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Iran: Elections in Venezuela Are a Demonstration of Democracy

November 24, 2021 orinocotribune 21N, 21N regional elections, Carter Center, EU Electoral Observers, Iran, psuv, Venezuela, Zaid Jatibzade

Iran has congratulated the government and the people of Venezuela for their “successful and transparent” regional and municipal elections, held

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China Urges Other Countries to Respect Venezuelan People’s Will

November 24, 2021 Ana Perdigón 21N, Anthony Blinken, China, CNE, Ivan Duque, Regional Mega Elections, US Interference, Venezuela, Zhao Lijian

On Tuesday, November 23, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Lijian, called on the international community

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After a Year of Struggle by Farmers, Indian Government Forced to Withdraw Farm Laws

November 21, 2021 Editor2 AIAWU, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M), CPI (ML) Liberation, CPI-M, Farm Laws, Farmers' movement, Farmers’ Agitation, Hannan Mollah, Lakhimpur Kheri, Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM)

Editorial Note: Since the three Farm Laws were already passed in the Parliament (by unconstitutional means) and signed by the

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UN Commission Objects to OPCW Report on Syria

November 20, 2021November 21, 2021 Editor2 Bashar Al-Assad, chemical weapons, Douma, Fernando Arias, France, Hans-Christof von Sponeck, OPCW, Syria, Telepolis, UK, UN Commission on Syria, US

The UN Commission on Syria does not consider as proven the alleged chemical weapons attack in April 2018. Criticism of

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China and Solutions to Climate Change

November 18, 2021 Editor2 China, climate change, global climate catastrophe, greenhouse gases (GHGs), renewable energy, Solarwinds, Xi Jinping

By K.J. Noh and Michael Wong – Nov 16, 2021 The Earth’s greenhouse gas concentrations are at their highest levels

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Syria’s My Lai? US Massacred 70 Civilians and Covered it up

November 16, 2021 Aaron Maté Baghuz, Dave Philipps, Drone, Eric Schmitt, Massacre, My Lai, New York Times, Pentagon, Senate Armed Services Committee, Syria, US Imperialism, us military, Vietnam, war in Syria

By Aaron Maté – Nov 14, 2021 After killing dozens of Syrian civilians in a 2019 bombing, the US military

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XXI Century: The Abolition of Israeli Expansionist Colonial Anachronism

November 16, 2021 Susana Khalil Arabs, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian cause, Zionism

By Susana Khalil – Nov 13, 2021 There will be no free and peaceful Arab-Persian world as long as the

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Why Western Marxism Misunderstands China’s Usage of Markets

November 14, 2021 Editor2 China, Fetishism, hegel, markets, Marx, marxism, Marxism-Leninism, new cold war, Philosophy, Roland Boer, socialism, US Imperialism, Western Marxism

By Carlos L. Garrido – Nov 12, 2021 I have elsewhere argued that at the core of Western Marxism’s[i] flawed analysis of socialist

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Victory for Palestinian Hunger Striker After 113 Days Without Food

November 13, 2021 Editor2 administrative detention, Alaa al-Araj, Ayad al-Harimi, Hisham Abu Hawasheh, Hunger Strike, Kayed Fasfous, Luai al-Ashqar, Miqdad Qawasmeh, Palestine, Victory

Israel agreed on Thursday to release a hunger-striking prisoner in four months after lengthy negotiations. Miqdad Qawasmeh suspended his hunger

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The Indian Agricultural Situation Must Not be Misread

November 11, 2021 Editor2 agriculture, corporate encroachment, farm protests, FCI, Foodgrains, Imperialism, India, MSP

By Prabhat Patnaik – Nov 6, 2021 A country-wide MSP regime thus gives the kisans everywhere an assured income without

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Israel Attacks Syria in Broad Daylight. We Shouldn’t Actively Ignore It

November 6, 2021 Vanessa Beeley air raids, airspace violation, axis of resistance, civilian deaths, Golan Heights, Hezbollah, human shields, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Russia, Syria, US Imperialism, War Crimes

By Vanessa Beeley – Nov 5, 2021 Israel is on an attacking spree in Syria. Surface to surface missiles were

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US State Department Greenlights $650 Million Missile Deal for Saudi Arabia

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 Morgan Artyukhina Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Houthi, missiles, Pentagon, Saudi Arabia, US State Department, weapons sales, Yemen

By Morgan Artyukhina – Nov 4, 2021 The Pentagon announced on Thursday it had received approval for a potential sale

Speedboats of the Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran patrol in front of an oil tanker in the port of Bandar Abas, in the south of the Persian country (Photo: AFP)

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Iran Thwarts US Attempt to Hijack Oil Tanker in Gulf of Oman

November 3, 2021 orinocotribune Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), oil tanker, Shahram Irani, US decline, US pirates

Forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) foiled a US piracy attempt in the Gulf of Oman, the Fars

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All Communists Must Properly Grasp Geopolitics in Order to Win

October 31, 2021November 1, 2021 Rainer Shea China, Geopolitics, Imperialism, Propaganda, socialism

By Rainer Shea – Oct 28, 2021 The global class and anti-colonial war is a conflict that the imperialists have

Venezuelan deputy minister of foreign affairs for Asia and Oceania, Capaya Rodríguez (left) and Abhishek Singh the Indian ambassador to Caracas (right). Photo courtesy of MPPRE.

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Venezuela and India Strengthen Strategic Alliance to Promote Well-Being of Both Nations

October 29, 2021 orinocotribune Abhishek Singh, Capaya Rodríguez, India, strategic alliance, Tourism, Venezuela

Venezuelan Vice Minister for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania at the Ministry for Foreign Relations, Capaya Rodríguez ratified Venezuela’s

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