Propaganda - Fidel Castro - American Imperialism - Israel - India

 

Poisoned Legacy By Felicity Arbuthnot More ordnance was rained down on Iraq during the six weeks of the Gulf War than was dropped in the whole of World War Two. Unknown to the public or the Allied troops at the time, much of it was coated with depleted uranium (DU). Read here

Military Exercises Serving as Media Propaganda: Ukrainians ‘Obliterated’ U.S. “Opposing Force” in Military Exercise. What’s Happening in the “Real War Theater”? By Drago Bosnic The latest report by the Wall Street Journal reveals that large systems such as NATO are still plagued by red tape and “old ways,” despite dramatic tactical, operational, strategic and doctrinal changes taking place everywhere around the world. Read here

Fidel Castro Ruz. His Legacy Will Live Forever. Truth as A Revolutionary Instrument. The Dangers of Nuclear War. “The Battle of Ideas” By Fidel Castro Ruz and Prof Michel Chossudovsky In all major regions of the World, the Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration in the relentless struggle against colonial domination and US imperialism. Fidel Castro was the embodiment of these struggles against global capitalism, committed to a World of Peace, a World of truth, where people join hands, a World of understanding, a World of tolerance and respect. Read here

American Imperialism – Now Without USA? By Hermann Ploppa Iran was on the verge of victory. Iran had both the USA and its closest ally in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, firmly in a vise grip. The straits of Hormuz and Bab el Mandeb could be closed at any time. The USA would no longer have access to raw materials for fertilizers. Read here

Israel Plans Permanent Occupation in Lebanon While Talks in Rome Stall By Steven Sahiounie Hezbollah accused Israel of a land-grab in southern Lebanon after an account affiliated with the Israeli Foreign Ministry published a map showing parts of Lebanese territory within the borders of the Israeli state. Read here

Paper Tiger: The Failure of America’s Trillion Dollar War Machine By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States spent $21 trillion on its military between 2001 and 2024 (in constant 2024 dollars), equal to the combined military spending of the next 18 countries. Iran barely made that list at all, spending only 2% of what the US did, and SIPRI estimated Iran’s 2025 military budget at only $7.5 billion. So how is Iran holding its own against the multi-trillion-dollar US war machine? Read here

Draining India’s Small Farms to Sustain the City By Colin Todhunter While critiques of Indian agriculture have long focused on the crisis of commercial cash crops and the corporatisation of wheat and paddy procurement, this focus creates a significant oversight. By treating the state-backed mandi system as the universal standard, such analyses overlook the reality of the vast majority of smallholders—those growing pulses, millets and rain-fed crops who were never integrated into formal MSP procurement to begin with. Read here