Satluj: Glorifying a Selective Activist While Whitewashing Khalistani Terror By Manu Kant Honey Trehan’s Satluj (formerly Punjab ’95), released uncut on ZEE5 in early July 2026 before its swift removal in India, presents itself as a courageous exposé of state violence through the story of Jaswant Singh Khalra. Starring Diljit...
Read MoreThe Alternative for Germany’s electoral victory: Who is responsible? Peter Schwarz Co-leaders of Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, Alice Weidel, center, and Tino Chrupalla, right, and top candidate for the Saxony-Anhalt state elections Ulrich Siegmund, left, leave a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. [AP Photo/Ebrahim...
Read MoreJaswant Singh Khalra: Satluj, Sikhism and the Erasure of Class and History By Manu Kant Honey Trehan’s Satluj, inspired by the life and work of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, has stirred strong reactions in Punjab. Withdrawn from ZEE5 shortly after its release, it is now being screened in...
Read MoreDutch strike wave: welfare not warfare! Jonathan Hinckley07 September 2026 The Dutch government is trying to impose a budget which cuts billions from the welfare state to spend billions on imperialist rearmament. This week, thousands of workers from across the Netherlands – dockers, rail and transport workers, metalworkers, brewers, civil servants and...
Read MoreThe fight against the Alternative for Germany demands a fight against capitalism Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei 4 September 2026 On Sunday, voters in Saxony-Anhalt will decide whether the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will, for the first time, provide the minister-president of a German federal state. Leading candidates in Saxony-Anhalt Eva von...
Read MoreThe movement against the Vietnam War: when the colossus trembled Tom Trottier04 September 2026 The movement in the US against the Vietnam War mobilised millions against the government, and became a lightning rod for the demands of a huge layer of the oppressed. In this context, a powerful revolutionary party...
Read MoreAs capitalist crisis deepens, US House again votes to condemn socialism Patrick Martin House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, walk in Washington on January 9, 2025. [AP Photo/Jeenah Moon] For the third time in four years, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has...
Read MoreThe biggest oil heist in world history? US grabs Venezuela’s oil reserves Jorge Martín 02 September 2026 On 28 August, in a social media post, Trump announced what he described as “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” by which the US takes majority control over 65 billion barrels of...
Read MoreGrowing divisions at G20 finance ministers meeting Nick Beams It is a clear political fact of life that the Trump administration has been working to shatter all the post-war organisations and mechanisms set up, largely on the initiative of the United States, to maintain the economic and financial stability of...
Read MoreGerman government provokes escalation of Ukraine war Peter Schwarz An Antonov cargo plane [Photo by Vitorinostudio / wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0] The German government’s accusation that Russia carried out a failed terrorist attack at Leipzig Airport on August 4 is a political provocation. Its aim is to further escalate...
Read MoreFormer New Zealand defence minister says World War III is underway Tom Peters In a chilling statement indicative of the discussions taking place in ruling circles in New Zealand and internationally, the country’s former Defence Minister Ron Mark declared on August 31: “In my view, we’ve been in World War...
Read MoreWhistleblower warns Postal Service will deny mail ballots to millions under Trump scheme Barry Grey A USPS worker drives a delivery truck away from the Canal Street station loading bay in New York. [AP Photo/John Minchillo] A whistleblower report by an anonymous United States Postal Service official made public on...
Read MorePerspective The Roman Space Telescope: The power of science and the bankruptcy of capitalism Bryan Dyne The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launched at dawn on Sunday from Kennedy Space Center, is now well on its way to its final orbit about 1 million miles from Earth. The observatory’s solar...
Read MoreHumanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Nepal after floods Rohantha De Silva As rescue efforts entered their fifth day, the official death toll from last Wednesday’s flash floods in Nepal rose to 794, with more than 2,500 people missing. Chinese state media reported 16 deaths and 546 people missing in Tibet. The...
Read MoreUkrainian workers destroy army recruitment vehicle in expanding protests against “busification” Jason Melanovski Last Thursday, Ukrainian workers intervened to interrupt a document check being carried out by two service members of the Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) responsible for the forced mobilization or “busification” of tens of thousands of Ukrainian men...
Read MoreWith “economic D-Day” against Iran, Washington escalates conflict with China Andre Damon Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. [AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin] The Trump administration on Monday launched what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called an “economic D-Day”...
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