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Trapped in Iran, Trump can only be stopped by the American people!
10 April 2026 - by Yorgos Mitralias
While, despite the two-week ceasefire, the war continues to rage, claiming thousands of lives and causing widespread destruction in the Middle East (Persian Gulf) and the Near East (Lebanon), everything now indicates that this Trump—battered by (…) -
Trump, Putin and Ukraine: towards a division of spheres of influence at the expense of the people
3 April 2026 - by Eric Toussaint
Since the start of his second term, Donald Trump has been redefining US international strategy according to a brutal logic of power relations between major powers. Whilst stepping up aggressive policies in the Middle East and the Americas, his (…) -
Trump and the uninhibited imperialist domination of the Western Hemisphere
18 February 2026 - by Eric Toussaint
The publication of the National Security Strategy 2025 (NSS 2025), followed in January 2026 by the National Defence Strategy (NDS 2026), represents a major shift in the official formulation of US foreign policy. While the Monroe Doctrine has long (…) -
AI contributes to inflating global debt, already approaching $346 trillion or 310% of GDP
14 February 2026 - by Fátima Martín
Technology companies linked to Artificial Intelligence (AI) are contributing to the inflation of global debt, which is already approaching $346 trillion, or 310% of GDP, according to the International Institute of Finance (IIF) Global Debt (…) -
Too big to fail? Will Trump force taxpayers to bail out AI tech companies?
21 January 2026 - by Fátima Martín
OpenAI is not trying to become “too big to fail” and is not seeking government backing for its debt, the startup’s chief executive, Sam Altman, said in an attempt to calm concerns about a possible public bailout by the Trump administration. (…) -
The new doctrine of US international policy under Trump, or neo-fascism at the helm of the world’s leading military power
11 January 2026 - by Eric Toussaint
The publication of the new US national security doctrine in early December 2025 marks a sharp break with the past due to its openly militaristic, authoritarian, and ideologically reactionary nature. Under the guise of strategic realism, the Trump (…) -
Report on Europe in 2025
1 January 2026 - by Eric Toussaint
The political situation in Europe is very bad [1]. The far right is in government in several countries: Italy, Hungary, Belgium (the Prime Minister is from the NVA), Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Croatia, not to mention Sweden (where (…) -
German Chancellor Merz’s US ex-employer, BlackRock, will benefit most from ReArm Europe
19 December 2025 - by Fátima Martín
US giant BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager and former employer of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, is one of the major beneficiaries of the ReArm Europe program, the European Commission’s war policy. In fact, the North American (…) -
The AI bubble and the US economy
1 December 2025 - by Michael Roberts
The US stock market continues to hit new record highs; the bitcoin price is also close to highs and the gold price has rocketed to all-time highs. Investors in financial assets (banks, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds etc) are (…) -
The ECB acknowledges the impact of increased military expenditure on debt: higher defence spending needs will strain government finances
13 November 2025 - by Fátima Martín
The European Central Bank (ECB) acknowledged the impact of increased military expenditure by European Union (EU) member states on debt, interest rates, and public finances. It even echoes plans to reallocate to defence funds currently earmarked (…) -
When Trump revives eugenics responsible for the worst crimes against humanity!
24 October 2025 - by Yorgos Mitralias
It must be said that what was unthinkable—and unacceptable—just a few months ago is now becoming commonplace: Trump is a fascist! And he is working to establish a fascist regime! All things considered, we can only rejoice at this now almost (…) -
Against Trump the dictator, history does not always repeat itself as farce!
8 September 2025 - by Yorgos Mitralias
While Trump frantically multiplies measures, initiatives, and faits accomplis that are paving the way for the establishment of a truly dictatorial regime in the United States, the leaders of the Democratic Party, foreign ministries around the (…) -
Liège Revolution: 1789-1794
18 August 2025 - by Eric Toussaint
In the wake of the French Revolution that broke out on 14 July 1789, the Liège Revolution began on 18 August of the same year. The people of Paris seized the Bastille on 14 July and the people of Liège took the Town Hall and the Citadel on 18 (…) -
Series: Understanding what happened in Greece in 2015 when hope came from Athens (Part 13)
A critical review of the critical reviews of the book ’Adults in the Room’ by Yanis Varoufakis (Part 13)
25 July 2025 - by Eric Toussaint
We continue our series on Greece ten years after the first Syriza government took office in 2015. Below is an article by Éric Toussaint on different interpretations of the left-wing government’s failure, based on the account presented by Yanis (…) -
Elective affinities of executioners
The Rafah Ghetto like the Warsaw Ghetto
14 July 2025 - by Yorgos Mitralias
“And now we ask: How can you eat, sleep, live? How guilty will you feel in your hearts if you do not move heaven and earth to come to our aid by the only means available to our people and as soon as possible? (...) For the love of God, do (…) -
Real and fake antidotes to Trump’s latest tariffs, seen from South Africa
10 July 2025 - by Patrick Bond
U.S. President Donald Trump apparently aims to reassert his power to cause a full-blown economic catastrophe, perhaps reminiscent of 1930s-scale Make America Great Depression Again. The self-harm to his own MAGA lower-middle-class social base – (…) -
Series: Understanding what happened in Greece in 2015 when hope came from Athens
Greece: Political and social timeline from 2015 to 2025 (Part 12)
4 July 2025 - by Eric Toussaint
2015: From Hope in Syriza to Surrender • 25 January 2015: Electoral victory of the radical left coalition (Syriza). For more information: CADTM press release See also: Greece needs a real cancellation of a big part of its debt and (…) -
Series: Understanding what happened in Greece in 2015 when hope came from Athens
Greece 2015: There was a viable alternative [Part 11]
24 June 2025 - by Eric Toussaint
In the first half of 2015, a wave of hope swept across Europe and resonated strongly in other parts of the world: for the first time in the 21st century, a radical left-wing party had been elected to government on a radical platform. The leader (…) -
First setbacks for apprentice dictator Donald Trump!
23 June 2025 - by Yorgos Mitralias
Only the blind cannot see what is now obvious: Trump wants to be a dictator, behaves like one, and is doing everything he can to establish a dictatorship! Seen from this angle, all his recent “initiatives” and other more or less “crazy” and (…) -
Greece: April to June 2015, towards the final capitulation
20 June 2025 - by Eric Toussaint
It is very important to take the time to analyze the policies put in place by Yanis Varoufakis and the Syriza government because, for the first time in the 21st century, a radical left-wing party was elected in Europe to form a government. Less (…) -
Famine as a weapon of genocide: Gaza 2025 - Soviet Union 1941
1 June 2025 - by Yorgos Mitralias
The images of the children of Gaza, which most Western media refuse to show, leave no doubt: they are reminiscent of those of the Nazi extermination camps filmed by filmmakers such as John Ford, Samuel Fuller or George Stevens just after their (…) -
Natural resource grabbing in Ukraine and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Imperial powers on the offensive.
20 May 2025 - by Eric Toussaint
Donald Trump’s Administration is on the offensive to increase its access to the strategic natural resources of various countries. Among their targets are Ukraine and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Regarding Ukraine, an agreement was signed in (…) -
“The mining agreement signed between Ukraine and the United States illustrates the desire of US capital for unrestricted access to Ukrainian mineral resources.”
14 May 2025 - by Vitaliy Dudin
The minerals deal signed between Ukraine and the United States reflects US capital’s desire to gain unhindered access to Ukraine’s mineral resources. It also gives the US new leverage over Ukraine’s economic and political situation. In contrast, (…) -
Series: Understanding what happened in Greece in 2015 when hope came from Athens
Secret negotiations and dashed hopes [Part 9]
29 April 2025 - by Eric Toussaint
At the end of January 2025, the main leader of Syriza, Alexis Tsipras, became Prime Minister and appointed Yanis Varoufakis, a left-wing economist close to his party, as Finance Minister. It is very important to take the time to analyse the (…) -
Series: Understanding what happened in Greece in 2015 when hope came from Athens
The first capitulation of Tsipras and Varoufakis (Part 8)
19 April 2025 - by Eric Toussaint
At the end of January 2025, the main leader of Syriza, Alexis Tsipras, became Prime Minister and appointed Yanis Varoufakis, a left-wing economist close to his party, as Finance Minister. It is very important to take the time to analyse the (…)
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