Analysis and testimonies

- Analysis and testimonies / Middle East
- 18 May 2017
- Samidoun Network
Palestinian prisoners on the front lines: 69 years of resistance to ongoing Nakba, struggle for return and freedom

On the 69th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the occupation of 78 percent of Palestinian land by Zionist forces and the forced displacement and expulsion of 750,000 to one million […]
- Analysis and testimonies / Middle East / United States
- 17 May 2017
- Patrick Cockburn
Trump and Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman are the most dangerous men in the world – and they’re meeting next week

Trump has already ordered greater US support for the Saudi war effort in Yemen, but the deputy crown prince will be primarily bidding for US backing for his confrontation with […]
- Analysis and testimonies / Europe
- 16 May 2017
- Leonidas Vatikiotis and Aris Chatzistefanou
Greece: Back to the Future of Austerity and Debtocracy!

The SYRIZA-ANEL made a deal with the creditors, signed in May 2, that was met with a great deal of enthusiasm from the markets. It is an agreement that will […]
- Analysis and testimonies / Latin America / Videos
- 15 May 2017
- Alex Anfruns
Constituent Assembly in Venezuela, an opportunity for peace

The violent street clashes promoted by the opposition in April and May have resulted in over 40 casualties, 500 wounded, and millions in damage to public property. In this context, […]
- Analysis and testimonies / United States
- 15 May 2017
- Fred Goldstein
Trump, the gangster president

The ruling class is responsible for keeping Trump in office and for every racist, reactionary thing he does. Trump is their representative as a class and the masses must hold […]
- Analysis and testimonies / Latin America
- 14 May 2017
- Tortilla con Sal
False Beliefs and the War on Venezuela

Western media coverage of this latest coup attempt by Venezuela’s right-wing opposition has tried to establish false beliefs. A basic reality underlies the self-evident role of Western media as […]
- Analysis and testimonies / Latin America
- 13 May 2017
- Ricardo Vaz
Constituent Assembly, an opportunity for peace and the revolution

These are turbulent times in Venezuela. The opposition has gone all-in on their soft coup attempts, whose main ingredient is violence and death in the streets. Chavismo, despite the crisis […]
- Analysis and testimonies / André Vltchek's Column / Middle East
- 11 May 2017
- Andre Vltchek
Lebanon: Hedonism and War

Palestinian refugee camps are up in flames, across the country, a result of the disputes between the rival factions, but also of ‘unsavory’ influences from abroad. As everyone knows here, […]
- Analysis and testimonies / Latin America
- 11 May 2017
- Stansfield Smith
Soft Coups in Latin America: the cases of Ecuador and Bolivia

The US now engineers “regime change” not so much by using the military, in part because of their military quagmires in the Middle East, in part because Obama has sought […]
- Analysis and testimonies / Media Watch / United States
- 10 May 2017
- Robert Parry
NYT Cheers the Rise of Censorship Algorithms

Exclusive: The New York Times is cheering on the Orwellian future for Western “democracy” in which algorithms quickly hunt down and eliminate information that the Times and other mainstream outlets […]