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Gaza’s Darkest Lesson: Exposing the True Allies and Enemies of Palestine

By Ramzy Baroud on November 30, 2025

As solidarity with Palestine has increasingly expanded from the global South to the global majority, Arabs remain largely ineffective. design: Palestine Chronicle

Beyond reciting empty platitudes about ending the genocide, the collective Arab officialdom did little to hold the Israeli occupation accountable or apply any substantive pressure on its Western benefactors.

The bizarre, yet predictable, spectacle surrounding the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) vote on Draft Resolution 2803 was not just telling—it was a devastating political exposé. This resolution, which effectively granted the Israeli occupation legal cover for its ongoing military presence in Gaza, demonstrated a profound institutional betrayal of the Palestinian people. (more…)

Migration, the Essence of Humanity

By Ivan Restrepo on October 13, 2025

Migration is neither a recent phenomenon nor unique to a particular part of the world. foto: AFP

In February 1947, Eleanor Roosevelt, writer and activist, and wife of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945); Peng Chun Chang, Chinese scholar, philosopher, human rights activist, and diplomat; and Charles Habib Malik, Lebanese scholar, diplomat, and philosopher, began drafting what would become known a year later as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was adopted by the countries that were part of the nascent United Nations (UN). It was a response to the “acts of barbarism outrageous to the conscience of mankind” committed during World War II. The declaration was signed at the Chaillot Palace in Paris. (more…)

From the Anti-Imperialist Tribunal: Cuba Stands with Palestine for Justice and Dignity

By Veronica Aleman Cruz on October 9, 2025 from Havana

All Photos: Enrique González (Enro)

This morning, Cuba woke up united against the genocide in Gaza. The entire population is saying: No to war! No more children should die, the news should never be about the sacrifice of innocent lives…Today, more than 100,000 Cubans gathered at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune, which has been turned into a plaza for fighting for the world’s just causes. (more…)

Boluarte’s Government is Leading Attacks on the Press in Peru

By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on October 7, 2025

the state targeted media

The 2024 Shadow Report on Press Freedom in Latin America, prepared by the Voces del Sur network, reveals an alarming scenario for Peruvian journalism: the government has emerged as the main aggressor against the press in 2024. (more…)

Gustavo Petro: Drug Traffickers Live in the US, Europe, and Dubai

October 5, 2025

Gustavo Petro. Photo: Presidency of Colombia.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has out right rejected US attacks on ships in the Caribbean as part of the fight against international drug trafficking. (more…)

Global Condemnation After Israeli Assault on Humanitarian Flotilla Bound for Gaza

October 2, 2025

Italy

The interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla by “Israel” has sparked an immediate wave of international condemnation and diplomatic reactions in various countries. In response, Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered the expulsion of the entire Israeli diplomatic delegation still in Bogotá.The measure was announced on his official Twitter account following the arrest of two Colombian citizens, Manuela Bedoya and Luna Barreto, who were part of the humanitarian mission. (more…)

Trump: Colonial Delirium

By the Editorial Board of La Jornada, September 30, 2025 from Mexico City

protest of Netanyahu in Washington DC, July 2024, photo: Bill Hackwell

After President Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House released the “comprehensive plan to end the conflict in Gaza” agreed upon by the leaders. Of the 20 points contained in the document, only one (point 12: no one will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who wish to leave may do so and return freely) does not represent nonsense or a crime against humanity. (more…)

Netanyahu at the UN

By Carlos Fazio on September 31, 2025

Netanyahu at the UN

On September 26, amid the ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza, in an operation of propaganda and psychological warfare, Benjamin Netanyahu—the leading exponent of “wholesale terrorism” ( a term borrowed from Noam Chomsky)  at the moment—took to the podium of the UN General Assembly to defend with arrogance and dirty tricks the crimes of the State of Israel against humanity in occupied Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen. (more…)

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