives. Trump's outlined proposal stipulates the release…

America on the Brink: Trump & The Federal Budget, a Political Weapon in a Failing System

30

Sep

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America on the Brink: Trump & The Federal Budget, a Political Weapon in a Failing System

As the United States braces for an impending federal shutdown—the most grave, aberrational, and calamitous in nearly a decade—the question is no longer simply whether the government will cease functioning, but rather how long it will cohere before its institutions collapse under the weight of political paralysis and acrimony. The federal budget, once envisaged as an instrument of administrative continuity and fiscal equilibrium, is now being wielded as a cudgel of antagonism, coercion, extortion, and duplicity. And behind this machination stands a familiar figure—Donald Trump, whose influence, far from ebbing, continues to aggrandize itself, redefining institutional balances in favor of…

A Catastrophe: Exposing the Israeli-American Failure in the Attack on Iran

30

Sep

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A Catastrophe: Exposing the Israeli-American Failure in the Attack on Iran

Mostly propagated by the Trump administration, the claim that the Israeli attack on Iran was a decisive operation that neutralised the country's nuclear programme is a naive and simplistic narrative. It obscures the strategic debacle faced by Israel and the US. While Israel succeeded in assassinating some Iranian military and scientific officials, which many consider a vivid illustration of state-sponsored terrorism, the Iranian response was swift and structured. Intelligence sources indicate that crucial nuclear facilities, particularly the Fordow enrichment site, were in fact relocated even before the strikes began, rendering the assault largely symbolic, showing Iranians' remarkable adaptability in the…