The war on terror, the war on drugs, and other bedtime stories for grown nations
If Africa has learned anything from the last century, it’s this: whenever the world’s great powers announce a new “war”, on terror, on drugs, on trafficking, it usually means Africa is about to become someone else’s battlefield again.
Trump threatens Taliban after they declare Afghanistan will not allow US military base at Bagram
President Donald Trump has threatened Afghanistan with “bad” consequences if it does not hand over the former air base which US forces abandoned in 2021, after occupying it for two decades.
Top German court: US drone terror not contrary to international law
On Tuesday last week, two Yemenis failed in their lawsuit against the German Federal Republic before Germany’s highest court. The verdict is a testimony of imperialist arrogance.
The crisis in Afghanistan is a result of US recklessness
The US presidential hopefuls have traded accusations regarding who is responsible for the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, but fail to consider the well-being of the Afghan people
Thousands of Pashtuns gather in Pakistan demanding an end to police harassment and militarization
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement leaders have warned the authorities against carrying out military operations in tribal areas, saying that the Pashtuns have suffered tremendously and will not tolerate it any longer
Third Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington DC seeks to strengthen calls for Assange’s release
The Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington DC will present evidence and testimonies against the ongoing persecution against Assange
Second Belmarsh Tribunal on US war crimes and for Julian Assange’s release to be held in New York
The upcoming Belmarsh Tribunal in New York coincides with with the date of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by the US in occupied parts of Cuba
Drone warfare: The world needs to end US impunity
A recent report by The New York Times into the killings of hundreds of innocent civilians in Afghanistan and West Asia in over 50,000 air strikes carried out by the US since 2014 underlines the need to hold the imperialist power accountable for its crimes
Drivers demand debt relief for crushing taxi permit loans in the US and other stories
Today we look at the protest for debt relief by taxi drivers in New York City, the 19 year long wrongful imprisonment of Ahmed Rabbani by the U.S., and more
US detention of Afghan man at Guantanamo is illegal, says court
Assadullah Gul has spent 14 years at the Guantanamo detention center without being formally charged and tried. He is one of the 39 remaining detainees and underwent physical and psychological torture
Guantanamo bay and the legacy of global “War on Terror”
The failure of the successive governments in the US to shut Gitmo in which the majority of the detainees, past and present, were never charged with any crime formally, even after spending years in prison and suffering inhuman acts of torture, exposes their complete disregard to human rights.
How has the US changed since 9/11?
20 years after the September 11 attacks, what has the United States turned into? What has been the impact of the forever wars domestically, and what kind of political and economic crises have beset the country? Eugene Puryear analyzes the US today






