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Taliban’s religious fanaticism combines with U.S. sanctions to crush Afghanistan’s women and girls

July 12, 2022 By Umer Beigh

As Afghanistan undergoes a deep economic crisis with rising hunger and poverty, women in the country are facing the brunt.

Documents reveal U.S. involved in 23 secret wars around the world

July 7, 2022 By Morning Star

In total, U.S. commandos conducted 23 clandestine proxy wars around the world at a total cost of $310 million between 2017 and 2020.

Zelensky government bans Communist Party of Ukraine, seizes assets

July 6, 2022 By Steve Sweeney

No far-right or neo-Nazi organizations have been placed under similar restrictions, despite responsibility for a string of atrocities and alleged war crimes in eastern Ukraine.

U.S. gas monopolies get wish as Germany moves to nationalize Russian pipeline

June 29, 2022 By Morning Star

Unlike cheap Russian gas, U.S. natural gas is expensive to produce, given that it comes mostly from fracking and has to be turned into liquefied natural gas (LNG) and shipped across the ocean on massive tankers.

Peace forces mobilize as NATO summit plans for war

June 28, 2022 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg says there’s “a new security reality.” That new reality includes a 750% increase in the size of the alliance’s standing military force.