Middle East-Africa
What’s Behind the Assassination of Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist?
On Friday Iranian media reported that Iranian scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated. Though the details surrounding the killing are still unknown, the latest imperialist attack on Iran polarizes the situation in the Middle East for the incoming Biden Administration, which seeks to restore the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Samuel Karlin
November 30, 2020Amid Violent Repression, Nigerians Call for the Abolition of the Police
For weeks, Nigerians have been protesting in huge numbers against police brutality, even in the face of violent repression. The police are an instrument of the capitalist state. The fight to abolish them in Nigeria is the same as the one in the U.S. and across the world.
Samuel Karlin
October 21, 2020Why Is Israel Campaigning for Trump?
Both the Democratic and the Republican parties support the strategic alliance the United States has with Israel, no matter the cost --- but Trump’s reelection campaign is the primary beneficiary of the pro-Israeli lobby.
Claudia Cinatti
October 15, 2020What Is behind the Confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Armenia and Azerbaijan are on the brink of a new war for control over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Although the conflict is so far driven by local tensions, regional and global geopolitical factors also play a part, particularly the relations established in the recent wars in the Middle East.
Claudia Cinatti
October 9, 2020Two More Arab States Normalize Relations with Israel
Bahrain and the UAE are the first Arab states in twenty-five years to establish formal ties with Israel (joining Egypt and Jordan), officially demolishing the already decaying facade of Arab unity with Palestine.
Mia Moraru
October 2, 2020Armenia and Azerbaijan: On the Brink of War Again?
The clashes in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan could turn into a full-scale conflict involving other regional powers. With economic, health, and ecological crises rising worldwide, geopolitical conflicts and capitalist aggression will also increase.
Philippe Alcoy
September 29, 2020Steve Biko: Murdered by South African Cops On this Day in 1977
Steve Biko, South African socialist and leader of the Black Consciousness Movement, was murdered by the cops 43 years ago today. His legacy lives on in the critically important contributions he and BCM made to the struggle against apartheid.
Scott Cooper
September 12, 2020Mali’s Military Coup: A Road to Nowhere
Mali's working class and its allies among the oppressed urban youth and rural peasantry must link their struggle with the militant working class in countries like Nigeria and South Africa. If the working class of those countries were to take state power into their own hands, it would very likely spark a pan-African revolt of workers and peasants.
Alex Kole
September 6, 2020Killer Cops Are Global: South African Police Murder Teen with Down Syndrome
Protests ignite in Johannesburg, South Africa after police murdered a 16-year boy with Down Syndrome when he did not respond to police demands. Black people across the world are standing up to fight back against the police and the state in cities across the globe.
Carmin Maffea
August 29, 2020Sudan Shaken by New Protests
Protests throughout the East African country are demanding political reforms toward “democracy.” But the country’s economic and social situation is worsening every day.
Salvador Soler
August 27, 2020