(2025-07-13). Former Israeli PM Says Israel's Plan To Build 'Humanitarian City' in Gaza Amounts to Concentration Camp. news.antiwar.com Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in an interview published on Sunday that the Israeli government's plan to build a so-called "humanitarian city" on the ruins of Rafah amounts to a concentration camp, warning that if the plan is carried out, it could be considered ethnic cleansing. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz first announced …
(2025-07-13). Israeli Attacks Kill 134 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours. news.antiwar.com Gaza's Health Ministry said on Sunday that Israeli attacks killed 134 Palestinians and wounded 425 over the previous 24-hour period as relentless US-backed Israeli strikes continue to pound targets across the Strip and Israeli forces continue to kill people seeking aid. The Health Ministry said that five other bodies were recovered from the rubble. "A …
(2025-07-13). A (belated) Look at Finding the Money. realprogressives.org My friend Maren Poitras' Finding the Money does the vital work of dragging Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) out of academic journals and into the public square; but like a union rep forced to negotiate at a table built by bosses, the film's framework bends under the weight of capital's myths. Stephanie Kelton rightly hammers that "currency issuers can never run out of money"
(2025-07-13). Trump's Immigration Policy Falls in Line with Racist U.S. History Towards Immigrants. lataco.com Xenophobia is as American as the World Series, Trump, Immigration, and White Supremacy.
(2025-07-13). Funeral Held for American Killed by Israeli Settlers in the Occupied West Bank. news.antiwar.com
(2025-07-13). Pentagon Admits Iranian Missile Hit Dome Used For Communications at US Qatar Base. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon has admitted that an Iranian missile hit a communications dome at the US's Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar during Iran's attack that came in response to the US bombing Iran's nuclear facilities. The admission from Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell came after satellite images first revealed the damage. The images show that the …
(2025-07-13). Russia Slams Report That Says It Backs Deal for Zero Iranian Nuclear Enrichment. news.antiwar.com The Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday criticized a report from Axios that said Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iranian officials that he supports the idea of a nuclear deal that wouldn't allow Iran to enrich uranium. The Axios report also said that Putin expressed the same position in conversations with President Trump and French President …
(2025-07-13). Yemen's Houthis Committed to Ceasefire With the US. news.antiwar.com Yemen's Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, are committed to a ceasefire deal with the US despite the group's recent attacks on two commercial ships that were carried out as part of its blockade on Israeli-linked shipping, Drop Site News has reported. "Our military operations remain directed exclusively at Israel. Should the United States reengage …
(2025-07-13). 'Cover Them Up Like James Brown': What Can Mayor Bass and the Rest of Us Do About the ICE Raids? lataco.com How do we fight power while feeling powerless? One day at a time!
(2025-07-13). Not All Roads Lead to Persia. libya360.wordpress.com Ingrid Chahine An oil refinery in south Tehran hit by an Israeli strike — June 2025 (AFP) An analysis paper published in June 2009 by the Saban Center, currently known as Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, has resurfaced, following the twelve-day war between Israel and Iran that occurred a month ago, on June 13. Titled…
(2025-07-13). 21 Killed, Over 40 Wounded in Fighting In Syrian City of Suwayda. news.antiwar.com Adding to the seemingly endless array of different ethnic, sectarian and other general clashes in Syria, fighting erupted in the southern city of Suwayda today, leaving at least 21 people dead, including a child, and over 40 others wounded, as many as 50 by some accounts. Details are still emerging over what exactly started the …
(2025-07-13). Congo-Rwanda Deal: A Mineral Grab for Peace. orinocotribune.com By Rana Harbi — Jul 11, 2025 | The US-brokered agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda is being marketed as a "peace deal," ending a three-decade long conflict. While the people of that region hold on to hope, the deal is beginning to look like a "mineral grab" in another round of colonization of Africa. | Last week, US President Donald Trump celebrated the signing of a US-brokered "peace agreement" between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, positioning himself, yet again, as a "peacemaker" who can swiftly end conflicts across the globe. | "In a few short m…
(2025-07-13). Latakia's Burning Coast: Sectarian Purge Masked as 'Wildfire' Under Syria's New Government. orinocotribune.com
(2025-07-13). Palestine and the production of ignorance. mondoweiss.net The Trump administration is attacking academia because it threatens existing power structures and dominant elites. This is seen most clearly when it comes to Palestine.
(2025-07-13). Aaron Benanav: Beyond Capitalism—1. newleftreview.org In the first instalment of a major contribution to the reconceptualization of a post-capitalist social order, Aaron Benanav marshals insights from a long century of socialist thought and practice—Cabet, Marx, Preobrazhensky, Neurath, Keynes—to lay the theoretical foundations for his own multi-criterial model.
(2025-07-13). Alyssa Battistoni: Situating Freedom. newleftreview.org How might we reimagine freedom on an increasingly turbulent and resource-constrained planet? Charting a course between rival left accounts, Alyssa Battistoni offers a conception inspired by de Beauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity: a 'situated' freedom, which recognizes natural contingency and centres human agency.
(2025-07-13). Michael Burawoy: Palestine through a South African Lens. newleftreview.org In a draft text sent to NLR before his tragically early death, the sociologist reflects on the reasons for the starkly different outcomes of Afrikaner and Zionist settler colonialisms: in South Africa, a unified democratic republic, with all its problems; in Israel, ongoing war.
(2025-07-13). Michael Levien: Michael Burawoy. newleftreview.org Intellectual reconstruction of the work of Michael Burawoy, from globe-spanning analysis of production regimes—post-colonial, advanced capitalist, state socialist—to theoretical dialogues with Polanyi, Bourdieu and Du Bois.
(2025-07-13). NLR Editors: Michael Burawoy: 1947—2025. newleftreview.org The well-travelled life and consistently lucid, radical thought of global labour's great comparative ethnographer—and social theorist.
(2025-07-13). Roberto Schwarz: Political Polyphonies. newleftreview.org Interview with the Brazilian critic and theorist on the literary and political ideas informing his epic play, Queen Lira. A volatile cacophony of voices disputing his country's path, from Dilma's impeachment to Bolsonaro's rise and Lula's unexpected return.
(2025-07-13). Zhang Yongle: Reconfiguring Hegemony. newleftreview.org A view from China of the battle for America's ideological soul, pitting Trump, home-grown nemesis of Western liberal democracy, against Francis Fukuyama, subtlest philosopher of its world-historical triumph. Are these contrasted figures two manifestations of the same hegemonic principle?
(2025-07-13). The Entrenchment of Dina Boluarte, the Most Hated Head of State in the World. orinocotribune.com By Anahí Durand Guevara — Jul 11, 2025 | In recent months, Peru's coup President Dina Boluarte has been in the news for seemingly contradictory reasons: having the lowest citizen approval rating in the world and, at the same time, receiving one of the highest salaries in Latin America, and nothing affecting her continuity in office. | In May, the polling organization IPSOS revealed that Dina Boluarte had 0% citizen approval. "In the whole world I do not know of such a poor record," said Alfredo Torres, director of IPSOS, when asked about this situation. The director also emphasized that Boluarte's approval r…
(2025-07-13). Bolivia: Andrónico Rodríguez Calls for Left Unity Amid Political Fragmentation and Lawfare. orinocotribune.com During his proclamation ceremony in the town of Yapacaní, in the eastern region of Santa Cruz, the president of the Bolivian senate and presidential candidate for the Popular Alliance, Andrónico Rodríguez, called for unity among the entire left in the country for the next general elections, scheduled for August 17. | "The political adversary is the right wing, which wants to privatize, nullify, and destroy what has been built with so much effort so long ago … Brothers and sisters, no more fighting among comrades, unity above all, unity of the entire political left," Rodríguez urged in his speech. | This call fo…
(2025-07-13). Don't Take Instruction On How To Live Your Life From A Stark Raving Mad Society. thealtworld.com Don't take instruction on how to live your life from a stark raving mad society. | This civilization is sick. It is genocidal. It is ecocidal. It is omnicidal. We are ruled by psychopaths, while the best among us are relegated to the fringes of the fringe. We are hurtling into totalitarianism and armageddon at breakneck pace while our attention is aggressively pulled toward the vapid and the inane. | You should share none of the values and priorities of this freak show. You should not let any aspect of this dystopia inform your decisions regarding who you should be and what kind of life you should live. | In this…
(2025-07-13). Is Trump interfering in the internal affairs of other nations? america.cgtn.com Some critics say U.S. President Trump's policy of America First is about isolationism. Early in his second term he has suggested annexing Greenland, taking back the Panama Canal and absorbing Canada into the United States. | And the U.S. president has been accused of interfering in other nation's internal affairs too.
(2025-07-13). Far Right Dark Money Elections Group Raised $3.9M in First Full Year. truthout.org Insurrectionist and voter suppression advocate Cleta Mitchell formed a new dark money group in 2023 to channel funds to organizations that promote the Big Lie of a stolen 2020 election and spread misinformation about the threat of widespread noncitizen voting. Housed in the offices of the Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI), the Foundation for Accountability Integrity & |
(2025-07-13). Comicomment: Who will pay the price for 'big, beautiful bill'. ecns.cn U.S. President Donald Trump has signed the landmark "One Big Beautiful Bill" into law. While supporters hail it as a major achievement, critics argue the bill favors the wealthy, calling it a "Robin Hood in reverse" for shifting benefits upward while leaving lower-income Americans behind.
(2025-07-13). China completes 'power expressway loop' around southern Xinjiang desert. ecns.cn China has finished construction of a 4,197-km extra-high voltage power transmission loop around the Tarim Basin, home to the country's largest desert, marking a major infrastructure milestone in southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China.
(2025-07-13). Wang Yi hails China-ASEAN cooperation, calls for openness amid U.S. tariffs. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday briefed the media on China-ASEAN cooperation, U.S.-imposed tariffs and the South China Sea issue while attending the annual ASEAN Plus foreign ministers' meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
(2025-07-13). China defends approach by military aircraft after Japan complaint. ecns.cn A Chinese defense spokesperson on Sunday dismissed Japanese claims that Chinese military aircraft had flown "abnormally close" to its planes, saying China's response was legitimate and professional.
(2025-07-13). UIC Chairman applauds China's achievements in high-speed rail. ecns.cn
(2025-07-13). (W.E. Talk) International experts optimistic about China's economic resilience. ecns.cn
(2025-07-13). Trump announces new tariffs on EU and Mexico. america.cgtn.com Another round of tariffs was announced Saturday by U.S. President Donald Trump. The targets this time are two of the country's largest trading partners, Mexico and the European Union. 30 percent levies for both are due to go into effect on August 1st. | CGTN's Frances Kuo has more.
(2025-07-13). The US Public Loves the National Park Service. Trump Is Destroying It Anyway. truthout.org If there is one thing Americans love, it's our national parks. A record-setting 331 million people visited the 63 national parks in 2024 — a number roughly equivalent to the entire U.S. population. Park visitors spend tens of billions each year on lodging, restaurants, and travel expenses, significantly boosting local economies. The National Park Service is the most popular government agency… |
(2025-07-13). Trump Plan to Expand Land for Arctic Drilling Is an Ecological Disaster. truthout.org The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse of tundra and wetlands stretching across nearly 23 million acres of northern Alaska. It's called the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, but despite its industrial-sounding name, the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, or NPR-A, is much more than a fuel depot. Tens of thousands of caribou feed and breed in this area… |
(2025-07-13). °Llegó el verano! øCómo cuidar a otros animales? cubadebate.cu La semana anterior estuvimos comentando sobre algunos efectos que pueden afectar la salud y el bienestar de las mascotas y nos referimos especialmente a los perros y gatos, que son los de mayor tenencia en nuestro país. Pero pensamos que no se deben descartar otras especies domésticas que también se asumen como mascotas.
(2025-07-13). Viviendo un sueño frustrado. cubadebate.cu Ellos dicen que "sancionan"/pero aquí los sancionados/se encuentran firmes y honrados/con la "sanción" que mencionan./A Cuba no le perdonan/su estirpe, su resistencia,/y Trump, en su prepotencia,/admite que todo vale/con tal que Cuba regale/la Patria y la independencia.
(2025-07-13). Canciller de Irán: El país persa reiniciaría conversaciones nucleares, pero sin ceder al enriquecimiento de uranio. cubadebate.cu El canciller de Irán reafirmó la voluntad de su nación de reiniciar las conversaciones nucleares, siempre que haya garantías claras y no se imponga la renuncia al enriquecimiento de uranio. Sobre la relación con la OIEA, afirmó que la colaboración se iniciará, aunque en un formato diferente, con el objetivo de salvaguardar las instalaciones nucleares de la nación.
(2025-07-13). Dúo Díaz-Alayo se lleva el oro en el Abierto de Moscú. cubadebate.cu El dúo cubano de Noslen Díaz y Jorge Luis Alayo ganó este domingo la medalla de oro en el fuerte torneo Abierto de Moscú, correspondiente al Circuito de Voleibol de Playa de Rusia 2025, al derrotar 2-1 a la dupla de Sotoyanovsky-Leshuko. Los discípulos de Francisco àÅlvarez Cutiño los vencieron en el primer set, 21-11, cayeron en el segundo, 16-21, y remataron en el tercero, 15-12.
(2025-07-13). øEEUU realmente deporta a "lo peor de lo peor" ? øQué dicen los datos? cubadebate.cu Las estadísticas más recientes del ICE muestran que, al 29 de junio, había 57 861 personas detenidas por la agencia, de las cuales 41 495 —71.7%— no tenían condenas penales. "Hay una profunda desconexión entre la retórica y la realidad", señaló Ahilan Arulanantham, codirector del Centro de Derecho y Política de Inmigración de la Facultad de Derecho de la UCLA.
(2025-07-13). El Chelsea aniquila al PSG y se lleva la corona del Mundial de Clubes. cubadebate.cu El club inglés Chelsea derrotó 3-0 al francés Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) en la final de la Copa Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA disputada este domingo en el MetLife Stadium de Nueva Jersey.Un doblete de Cole Palmer y otro tanto del brasileño Joao Pedro dejaron sobre el tapete la inesperada goleada este domingo, y en la segunda mitad nada más ocurrió en el marcador.
(2025-07-13). El sencillo acto cotidiano que puede hacer a las parejas un 20 por ciento más felices, según estudio. cubadebate.cu Una psicóloga ha revelado un sencillo acto cotidiano que, si se realiza en conjunto, puede hacer que las parejas se sientan un 20% más felices. Según Hannah Lawson, lavar los platos juntos tiene un impacto sorprendentemente positivo, ya que fomenta la equidad, el trabajo en equipo y un sentido de asociación, lo que aumenta la felicidad en la pareja.
(2025-07-13). Jornada de 5-3 para Cuba en el torneo abierto de boxeo de Guizhou, en China. cubadebate.cu El segundo triunfo de Saidel Horta y felices estrenos de Nelson Williams y Dayira Mesa marcaron en positivo el desempeño dominical de Cuba en el torneo abierto de boxeo de Guizhou, en China. Horta (57 kg), subtitular del orbe, impuso respeto desde el primer acto y acrecentó su dominio en el siguiente ante el uzbeko Tashlanov Shakhjakhon.
(2025-07-13). Lavrov y Wang Yi se reúnen en Pekín. cubadebate.cu El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Rusia, Serguéi Lavrov, se reunió este domingo con su par chino, Wang Yi, como parte de su visita al gigante asiático para participar en una reunión del consejo de cancilleres de los Estados miembros de la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghái, que se celebrará el 15 de julio en la ciudad china de Tianjin.
(2025-07-13). Recuperan en Supertanqueros de Matanzas capacidad de almacenamiento. cubadebate.cu A casi tres años del lamentable incendio en la Base de Supertanqueros en Matanzas se aprecian avances en la recuperación de la capacidad de 200 000 metros cúbicos de almacenamiento de combustibles perdida como consecuencia del siniestro.
(2025-07-13). FEMA Missed Thousands of Texas Flood Victims' Calls After Noem Fired Contractors. truthout.org Outrage continues to grow against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem over her response to the deadly floods that ravaged Texas last week. According to a Friday report from The New York Times, more than two-thirds of phone calls to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from flood victims went unanswered after Noem allowed hundreds of contractors to be laid off on July 5… |
(2025-07-13). LA Judge Orders ICE to Cease Indiscriminate Raids and Racial Profiling. truthout.org A federal judge in Los Angeles has ordered the Trump administration to stop carrying out indiscriminate immigration raids in the city and its surrounding areas, citing its use of "unconstitutional tactics," including racial profiling and denying the right to an attorney. Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California wrote that there is a… |
(2025-07-13). US Aid Has Always Been a Tool of Control. Under Trump, It's a Tool of Death. truthout.org A shipment of U.S. wheat intended to feed millions of starving Yemeni civilians has become a stark symbol of how the Trump administration weaponizes humanitarian aid not only to punish geopolitical enemies, but also to stage a hollow performance of compassion while doing so. Earlier this year, a U.S. cargo ship carrying thousands of tons of wheat departed for Yemen… |
(2025-07-13). Biopic About New Zealand's Prime Minister Omits Socialism. counterpunch.org Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda […] | To read this article, log in
(2025-07-13). The Welsh Resistance to Trump's Golden Dome. counterpunch.org In 1990, it was revealed that the Pentagon planned to build an over-the-horizon radar at RAF Brawdy, Pembrokeshire. PARC was born: Pembrokeshire Against the Radar. With sponsored walks in the nature threatened by the proposed radar, together with events such as Rock Against the Radar, the activist group single-handedly drew public and Parliamentary attention to the proposed radar. Alan Clark, the Minister of Defence Procurement, attempted to ease locals' concerns by appearing in person at the St. Davids City Hall. Clark was met by hundreds of residents wielding No Radar placards. By then, a dozen other campaign g…