It has now finally dawned upon a growing number of people in Washington that the Ukrainian war is not only lost, but lost irrevocably.

On the same day as the attack against Hezbollah, the Israeli cabinet had voted to expand its war aims to include the safe return of Israeli citizens who have been evacuated from the north of the country and to keep them safe from exchange of fire over the Israel-Lebanon border. That means Israel is now officially preparing an invasion of Lebanon, with the stated aim of establishing a ‘buffer zone’ to “guarantee security in the north of Israel”.

In a debate marked by a cavalcade of lies, Trump and Harris demonstrated once again that the capitalists are no longer fit to rule society.

In Netanyahu’s callous calculations, the lives of the hostages are just so much small change to be used for political advantage. His cynical manoeuvres have alienated him from his own electorate, large sections of the Israeli ruling class and even many in his own cabinet.

The difference between Harris and Biden is one of tone, not substance

Apart from temporary propaganda value, the actual military significance of these gains is precisely zero. It will have absolutely no effect on the main war that is taking place in Ukraine – especially in the key area of the Donbass.

The revolution remains incomplete. It must go forwards or else retreat.

Official estimates from Gaza’s ministry of health put the death toll at a staggering 39,000. This is only the confirmed casualties. The Lancet estimates the number may be as high as 186,000.

For weeks, Canada has unleashed another round of hypocritical denunciations of “human rights violations” in Venezuela—while remaining silent as its ally in Bangladesh shot hundreds of students and workers.

Gradually and then suddenly, the U.S. has found itself beset by that same affliction which its arrogant leaders believed it was uniquely immune. Instability has made its return to the United States—and in rapid fashion.