*Refugees from Artyomovsk, April 2023. Photo: Eva K Bartlett -Eva K Bartlett Since Russia began its military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022, Western media and the authorities in Kiev have bombarded the world with accusations […]
PEPE ESCOBAR There was a whiff of Thomas Mann’s ‘The Magic Mountain’ at the 20th Valdai annual meeting this week at a hotel over the gorgeous heights of the Krasnaya Polyana. north-west of the picturesque […]
The rapid shift in the global balance of power looks set not only to continue but to accelerate in 2024. Proletarian writers Subscribe to our channel As part of the XV Brics summit in South Africa on 24 August 2023, […]
PEPE ESCOBAR While the dogs of war bark, lie and steal, the Russia-China caravan strolls on. 2023 may be defined for posterity as The Year of the Russia-China Strategic Partnership. This wonder of wonders could […]
PEPE ESCOBAR The Russia-Iran strategic partnership – with China in the wings – is laying an elaborate, Sun Tzu-tinged trap for the Hegemon in West Asia. Apart from Israel, there is no entity on the […]
Certain restrictions must be followed, however FILE PHOTO: Mufti of Moscow Ildar Alyautdinov © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresenskiy The Russian Council of Ulema has adopted a decree allowing Muslims to circulate and invest in cryptocurrency under certain […]
Posted by: John Phoenix Carlos Rule 1. What is bureaucracy? The first question presents the first problem. ‘Bureaucracy’ is a vague term, with a hundred possible meanings. Herein lies its advantage for critics of the […]
By: Peter Blackman Hushed was the world And oh, dark agony that suspense shook upon us While hate came flooding o’er your wide savannas Plunging pestilence against you – All that stood to state: “Where […]
Posted by: John Phoenix A festival of progressive humanity The October revolution was an event of unsurpassed historical impact; an event which literally shook the world and has shaped the 20th century. For it at […]
Posted by: John Phoenix “Revolutions are the locomotives of history, said Marx [In The Class Struggles in France]. Revolutions are the festivals of the oppressed and the exploited. At no other time are the masses of the people […]