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On the anniversary of the PLO's 1982 evacuation from Beirut, Ali Mazloum and Professor Jamal Wakim examine how the US-brokered agreement failed to protect Palestinian civilians, leading to the Sabra and Shatila massacre and arguing that negotiations with the enemy enable genocide.

Activists in Rota, Spain, expose the NATO base's role in imperialist wars and the Gaza genocide, urging the Spanish government to stop collaborating with Israel and the US.

Xi Jinping arrived in Cairo on September 1, 2026, for a state visit marking 70 years of China-Egypt ties. In a joint statement, Xi and Sisi rejected Palestinian displacement and backed an independent Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Critiques the BBC's coverage of the August 2025 Himalayan glacier collapse, arguing that Western media framed China's transparent rescue efforts and information release as authoritarian suppression.

The Trump administration's abduction of Venezuela's president and a purported oil deal granting US control of reserves are exposed as imperialist plunder, with dubious legal footing and unrealistic economic promises.

Venezuela's main airport resumes operations via temporary terminals after earthquake damage, reaching 45% capacity, with full recovery expected next year.

Cuba's Council of State issued Decree-Law 128, allowing foreign companies to hire directly and open bank accounts abroad, part of 176 economic reforms to expand the private sector amid the US blockade.

The US Treasury expands Venezuela's mining licenses to include coal and gold, while retaining strict controls over payments, partners, and dispute resolution, deepening imperial tutelage over Venezuelan resources.

China demands protection of its investments in Venezuela as US-backed NABEP takes over oilfields, including joint ventures with Chinese firms, under a deal hailed by Washington as securing energy dominance.

Trinidad and Tobago's foreign minister visits Venezuela to discuss bilateral cooperation, easing tensions after his government aligned with US regime-change efforts, including the kidnapping of President Maduro.

Iran's IRGC chief vows retaliation after a US strike on a wedding in Hormozgan kills five, calling it a war crime and evidence of American hostility.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's defense files motions to dismiss US charges, invoking head-of-state immunity and challenging narco-terrorism jurisdiction after his abduction by US forces.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella faces backlash for walking among corpses of FARC dissidents killed in Operation Azarías, a display critics call necropolitics.

A practical guide to finding, installing, and using AI-agent skills in VS Code, covering search, review, installation, creation, and security considerations for researchers.

In Rongjiang, a poor Chinese county, villagers use AI for e-commerce and cultural promotion, building on the success of the Village Super League.

VC Defensa organizer Lainy Yompian details DHS Task Force Group 4's year-long repression of volunteers tracking ICE and providing free medical care to immigrant families in Ventura County, and previews a summit to unite resistance.

The Trump administration is outsourcing immigrant detention to foreign countries, paying governments like El Salvador and Liberia to imprison ICE detainees indefinitely, a policy that shreds US soft power and enriches private prison firms.

A Tehran-based journalist analyzes China-Iran relations, arguing Beijing's support is substantive despite not meeting critics' expectations, and highlights the Bishkek Declaration and defiance of US sanctions as key signals.

On day 1063 of the Gaza genocide, Israeli leaders openly vow ethnic cleansing while massacres continue, as Palestinian writer Ahmed Abu Artema joins the discussion.

A Gaza resident recounts the destruction of al-Maghazi camp, the loss of his family's olive grove to Israeli bulldozers, and the creeping yellow line that now swallows his land.

Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza, including children, and abduct a security officer, while minister Israel Katz openly vows ethnic cleansing and settler pogroms escalate in the West Bank.

In Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood, children trained by the Talento academy perform comedy sketches and act as journalists to honor Lebanon's martyred reporters and pledge to continue their truth-telling and resistance.

A report from Beirut highlights the struggle for Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, emphasizing that their liberation depends on popular resistance and solidarity movements.

Keith Bennett discusses how China, Vietnam, and Cambodia, despite shared revolutionary origins, turned on each other in the late 1970s, with China backing the Khmer Rouge amid atrocities and territorial disputes shaping Beijing's decisions.

Keith Bennett joins Radhika Desai to examine why China backed the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s, tracing territorial disputes with Vietnam and how shared revolutionary origins failed to prevent war among China, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the SCO Summit 2026 in Bishkek, called the multipolar trend irreversible and proposed boosting photovoltaic and wind capacity by 10 million kilowatts each with SCO countries, plus 100 tech projects in three years.

On August 31, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping met bilaterally with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the 2026 SCO Summit in Bishkek, discussing cooperation and regional stability.

Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the SCO Summit 2026 in Bishkek and paid a state visit to Kyrgyzstan, where both heads of state signed a joint declaration and a treaty on permanent good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation.

The SCO Bishkek Summit 2026 adopted the Bishkek Declaration, backing financial reform and the Belt and Road Initiative, while Russia's trade with members exceeded US$400 billion and national currencies dominate settlements at over 98 percent.

Amid US sanctions and the kidnapping of Maduro, Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution makes tactical compromises.

Capitalism's current crisis is terminal because fiscal constraints prevent demand stimulus, driving it toward neo-fascism, militarism, and recolonization, as seen in NATO rearmament and US aggression.

Venezuela signs energy agreements with US and international companies to boost oil production, create jobs, and modernize the electrical grid, aiming for national development and prosperity.

Venezuela and the US sign a 25-year oil deal granting US firms concessions in 17 fields, promising $100 billion in investment and $209 billion in tax revenue.

Trump's boasts of massive foreign investment are fiction, and his deal to seize Venezuela's oil is similarly illusory, as it ignores production realities and the likelihood of reversal by a future Venezuelan government.

Israel's ban on Gaza children's kites and the weaponization of 'unsafe' feelings on US campuses are twin tactics of manufactured fear, used to silence criticism and rationalize genocide.

Venezuela and the US sign a major energy agreement, promising massive investments, job creation, and economic development, with officials highlighting mutual benefits and the role of companies like NABEP and Chevron.

Eritrea's revolutionary government has achieved notable progress in women's rights, food security, healthcare, and education despite Western sanctions and aggression, which serve to delegitimize its sovereignty and control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

A South African xenophobic movement aligns with AfriForum, exposing its lack of ideological basis, while other items cover Somalia-Burkina Faso security ties, US lynchings, Niger's uranium deals, Sudan's school resumption, and Guardian's Iran fabrication.