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Norwayās government says it plans to ban all trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, and has announced consultation on…
Like most of Americaās wars in West Asia, the current joint U.S.-Israel attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran is about securing…
āTARIFFā MAY BE Trumpās the most delightful word in the English language, but for workers, it represents a danger. Itās like accepting…
The conclusion of the high-stakes Beijing summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 marked a critical pivot in the…
Nancy Duran Rodriguez took several pairs of work gloves to Mexico in 2025, intending to hand them out as a goodwill gesture…
In a flagrant disregard for international law and national sovereignty, the Trump administration invaded and kidnapped Venezuela’s President Maduro and First Lady…
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Increasingly, the United States and the European Union leverage their dominance in the world capitalist system to impose sanctions on other countries.…
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