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Trump’s Colonial Ultimatum To Canada

When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from the negotiating table with Donald Trump on the night of Aug. 21, it was because U.S. negotiators had slapped down a list of demands that read less like a trade agreement proposal and more like a colonial surrender treaty. Read individually, each item comes off as one more entry in the typical corporate wish list that accompanies any U.S. trade negotiation. Added together, though, they amount to something bigger: a demand that Canada hand over its economic sovereignty—control of its own resources, its own culture, its own foreign policy, and its own industrial base—to a foreign power.

Somaliland And Sovereignty In The Horn And The Red Sea Region

Somaliland’s declared president Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi is in Washington to plead with the United States to recognize it as a nation independent of Somalia. He promises to be a key US security partner on the geocritical Bab-el Mandeb Strait and Gulf of Aden and to offer generous resource extraction deals, particularly in rare earth minerals.  His trip comes just a month after Somalia’s Northeast State celebrated the anniversary of its constitution as one of the seven Federal Member States of Somalia. In 2023 its people won the Las Anod Conflict, their war to break free from secessionist Somaliland and rejoin the Somali nation.

The Americans Are Very Serious About Annexing Canada

Prime Minister Mark Carney has stated he will return to the bargaining table “when the Americans start being serious.” How much more serious can the Americans be? The Americans have been very serious right from the beginning of Trump’s second term. Trump has constantly repeated 51ST state, governor of Canada statements and now Lake America. It is a big mistake to think it is just Trump who is the biggest threat. The US is now an oligarchy where wealth buys power and then power gains more wealth. The biggest threat are Trump’s billionaire oligarch donors. US tech oligarchs have changed the name of Lake Ontario on their platforms to Lake America, showing how much power they have gained.

Iceland Votes Against Joining EU

On August 29, a majority of Icelanders voted against resuming accession negotiations with the European Union. In a high-turnout referendum, close to 53% of the 225,031 participants rejected the proposal, while 47% supported it. Mainstream reports emphasized that the campaign against negotiations focused on issues of agriculture and fishing. At first glance, this aligned the “No” campaign with far-right talking points in the region – reflected in congratulatory notes circulated by European right-wing leaders. According to the same reports, the “Yes” campaign centered on international policy and alignment, apparently suggesting the EU as a path to provide more stability in the face of an aggressive US administration with eyes on the Arctic’s mineral reserves.

The Venezuela–US Oil Agreement In Detail

The governments of Venezuela and the United States have announced a “historic agreement” in the oil sector, granting favorable concessions to US companies in 17 oil fields. Donald Trump and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, touted the partnership as “the largest oil deal in world history.” Meanwhile, on the evening of August 29, President Delcy Rodríguez referred to the alliance as a milestone that will mark the country’s “economic rebirth.” The magnitude and significance of this event warrants a detailed analysis based on the information provided by the Venezuelan president.

Iran Vows Plan To Overcome US Economic Siege

In a statement issued on 29 August, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian committed to the economic and political course laid out by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, placing inflation, employment, and reducing the country's reliance on the US dollar at the center of the country's agenda. Pezeshkian's statement came in response to Khamenei's Government Week message, which emphasized investing in domestic production and markets under national control. He highlighted the Leader's confidence in the government as its greatest asset. 

Native American Tribe Bans Hyperscale Data Centres

One of the largest Native American tribes in the US has issued a ban on hyperscale data centres on its tribal lands. The Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation made the announcement last week following a months-long consultation that found 64% of survey respondents oppose the construction of data centres. “It’s clear that our Cherokee Nation Administration, Council, and citizens have serious concerns about the construction of hyperscale data centers on our tribal lands, which affect our resources and cultural lifeways,” Cherokee principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr wrote in a statement.

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: We Will Continue War For Independence

The president of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and general secretary of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, stated that “the Sahrawi people have taken the irreversible decision to continue their war of independence until they achieve full sovereignty over all the territory of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.” In his inaugural speech for the 14th edition of the Summer University for Polisario Front and Sahrawi State on Tuesday, August 11, President Ghali said that the Sahrawi people will continue their resistance for liberation “by all legitimate means, in order to impose their full sovereignty over all their national territory.”

Trump-Linked Oil Firm To Drill In Greenland Without Permission

Greenland Energy, a US oil company established last year with ties to President Donald Trump, recently unloaded drilling equipment on Greenland's eastern coast without securing permission from local authorities, The Guardian reported on 8 August. Greenland's Department of Industry and Minerals issued a “strong warning” that it had authorized neither the shipment nor its arrival on shore, stating that every logistical step tied to the project must be cleared in advance by the mineral resources authority.  Residents of the thinly populated Jameson Land region had watched a tug haul a barge toward the coast and offload roughly a dozen containers.

Resistance Needs No Justification

Since Al-Aqsa Flood, a large part of the international discussion has focused on condemning the Palestinian resistance, while the Zionist settler-colonial project has largely escaped genuine scrutiny. This article poses a different question: Why is the resistance constantly expected to justify itself, while colonialism is rarely asked to justify its very existence? Through this lens, the article examines asymmetric warfare, calls for the disarmament of the resistance, the Palestinian people’s right to determine their own course, and the political and strategic impact of October 7.

What Is The Global Governance Initiative About?

At the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, in Tianjin, China, on September 1, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the Global Governance Initiative (GGI).  On June 17, China’s State Council Information Office released a white paper titled “More Just and Equitable Global Governance: China’s Principles, Proposals and Actions”. China stands ready to work hand in hand with Latin America and the Caribbean to implement the GGI under the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits.  Let’s hope that, with the implementation of the GGI, we can create a brighter future for the world.

As Data Centers Sidestep Tribal Consultations, Nations Fight Back

When Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a one-year pause on data center construction on July 14, making New York the first state to pump the brakes on the AI infrastructure boom, tribal nations had already enacted their own moratoriums for months without waiting for a governor’s signature. The Seminole Nation passed its own moratorium in Oklahoma in March. The Tonawanda Seneca Nation sued over a facility in Genesee County, New York, that abuts reservation territory in 2025. In Oklahoma, Cherokee citizen and Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt — who has spent years in federal court fighting tribal sovereignty — has shown no sign of following Hochul’s lead, leaving the Seminole Nation’s moratorium an island of tribal governance in a state whose governor treats Indigenous authority as a threat.

Colombo Conference: ‘Hands Off Asia Means Socialism Today’

Asia is home to about 60% of the world’s population and is increasingly the motor of the world’s economy. The continent also has a long tradition of revolutionary national liberation struggles and left and progressive movements. Today the people and governments of Asia today find themselves in the crosshairs of a New Cold War, gasping for breath under the yoke of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and bearing the burden of tens of thousands of US troops stationed in close to 400 bases spread across the region. In this context, what does genuine sovereignty mean for the people of the continent, and how can progressive organizations join hands to construct this sovereignty?

The Revolt Against US Payment Monopolies

On July 15, 2026, Washington announced a new 25% tariff on Brazilian goods, taking effect July 22 — a punishment aimed at protecting U.S. payment monopolies. Pix, Brazil’s public instant-payment system, cuts Visa and Mastercard out of millions of transactions. In July 2025, Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods in a failed attempt to stop the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was later sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup. When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down those tariffs in February 2026, Washington tried again.

For Africa To Have Digital Sovereignty, It Must Control Data

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the defining technologies of the twenty-first century. Governments, corporations, and international organizations present it as the engine of a new industrial revolution capable of transforming healthcare, agriculture, education, finance, and governance. But the optimism in the Global South is confronted with major realities and questions surrounding infrastructure capabilities, ownership of data, and power over the technology in the context of geopolitics and development. For Africa, this question is particularly urgent.
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