ENGELS: It is a universal revolution and will, accordingly, have a universal range. MARX: Give us a fiver, Fred, we’re skint

Nouveau texte de ma part : Comment une bagarre à Lyon et un martyr fabriqué ont ouvert la voie à l’extrême droite française.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

New from me: How a brawl in Lyon and a manufactured martyr cleared the path for the French far right.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ in local elections.

Accusing Voice of America of spreading propaganda is a bit like accusing rain for making things wet www.npr.org/2026/03/23/n...

On this date in 1988, Angolan and Cuban forces won a landmark victory over the South African Defence Force at the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, the largest conventional battle on African soil since World War II. Their triumph paved the way for Namibian independence in 1990.

Iranian ministers: -Kantian philosopher -juris doctor of international law -conservator of fine arts -comparative literature scholar -theoretical astrophysicist US officials: -podcast host -MMA fighter -carnival barker -oil rig roughneck -demolition derby driver

Failure of his military strategy, resignation of his counter-terrorism chief, blockade of the Strait of Hormuz… Trump is bogged down in his war against Iran www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

Trump’s war on Iran mirrors Britain’s 1956 Suez disaster: a fading empire’s desperate military gamble that will accelerate, not reverse, its own collapse

Trump’s exit strategy for the Iran war seems to be “beg China and NATO to bail us out”

Israeli officials now ask how the Iran war ends, admitting no one can replace the regime. No surprise there. The goal was never a quick war; it was locking the US into a prolonged conflict to systematically destroy Iran as a regional power. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The odds of a US recession this year have risen considerably while experts predict the national average gas price will hit $4 per gallon in the coming month www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The United States slaughtered hundreds of Iranian girls in a strike on an elementary school in the town of Minab. All talk from US officials and war apologists about feminism and women’s rights are hollow. The US is happy to massacre girls if it aligns with its imperialism

“Actions by the Department of Education have real consequences for millions of students and families,” a lawyer representing ProPublica said. “The public deserves to understand how executive authority is being exercised.”

This is Markwayne Mullin, who is set to replace Kristi Noem as head of Homeland Security. Trump said he “gets along well with people.” Yet something else from Oklahoma that is going to be a national embarrassment youtu.be/FLjblX0oguo?...

The MAGA fracture exposes the same imperialist rot. While the military-industrial complex "cashes in,” working-class soldiers are sent to die for regime change and foreign interests. The "America First" mask has slipped

Democrats left a classified Iran war briefing alarmed: no clear objectives, no exit plan, troops expected to die. But their outrage targets only process. The bipartisan consensus for US military dominance of the Middle East remains intact.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Schumer and Jeffries stayed silent for a week while the US and Israel bombed Iran, then offered procedural complaints instead of opposition. 93% of Democratic voters are against this war. Their leaders serve capital, not constituents.

The U.S. is projecting strength because it is preparing for war with China. And it knows it can’t win on the market. So it’s going for the jugular. Iran is the key: control that region, and you cut China’s oil supply lines. No oil, no engine.

The shockwaves from the United States are unfolding before us This accelerates the neoliberalism that is tearing our societies apart, forcing us to choose between the law of the jungle and collective solidarity. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

‘We defeated the parties of billionaire donors’: Hannah Spencer’s victory speech

this is good. underrated problem with popularism: it is--openly and explicitly--a pathetic, wimpy school of thought www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

No more “learn to code” Jack Dorsey’s Block laid off 4,000 workers, almost half of the tech company’s workforce, despite a strong economic performance The cuts were due to AI and the capabilities of Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex with automated coding www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

On this date in 1941, the banned Communist Party of the Netherlands organized a general strike in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to protest the persecution of Dutch Jews.

Imperialist nations have no reason to abandon their destabilizing tactics. People at the core of the empire remain indifferent, while those on its margins lack the power to resist. With no meaningful opposition, there is no incentive to change course.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis shows the same class as white Southerners in the 1950s

The NYPD is reporting the tragic passing of Officer Horus “Hoss” Tinkerbell who was killed by improvised winter munitions in Washington Park. NYU antifa supersoldiers cut down one of New York’s finest with compact spheres of compressed ice crystals, possibly of Russian or Chinese origin.

A forensic investigation concluded that Israeli forces fired at close range on doctors in Gaza during a two-hour attack on March 23, 2025, with more than 900 bullet impacts, killing 15 humanitarian workers, constituting a new war crime.

Someone was so mad about my mistake of stating Staley was still CEO of Barclays they found my employer and sent them a screenshot of my post and a screenshot of Staley’s Wikipedia with the words “former CEO of Barclays” highlighted. They were quite confused I can only conclude it was Jes Staley

"Purdue has since warned faculty against speaking with the media."

The Labour Party deselected Faiza Shaheen for liking a tweet from 2014. Peter Mandelson was made Ambassador to Washington. Labour called both "the highest quality" decision-making. The full story of dark money, internal sabotage, and the Epstein files: medium.com/@bakuninmata...

While the governments of France, Italy, and Germany direct their global influence in a persecution of Francesca Albanese, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers attacked and injured at least 54 Palestinians. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

We've made "The Declarations of Havana" by Fidel Castro free to download. "Cuba rejects as well the attempt to perpetuate the Monroe Doctrine, until now utilized 'to extend the domination in America' of greedy imperialists."

Another email from the Epstein files: “How did the Hadid sisters (two Palestinians) become models and make so much money?! I don’t understand…”

NEW: The Trump admin publicized the arrest of an "antifa domestic terrorist," implying he was charged with threatening federal agents. But the criminal complaint suggests Kyle Wagner was charged with Instagram beefing with controversial rightwing agitator Jayden Scott. zeteo.com/p/trump-admi...

The extension of Israeli control over the West Bank is a new serious violation of international law. The West Bank is already, in practice, a territory that is partially annexed. www.bbc.com/news/article...

you know what? fine. yep. the libertarians always hated trump. sure they have a lot of incoherent and often bad beliefs and I don't align with them politically but, welcome to hating trump. if your boss calls i'll say you were here the whole time. i don't care. just get in the boat and shut up.

This is neocolonialism: Haiti is now directly threatened by the United States, which has sent three warships to Port-au-Prince Bay. haitiantimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

“Bernard-Henri Lévy, whom my doorman takes for a journalist, journalists take for a philosopher, and philosophers take for my doorman.” — Pierre Bourdieu, Recueil d’interventions, 1961–2001

The United States, now featuring death squads

Please take the time to read this superb @jamellebouie.net column. It establishes a baseline of truth for anyone who wants to think, talk, and write honestly about Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...

This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

ICE cannot be reformed. DHS cannot be reformed. They must be splintered to the wind and their members put on trial. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

All those folks who preferred Parenti have been vindicated www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Fanny Schoonheyt, born in Rotterdam in 1912, was the only woman among the contingent of Dutch volunteers to take up arms in defense of the Spanish Republic.

Altering an arrest photo to smear a protester is propaganda. The way the White House did it is nakedly racist. This is how the fascist state manufactures consent: reshape reality, then punish dissent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

If you care about Iranians, demand an end to Western sanctions that punish civilians, fuel misery, and destabilize society. No country can freely choose its future while under siege. Westerners’ only role is to pressure their governments to stop regime-change warfare.

This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan. A citizen. Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold. "We're from the United States bro!' he screamed. Agents took and sold his phone And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.

The fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross has led to a major leak of ICE personnel data to the ICE List, an online database aimed at holding masked federal agents accountable.