Geopolitical Outlook

Below is an English translation of a 1936 article written by Nadezhda Krupskaya, the wife of Vladimir Lenin and a fellow Bolshevik revolutionary figure. She served as the Soviet Union's Deputy Minister of Education from 1929 until her death in 1939. This article is a reflection on Lenin, Stalin, Trotskyites, the Second International, and building socialism. She always did have a lot of respect for Joseph Stalin and it shows in this written piece; but it is not the only highlight of the article nor is it the only talking point. She talks about the hard work and dedication that went into building the Soviet Republic as well, and the early stages of developing a post-Tsarist Russia which had previously been a backward society that was seriously lagging behind in terms of technology and industry. She also provides a great deal of criticism of the Second International and its defense of Trotsky.  Now of course, neither Krupskaya nor her husband (who also criticized Leon Trotsky a g...

When it comes to war-torn Afghanistan and the role played by the United States and its NATO allies, what comes first to mind for most is the ‘War on Terror’ campaign launched in 2001 by George W. Bush almost immediately after the 9/11 attacks. And understandably so, considering that the United States and its allies established a direct “boots-on-the-ground” military presence in the country that year. Not only that, but during the Bush-Cheney years, there was an aggressive propaganda campaign being played out across U.S. media outlets which used women’s rights as one of the pretexts for the continued occupation. The irony of this, however, is not lost on those who understand that the conflict in Afghanistan has a long history which, much like Syria, stretches as far back as the Cold War era — especially when it was the United States that  provided support  for the Mujahideen in destabilizing the country and stripping away the modernizing, progressive economic and social gai...

Minnesota's Democratic representative and Congresswoman  Ilhan Omar has been making headlines lately because of the seemingly "anti-establishment" remarks she made in Washington and has become popular among some Western 'progressives', including feminist circles. Her comments included: criticizing AIPAC, calling out the state of Israel for its treatment of Palestinians (and rightly so), and calling Barack Obama a "pretty face who got away with murder". That is, until she backtracked -- as she usually does, which shouldn't be surprising -- and proclaimed herself to be an " Obama fan ". More recently, however, she made the following Tweet : Some anti-imperialist critics say that she's a Muslim Brotherhood-controlled opposition or spokesperson, which would not be too farfetched. Here, she is perpetuating the lies used to justify the United States' dirty war on Syria; namely, that the foreign-shipped, head-chopping "mo...

March 24th, 2019 will mark the 20th anniversary of 78-day NATO air-bombing of Yugoslavia, with Serbia suffering the most catastrophic damage since it was the central target. As was already mentioned , Serbia was at the centre of one of the most vicious U.S. imperialist propaganda campaigns; to add insult to injury, it was re-victimized and humiliated in the ICC. There are also reasonable grounds to believe that former Yugoslavian President and Serbian-born Slobodan Milošević was murdered (via poisoning) in 2006. Milošević was unfairly indicted for alleged war crimes and was arrested on March 31st, 2001. He was put on trial in the Hague Tribunal in 2002 and spent four years in prison, until the day of his death on March 11th, 2006. One of his defense lawyers, Christopher Black, writes  [1]: "The death of Slobodan Milosevic was clearly the only way out of the dilemma the NATO powers had put themselves in by charging him before the Hague tribunal. The propaganda against him...

"Let us take the profit, the private economic profit, out of medicine, and purify our profession of rapacious individualism... Let us say to the people not 'How much have you got?' but 'How best can we serve you?'"  — Norman Bethune Doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel thrive better in public universal health care systems because they are not strapped for time, and because they don't inherently want to operate by doing what's simplest for them, by taking shortcuts, and by constantly living in fear of facing lawsuits. Where are they pushed into operating in such a way that is anti-human and goes against ethics in medicine? In privatized health care systems, bastions of Neoliberalism, if ever, such as those seen in the United States. Profit-driven health care does not come with the right to privacy, dignity, and reasonable bodily autonomy, always lacking sufficient funding in providing a variety of options for patients. In public unive...

1. Cuba: "The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba strongly condemns and rejects the attempt to impose through a coup a puppet government in the service of the United States in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and expresses its unwavering solidarity with the Government of the constitutional president Nicolás Maduro Moros." 2. Syria: "The Syrian Arab Republic condemned in strongest terms going to extremes by the US and its blatant interference in the affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, affirming full solidarity with the Venezuelan leadership and people in preserving the sovereignty of the country and foiling the hostile schemes of the US administration." 3. Nicaragua: " "The Great Homeland does not bend, it stands proud, with the Love of its Peoples, here no one surrenders! Viva Venezuela! Viva Chávez! Viva Nicolás! Forward, with Faith and Hope!" reads the statement." 4. Bolivia: "Our solidari...

Having successfully won the May 20, 2018 elections (and many election cycles prior) with the clearly popular vote, Nicolas Maduro was sworn into office on January 10, 2019. And yet, despite there being no evidence of rigging or electoral fraud -- especially when the ever-so cautious Bolivarian government always makes sure to invite a UN inspector to observe -- the U.S.-backed right-wing opposition continues to cry foul and react violently, resorting to acts terrorism against the Venezuelan population. This week, we see renewed calls for regime-change and a bloody coup from the United States and its allies. Even more outrageous: we see several Western political figures recognizing opposition leader Juan Guiado as the country's "interim president"! If the U.S. were to actually start militarily attacking Venezuela, their proxy forces will most likely be coming from Venezuela's long-time enemy, Colombia; and also Brazil, given that Bolsonaro is virulently anti-Venezuel...