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  • Venezuela Under Siege: A Hundred Deaths at Sea – Hundreds of Thousands by Sanctions

    Washington is targeting the Venezuelan people in an escalating regime-change offensive, combining open military violence with an economic siege that has quietly claimed far more lives. By Roger D. Harris Most of the world looks on in disbelief at the now-routine murders on the high seas off Venezuela’s coast – serial killings that the newly…

  • Gaza: Hope Walks on Our Own Legs

    UN Security Council Resolution 2803 represents a victory for American diplomacy, enforcing the law of the jungle. On November 17, 2025, in New York, Russia and China abstained, despite holding the power to block the resolution with their veto—a privilege reserved for the five permanent powers. I have read the resolution. The condemnation of Gaza…

  • Veterans For Peace Support ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’! Active-Duty Military and National Guard Can Refuse Illegal Orders to Fight Illegal Wars

    Veterans For Peace supports the members of Congress who produced the Don’t Give Up the Ship video to affirm and make clear the right and responsibility of all military servicemembers to refuse illegal orders.  We are appalled at the president of the United States’ reaction, calling their statement of fact seditious and punishable by the death penalty.…

  • Why did Trump and Mamdani at opposite ends of the political spectrum meet?

    This week the meeting between President Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani surprised both Democrats and Republicans. In fact, beyond their political and ideological positions, these two men decided to work together for the people of New York. This is amazing and remarkable; they were able to overcome the limitations imposed by their own…

  • Accra: Repairing the Damage of Colonialism on the African Continent

    An international conference was held in Accra, the capital of Ghana, from November 18 to 19, bringing together delegates from Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, Europe, and the diaspora in general to chart a path toward full reparations for slavery, colonialism, and apartheid suffered by African peoples. The conference, convened by the Pan-African Progressive Front…

  • In the Company of Trees, Strangers, and an Ex-Con

    by George Banez ”Oh, you weren’t even born yet the second time I went to jail,” said Tatang as he lounged on a wooden platform raised two feet above the dirt floor of the “cottage.” Made of bamboo, the cottage was the kitchen-dining hall for the staff, now reduced to five hardy men. They remained to…

  • Earthquake Shakes Bangladesh

    by Sheikh Arif (Dhaka Bureau) It was a Friday morning. The clock showed 10:38 AM. Since it was the weekly holiday, many working people were still asleep. Some were having breakfast, while others were at the market. Suddenly, a tremor. Though initially bewildered, it became clear within a few seconds that an earthquake had struck.…

  • Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025 Concludes; 3rd PLF Awards Conferred on Dewri and Tamuli

    Guwahati:  The curtain came down for the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025 on 16 November, as two Assamese writers were felicitated in the valedictory ceremony at  Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the prehistoric city of Guwahati with the gracious presence of  PLF president Phanindra Kumar Dev Choudhury, chief guest Dr Apurba Kumar Saikia and a galaxy of…

  • Book Review: Public Diplomacy and Peacekeeping Journalism

    After years of intense and meticulous preparation, a group of authors, experts, and researchers from Moscow State University (MGU) has set an ambitious goal to launch a new book entitled “Public Diplomacy and Peacekeeping Journalism in the Emerging Multipolar World” in 2026. More than 15 countries participated in the special panel section from Africa, Middle…

  • Who Is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody

    On November 17th, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to endorse President Trump’s plan for Gaza, including a transitional government headed by Trump himself and an International Stabilization Force (ISF) that is expected, among other tasks, to disarm Hamas, a task that Israel has failed to do through two years of genocide and mass destruction. By…