America’s scale of its invented narratives are hard to match. Trump has normalised the idea that rhetorical bombast matters more than accuracy

The senseless US-Israel war has caused economic tremors around the world and sucked all of us into an unprecedented crisis characterised by soaring oil prices, the wanton destruction of infrastructure, the killing of innocent people, a humanitarian crisis and uncertainty

It is easier to start wars than to end them

We are doomed: Not by fate or lack of intelligence but because we insist on pretending that we live in a normal world

There is no doubt that difficult days lie ahead of the global order as we know it since the end of World War II. Clearly, the USA has set a very dangerous precedent in terms of not abiding by international law, the rules-based order and respect for international institutions such as the United Nations and the International Criminal Court

The uncritical cheerleaders for the West cannot be taken seriously until they acknowledge that the West supports and collaborates with authoritarian regimes such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt

This does not require abandoning old allies but it does require recognising that the world has moved on from the ideological certainties of the past

He has been ruling like a dictator, claiming wartime powers, circumventing the Senate and Congress

Sovereignty appears vigorously defended in Europe when violated by adversaries but ignored when challenged by allies

Under international law, regime change, coercive economic measures and military intervention are unlawful unless authorised by the UN Security Council

Crisis in Caracas should provide impetus for Africa to lead the renewables revolution and shield itself from the chaos of fossil fuel geopolitics

The South African Communist Party joined a protest march to the US embassy in Pretoria, accusing Washington of state terrorism

The two parties condemned the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife as a violation of international law

The fourth instalment on lessons for the left shows how the Colombian left built a successful electoral project in face of brutal opposition from entrenched elites backed by US imperialism

This is the first instalment in a series of articles on lessons for the left, and focuses on the case of Bolivia