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[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Kurt Hackbarth This article was originally published by Truthout People who have withstood 64 years of economic blockade won’t simply raise a white flag at the latest sign of adversity. For a Caribbean city known for its effervescent, out-of-doors culture, Havana has relatively few cars on its streets, not many people on its sidewalks, and a handful…

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[ad_1] Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday. (Russian President) The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Parties), being civilizations with an ancient history, founding countries of the United Nations (U.N.) and permanent members of its Security Council, important centers of power in a multipolar world, playing a constructive role in maintaining the global balance of power and improving the system of international relations, Guided by the ideas of the Russian-Chinese Joint Declaration on a Multipolar World and the Formation of a New International Order of April…

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[ad_1] Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire France did not really leave Mali. It changed tactics and found new hands to carry the gun. After being pushed out by a military government that turned toward Russia, China, and the wider Global South, Paris appears to have re-entered the war through Ukrainian military intelligence channels, long-standing Tuareg networks, and a battlefield configuration in which separatist rebels and Al-Qaedaʼs Sahel branch were hitting the same state enemy at the same time. The late-April attacks in Mali said something larger about the Sahel. A former colonial power that had been shown the door was suddenly back in the frame, leaning on intermediaries and…

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[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Yakov M. Rabkin Informed Comment Israel is a democracy. This makes it difficult to hide the inconvenient fact that it is profoundly racist. The recent episode involving Minister Ben-Gvir taunting an international group of pro-Palestine activists is in many ways revealing. The activists were on board unarmed boats bringing food and medical supplies to the long-besieged Palestinians of…

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[ad_1] KTLA Screenshot. Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles and has gained some attention for a series of Artificial Intelligence-generated social media postings/advertisements that depict current mayor Karen Bass as uncaring while the city behind her burns and the homeless take over the city. President Donald Trump has commented that, “I heard he’s a big MAGA person. He’s doing well” (LA Times, 21 May 2026). Pratt’s mayoral run generates two important points. First, the effectiveness of AI in attracting attention to a campaign. These “commercials” seem amateurish and unreal, yet some people apparently find them interesting in…

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