Britain and France accepted the surrender of the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany and Prague was forced to accept the diktat.
Along with the territory went crucial fortifications and strategic positions, leaving Czechoslovakia gravely weakened before the Nazi war machine.
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Delcy Rodríguez’s speech before the 81st United Nations General Assembly deserves to be examined closely, not only for what she said, but for everything she left unsaid.
Rodríguez avoided any direct reference to the US military intervention of January 3, which culminated in the abduction of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, presenting those events instead as “a painful ordeal” for Venezuela.
“America will never be a communist country,” declares the 30-second advertisement now appearing on American television. Images of Donald Trump flash across the screen alongside boasts about tax cuts and economic performance, before the message arrives at its most revealing line: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”
The White House calls it an “educational” public-service announcement; the administration says such spots simply encourage Americans to “love their country.”
“Saudi Arabia should look in the mirror. Who brought Yemen to this state? Look at the state Yemen is in today. Have tens of thousands of people not died in Yemen? Saudi Arabia, you must first answer for all this”.
By Nikos Mottas
The despicable threats against Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor expose the increasingly authoritarian character of Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government. Their award-winning documentary NAZA, based on testimonies from Israeli military and intelligence personnel, investigates the conduct of the Israeli army in Gaza. Rather than confront its revelations, the government has chosen to intimidate those who brought them to light.
As it happens every time in History, the period of preparation for a great imperialist war increases the need for a substantive discussion, dialogue and theoretical, political struggle within the ranks of the communist movement, in order to formulate an effective revolutionary strategy.
Objectively, critical and complex issues are at the center of the discussion, which require investigation and clear answers from each Communist Party. Issues such as:
When Elon Musk publicly intervened in defense of Greek neo-Nazi Ilias Kasidiaris, the significance went far beyond another provocative post by one of the world’s richest men.
Kasidiaris was not an obscure dissident punished for an unpopular opinion. He was a leading figure and former spokesman of Golden Dawn, the Greek neo-Nazi organization whose leadership was convicted of operating as a criminal organization.