November 15 marks the foundation day of two different states in the Middle East: The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), in 1983, and the State of Palestine in 1988. Their historic leaders, Rauf Denktaş and Yasser Arafat once met and expressed envy to each other’s standing: Denktaş told Arafat he was envying Palestine, because it was recognized as a ...
By Raphael Machado Without mincing words: the world is experiencing the Third World War, with hot phases in Ukraine and Palestine; but the rest of the world is also immersed in this war, whether they know it or not, whether they want it or not. Because wars today have informational, cultural, cybernetic and psychological dimensions, not as subsidiary elements of ...
By Jeremy Kuzmarov * In August 2022, Ukrainian security service (SBU) operatives hid explosives in a crate intended for a cat in a car driven by a woman and her twelve year old daughter. After the car passed through the Russian border, the SBU planted the bomb in the SUV of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, the daughter of well known ...
By Michael Roberts * Over the next few posts, I aim to review a number of books published in the last year on key aspects of Marxist economic theory. I start with dependency theory. Dependency theory emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as a critique of ‘modernisation’ theory, which argued that poor countries could develop by following the same path ...
The treaties of the old world that ensured the worldwide hegemony of the US are starting to disappear one by one. Russia announced the termination of the European Conventional Forces Treaty (CFE), following the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that Russia’s withdrawal process from the CFE has been completed. It was stated that other ...
Atatürk’s funeral began its journey from Istanbul via Izmit to Ankara with the attendance of foreign state ships on November 19, 1938. The Soviets participated in the ceremony with a committee under the leadership of Foreign Minister’s assistant V.P. Potemkin on destroyer Moscow who had previously been assigned to Turkey. Other members were Admiral Yumashev, Commander of the Black Sea ...
The resistance of the Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation, beyond being a national liberation movement, in the current context has evolved into a significant component and forefront of humanity’s defiance against the unipolar, Western-centric world. In accordance with this reality, Western countries have lined up in support of Israel, their outpost in the East. To avoid any damage on ...
While a live genocide is taking place in Palestine that has lasted for more than a month, sponsored and militarily fueled by the United States, Ukraine, Washington’s other putative daughter, struggles into oblivion. November has made public a series of statements that show the putrid and terminal state in which Kyiv finds itself, just waiting for a last rite that ...
By Eray Güçlüer The developments in the Israel-Hamas conflict suggest that the Kassam Brigades still maintain the initiative. Israel’s ground assault from Sderot has managed to reach a depth of 3-4 kilometers from the northern edge of Gaza to the south. Israeli ground attacks are currently halted at the Beit Hanoun-Beit Lahya line. This line also marks the location of ...
Back in September, Canada’s parliament honored an elderly Ukrainian man who had fought with Nazi Germany.Yaroslav Hunka, 98, was applauded in the House of Commons by lawmakers not aware of his history, during a visit by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Later on, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons apologized for the step. Notwithstanding the apology, Canada pursues a very ...