Global South cooperation needed to counter hegemonic disinformation

Tim Anderson argues that Anglo-American powers sustain global dominance through vast propaganda networks. To counter this, he calls for a unified Global South media front, linking Latin America, West Asia, Africa, and Asia, to build independent, truth-based communication.

The media counteroffensive: The Cuban experience

Pedro Monzón Barata explores Cuba’s “media counteroffensive,” where culture, education, and solidarity serve as ideological trenches defending truth and sovereignty in an age of disinformation and digital warfare.

Leaked: Britain’s Ukrainian sniper training plot

Kit Klarenberg reveals a leaked plan by a British academic network to use US civil society and gun groups to train Ukrainian snipers on US soil, a scheme designed to push Washington into deeper, deniable involvement in the proxy war.

What is the Israeli strategy in Gaza?

Robert Inlakesh argues that "Israel", with US backing, is using the ceasefire to advance a longer-term strategy in Gaza: fragment the enclave, empower proxy collaborators behind a partial occupation line, strangle civilian life in Hamas-administered areas, and prepare to resume full-scale force if those aims fail.

Suppression of local governance and official lies about Ukraine’s military situation

Zelensky cancels elections as mandates expire, tightening control under martial law amid war, mass desertions, and rising dissent over government lies and Ukraine’s worsening battlefield losses.

Will Damascus be willing to pay the price to restore relations with Moscow?

In her analysis, Katia Ibrahim examines Damascus’s delicate balancing act as it seeks to restore ties with Moscow, negotiating debts, military bases, and Western pressure while weighing the political cost of renewed Russian support.