Iran’s rhetorical support for Palestinian liberation is one of the ways that its brutal dictatorship tries to win popular legitimacy at home and abroad. But its thin pretence of being an axis of resistance is window dressing for a counter-revolutionary domestic and international agenda.
A campaign to crush free speech and Palestine activism is underway in Australia, and two popular pro-Palestine slogans are in the Zionists’ crosshairs: 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' and 'intifada', an Arabic word meaning 'uprising'.
India’s democracy and its non-Hindu populations are under threat from the Modi regime and the far-right Indian People’s Party (Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP) that he leads.
China’s boom is well and truly over. Through the 2000s, the economy enjoyed double-digit annual growth. Now, few expect it to hit the 5 percent target announced at this year’s National People’s Congress.
The poverty of Haitian workers and the poor has long been enforced by imperialist domination and authoritarian regimes that rely on secret police or paramilitary forces.
