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- ● Burying key evidence, new OPCW report covers up Douma’s unsolved deathsAfter censoring experts who found that the victims in Douma could not have been killed by chlorine gas, the OPCW’s new IIT report continues the cover-up and baselessly accuses the Syrian government. [Note: this article contains graphic images.] On April 7th 2018, gruesome images of an alleged chemical attack emerged... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 27, 2023 - 1:04 pm
- ● Bad faith UN report on Nicaragua whitewashes violent US-backed coupA new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua’s government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:19 am
- Aaron Mate at UN: OPCW cover-up denies justice to Syria victimsAt the United Nations, Aaron Maté debunks the OPCW’s latest attempts to whitewash the cover-up of its investigation into the alleged April 2018 chemical attack in Douma, Syria. Speaking to the United Nations Security Council, Aaron Maté of The Grayzone calls out the OPCW’s ongoing cover-up of its investigation into... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 24, 2023 - 11:37 pm
- I am the “US-based Kremlin intermediary” that tried to help Tucker Carlson book an interview with PutinTucker Carlson accused the NSA of spying on his personal communications when he tried to schedule an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. I can corroborate his story. On March 10, Fox News host Tucker Carlson told the Full Send podcast that the US government “broke into [his] text messages”... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 20, 2023 - 6:07 pm
- How Covid lockdowns primed the current financial crisisThe lockdowns and the stimulus required to keep the economy alive helped drive inflation. Then the Fed jacked up interest rates. And all hell broke loose. On Friday March 10th, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) died of Covid. Alright, it’s a little more complicated than that, but Covid lockdowns followed... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 15, 2023 - 5:37 am
- Former US natsec advisor: destroy Taiwan semiconductor factories if China invadesA growing body of evidence suggests that the US would blow up the global economy to prevent China from laying claim to Taiwan’s semiconductor factories. Former White House National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien has hinted at a sinister US contingency plan in the event of a Chinese invasion of... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 14, 2023 - 3:05 am
- ‘Rigorous’ Maidan massacre exposé suppressed by top academic journalA peer-reviewed paper initially approved and praised by a prestigious academic journal was suddenly rescinded without explanation. Its author, one of the world’s top scholars on Ukraine-related issues, had marshaled overwhelming evidence to conclude Maidan protesters were killed by pro-coup snipers. The massacre by snipers of anti-government activists and police... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 12, 2023 - 7:39 pm
- VIDEO: Germany prosecutes citizen for condemning aid to Ukrainian NazisThe Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal interviews Heinrich Bücker, founder of Berlin’s COOP Antiwar Cafe, about his prosecution at the hands of the German state for publicly denouncing Germany’s military aid to a Ukrainian government that reveres World War II-era Nazi collaborators and incorporates neo-Nazi battalions into its military. Bücker also discusses... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 9, 2023 - 2:39 am
- Meet the British intelligence-linked firm that warped MH17 news coverageStaffed by British special forces veterans, Pilgrims’ Group quietly shaped international coverage of the MH17 disaster as it shepherded journalists to and from the crash site. In November of 2022, a final judgment arrived in the trial of alleged perpetrators of the attack on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17). Russian... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 6, 2023 - 2:22 am
- House overwhelmingly approves resolution to maintain Syria sanctions after earthquakeEvery member of the progressive Squad voted for the resolution. Only Republican Reps. Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene voted against it. This article was originally published by Antiwar.com. The House this week voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution to maintain sanctions on Syria following a devastating earthquake that... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 4, 2023 - 6:40 am
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- ● Two Decades and $90 Billion US Dollars Later: Dissecting The Afghan Military’s Total Collapse
Kit Klarnberg reveals the industrial-scale corruption which allowed billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to flow into Afghanistan without supervision and for weaponry and aid to be misused, stolen or illegally sold off by Afghans, U.S. personnel and Pentagon contractors alike. The post Two Decades and $90 Billion US Dollars Later:... Read more »
Source: MintPress News | Published: March 27, 2023 - 3:11 pm - ● For Israelis, Ethnic Cleansing Palestinians is Fine, But Judicial Reform is a Red LineIsraelis are calling for democracy. Privileged citizens that denied democracy to Palestinians fear that their democracy is in danger. This is not a new phenomenon; we have seen this in the US, in Australia, and other settler colonial states. The post For Israelis, Ethnic Cleansing Palestinians is Fine, But Judicial... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: March 27, 2023 - 2:01 pm
- VideoIran International: Inside the “Saudi-Funded” Network Promoting Regime Change in IranIran International: Alan Macleod reveals how a network of Western and Saudi interests converged to create the ultimate propaganda tool in a failed bid to overthrow the government of Iran. The post Iran International: Inside the “Saudi-Funded” Network Promoting Regime Change in Iran appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: March 24, 2023 - 1:36 pm
- The Glaring Hypocrisy Surrounding Bezel Smotrich’s Genocidal Comments
Bezalel Smotrich has never hidden or disguised his opinions or violent tendencies, and neither his hate-filled opinions nor his violent past has stood in the way of his meteoric rise in Israeli politics. The post The Glaring Hypocrisy Surrounding Bezel Smotrich’s Genocidal Comments appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »
Source: MintPress News | Published: March 23, 2023 - 2:57 pm - VideoThe Banking Crisis, Housing Insecurity and Preparing for the Coming Economic Collapse With James FauntleroyDiscover the precarious state of the banking system and the need for regulatory reform in this incisive interview with James Fauntleroy, a regular contributor to the Revolutionary Blackout Network, as he discusses the potential for a catastrophic economic crisis. The post The Banking Crisis, Housing Insecurity and Preparing for the... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: March 23, 2023 - 1:48 pm
- Israel’s Humiliating Expulsion from AU Summit Exposes Its Failed Diplomacy in AfricaAs geopolitical spaces open for countries in the Global South more countries are daring to challenge the hegemony of colonial powers, including Israel. The post Israel’s Humiliating Expulsion from AU Summit Exposes Its Failed Diplomacy in Africa appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: March 22, 2023 - 2:25 pm
- Indonesia’s Betrayal of Palestine: Hosting Israel in Under-20 World Cup
Israeli human rights activist Miko Peled argues that by recognizing Israel, Muslim countries are betraying the Palestinian cause. The post Indonesia’s Betrayal of Palestine: Hosting Israel in Under-20 World Cup appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »
Source: MintPress News | Published: March 21, 2023 - 2:28 pm - Cheap Algerian Gas vs Rightwing Ideology: Will Italy Change Its Position on Jerusalem?Netanyahu has two main demands from Italy: not to vote against Israel at the United Nations and, more importantly, to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The post Cheap Algerian Gas vs Rightwing Ideology: Will Italy Change Its Position on Jerusalem? appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: March 21, 2023 - 2:02 pm
- Title VI Complaint Filed Against George Washington University Over “Hostile Environment of Anti-Palestinian Racism”
Discrimination against Palestinians at George Washington University is an institutional problem deeply rooted in the administration and powerful entities that support it. The post Title VI Complaint Filed Against George Washington University Over “Hostile Environment of Anti-Palestinian Racism” appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »
Source: MintPress News | Published: March 16, 2023 - 3:57 pm - VideoThe United States Is Literally Sucking the Blood of the PoorAre you aware that the United States is now exporting more blood than corn or soybeans? Learn about the shocking truth behind the booming business of blood collection and how it's sucking the life out of the poor. The post The United States Is Literally Sucking the Blood of the... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: March 16, 2023 - 2:02 pm
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- Video● ‘The Dwindling Band Of Iraq Obsessives’ – Endless War And Media ComplicityThe 20th anniversary of the illegal US/UK-led invasion of Iraq has demonstrated once again the subservience of state and corporate media to Western power. Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s international editor, veered as close to the →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: March 27, 2023 - 11:33 am
- Arguments Against DespairEliot Jacobson is a retired professor of mathematics and computer science who regularly appears on our Twitter feed discussing the climate crisis. He sends tweets under the grim title, ‘Your “moment of doom” for the →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: March 9, 2023 - 4:35 pm
- Video‘That Paper Is Dead’ – The Power Of PropagandaOn 21 February 2023, climate scientist Professor Bill McGuire issued a stark warning: ‘Remember this date. First rationing of food in UK due to extreme weather. Things will only get worse as climate breakdown bites →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: February 23, 2023 - 6:28 am
- Video‘A Beautiful Outpouring Of Rage’ – The Observer, The Great Peace March And Nord StreamThe 20th anniversary of the illegal, unprovoked US-UK war of aggression on Iraq comes at an awkward time for a UK press currently suppressing the truth of the illegal, provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine. It’s →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: February 17, 2023 - 10:20 am
- Tree-Climbing GOATS – Who Is The Greatest Writer Of All Time?Who is unquestionably the greatest writer of all time? And which was obviously the greatest popular music band of all time? Sorry, but you’re wrong on both counts. How so? Well, let me pick your →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: February 1, 2023 - 11:20 am
- Video‘End Stage Capitalism’: Collapsing Britain And The Climate CrisisPeople in power get nervous when the population’s trust in national institutions plummets. It has often been a precursor of significant social unrest, even revolutions. This is an underlying reason why UK prime minister Rishi →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: January 26, 2023 - 2:29 pm
- VideoHarry The ‘Traitor’ And Lynch ‘The Grinch’ – The Corporate Media’s Automatic Smear MachineIf we were to choose a hill to die on, it would probably not be in defence of a British prince. In truth, we don’t need to like or support – and may even abhor →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: January 19, 2023 - 10:46 am
- Video‘Nearly Every War Has Been The Result Of Media Lies’: Julian Assange, State-Corporate Media And UkraineJulian Assange once observed that, ‘Nearly every war has been the result of media lies.’ For daring to publish evidence of US war crimes, Assange now sits in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, at →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: December 14, 2022 - 11:13 am
- The Medium – An Appeal For SupportOn November 15, as 90 Russian cruise missiles struck at Ukraine’s energy network, a companion US-UK propaganda blitz blamed the Russian missiles for the deaths of two workers on a farm in Poland. This was →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: November 23, 2022 - 11:48 am
- Video‘On The Highway To Climate Hell’ – The Climate Crisis, Activism And Broken PoliticsLast month, the United Nations environment agency issued arguably its starkest warning yet about the climate crisis. The failure by governments around the world to cut carbon emissions means there is ‘no credible pathway to →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: November 14, 2022 - 10:41 am
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- Noam Chomsky on Biden, progressives, and how we achieve real changeNoam Chomsky on Biden, progressives, and how we achieve real change Noam Chomsky in Conversation with Anand Giridharadas Summer 2020. The.Ink. ANAND Talk to me about how you have lived this pandemic moment, which has obviously been such a difficult moment for everybody personally, but also a political crisis and,... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: January 10, 2023 - 7:44 pm
- ‘Humanity is dedicated to its own destruction’ – Noam Chomsky‘Humanity is dedicated to its own destruction’ – Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by The Brussels Times January 5, 2023. The Brussels Times. On 20 January 2022, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set their infamous Doomsday Clock at 100 seconds to midnight for the third year running. Their accompanying report... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: January 5, 2023 - 7:00 pm
- Noam Chomsky: Another World Is Possible. Let’s Bring It to RealityNoam Chomsky: Another World Is Possible. Let’s Bring It to Reality Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou January 4, 2023. Truthout. It’s a truism that the world is in a dismal state; indeed, there are too many great challenges facing our world and the planet is in fact at a... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: January 4, 2023 - 7:06 pm
- Sunrise Movement Activist talks to Noam Chomsky... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: December 28, 2022 - 7:16 pm
- Chomsky: Wars could break out all over the mapChomsky: Wars could break out all over the map Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Dhaka Tribune December 28, 2022. Dhaka Tribune. American linguist and philosopher Prof Noam Chomsky predicts a grim future for the world as the superpowers are at loggerheads over establishing supremacy centering on the Russia-Ukraine war. In April,... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: December 28, 2022 - 7:08 pm
- Chomsky: Advanced US Weaponry in Ukraine Is Sustaining Battlefield StalemateChomsky: Advanced US Weaponry in Ukraine Is Sustaining Battlefield Stalemate Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou December 22, 2022. Truthout. It’s now more than 300 days since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the conflict has intensified rather than subsided, with Ukrainian leaders expressing fears of impending mass infantry attacks from Russia and... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: December 22, 2022 - 7:32 pm
- Noam Chomsky: “We’re on the Road to a Form of Neofascism”Noam Chomsky: “We’re on the Road to a Form of Neofascism” Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou December 8, 2022. Truthout. Neoliberalism has reigned supreme as an economic philosophy for nearly half a century. But neoliberal policies have wreaked havoc around the world, reversing most gains made under managed capitalism... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: December 8, 2022 - 7:59 pm
- An objective look at US foreign policyAn objective look at US foreign policy Noam Chomsky Interviewed by John Rachel December 2, 2022. DissidentVoice.org. Noam Chomsky needs no introduction. He has devoted his whole life to calling out the abuses of power and the excesses of U.S. empire. At 94, he still is actively engaged in the... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: December 2, 2022 - 7:26 pm
- ‘Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy’: From UN Peacekeeper to U.S. Sentinel State‘Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy’: From UN Peacekeeper to U.S. Sentinel State In this long read, author John Price works with Noam Chomsky to respond to Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy. December 2, 2022. rabble.ca. In a recent article in the Ottawa Hill-Times, journalist David Crane asked an important question: “Is Canada trying to match or outdo... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: December 2, 2022 - 6:52 pm
- Chomsky and Ellsberg on the Death of Gorbachev... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: September 16, 2022 - 5:51 pm
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- ● New film focuses on love – not war – in Nagorno-KarabakhThe Dream of Karabakh, about a woman’s attachment to her village, is rooted in personal memories that cannot be moved, unlike borders... Read more »Source: openDemocracy RSS | Published: March 27, 2023 - 11:29 am
- ● Ukraine's fight for economic justiceRussian aggression is driving Ukrainians into poverty. But the war could also be an opportunity to reset the Ukrainian economy – if only people and politicians could agree how. The danger is that wartime ‘reforms’ could ease a permanent shift to a smaller state – with less regulation and protection... Read more »Source: openDemocracy RSS | Published: March 27, 2023 - 10:09 am
- ● Ofcom must crack down on the Conservative Party love-ins on GB News and TalkTVOPINION: Will the regulator allow two Tory MPs to interview a Tory chancellor about a Tory Budget on a news channel?... Read more »Source: openDemocracy RSS | Published: March 27, 2023 - 8:08 am
- ● Home Office delays are stopping families reuniting after the Türkiye earthquakeTurkish and Kurdish people in Britain say they are unable to help loved ones affected by last month's earthquake because of UK immigration delays... Read more »Source: openDemocracy RSS | Published: March 27, 2023 - 6:16 am
- Could Putin’s war crimes charges give ICC more authority over Western leaders?OPINION: Comparisons between destruction in Iraq and Ukraine could boost the International Criminal Court’s authority in the West... Read more »Source: openDemocracy RSS | Published: March 25, 2023 - 6:01 am
- What Tennessee’s LGBTIQ history tells us about its new ‘drag’ banA Tennessee drag queen and LGBTIQ+ historian explain a new law that will ban drag shows in the state from April... Read more »Source: openDemocracy RSS | Published: March 24, 2023 - 1:19 pm
- UK accused of ‘washing its hands’ of Iraqi refugeesJust a tenth of Iraqis claiming asylum in the UK have been given refugee status since the war... Read more »Source: openDemocracy RSS | Published: March 24, 2023 - 12:24 pm
- Ministers blocked my questions on why they let a warlord sue a journalistLIAM BYRNE: The government must be transparent about its decision to waive sanctions against Yevgeny Prigozhin... Read more »Source: openDemocracy RSS | Published: March 24, 2023 - 11:25 am
- We can't let landlords define the narrative on rentingOPINION: Thought landlords were selling up and making it even harder to rent? Think again... Read more »Source: openDemocracy RSS | Published: March 24, 2023 - 11:03 am
- Christian fundamentalism lies behind harsh new anti-LGBTIQ bill in UgandaOnly two MPs voted against Uganda’s anti-LGBT bill, passed this week. We talk to one of them, Fox Odoi-Oywelowo... Read more »Source: openDemocracy RSS | Published: March 23, 2023 - 6:20 pm
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- ● The US Is Cheating to Stop China Achieving Tech-Supremacy
If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marked the end of a form of geopolitical globalisation, already eroding since 2008, then the unfolding ‘chip war’ between the US and China is its technological equivalent. In October, the United States imposed wide-ranging restrictions on the export of advanced computer chip technology to its... Read more »
Source: Novara Media | Published: March 27, 2023 - 9:00 am - We Must Ban Private Schools. Ash Sarkar Meets Richard Beard. Downstream
Britain is unique in the way that public schools (that’s private schools to anyone outside of Britain) have a stranglehold on the establishment. Alumni of these schools are massively overrepresented in the upper echelons of society – so is it any wonder that the media, the judicial system and the... Read more »
Source: Novara Media | Published: March 26, 2023 - 5:00 pm - Riots in France, Andrew Bailey Warns Against Price Hikes
The French are rioting against Macron’s pension reforms. Is it time we learnt from them? We ask Cole Stangler. Plus, governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey warns against price hikes. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.... Read more »
Source: Novara Media | Published: March 24, 2023 - 7:42 pm - What’s Going on With the Industrial Dispute at UK Universities?
A prolonged industrial dispute between UK university staff and employers looks set to continue, despite initial talks of a “breakthrough” by the University and College Union (UCU). Over 70,000 staff at 150 universities took three days of strike action this week, in a long running dispute over pay, conditions, and... Read more »
Source: Novara Media | Published: March 24, 2023 - 3:12 pm - Nicola Sturgeon’s Legacy: Cuts, Privatisation and a Party in Chaos
How will history judge the Nicola Sturgeon era? That depends on how successful the hagiography of it is. Her personal talents and abilities are undoubted. For many, she has been a ray of light under the shadow of what feels like permanent Tory rule. But there is precious little of... Read more »
Source: Novara Media | Published: March 24, 2023 - 11:39 am - Starmer Quotes Thatcher, Tories Dodgy Israel Deal
Starmer embraces his cop energy in his latest speech and the Bank of England hike interest rates yet again. Plus, Johnson’s media sycophants and Sunak’s dodgy deal with Israel’s right-wing. With Michael Walker and Barnaby Raine.... Read more »
Source: Novara Media | Published: March 23, 2023 - 7:47 pm - The Organiser of an Anti-Migrant Protest to Protect Women Is a Woman Beater
A convicted fraudster who was arrested for knocking a woman unconscious and fined for drug-driving is the organiser of an anti-migrant protest supposedly aimed at protecting women. In February around 100 protesters gathered outside the Beresford Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, which has housed asylum seekers for several months, as a... Read more »
Source: Novara Media | Published: March 23, 2023 - 4:03 pm - The Long, Long Arm of the Law
In the wake of another report depicting the Metropolitan Police as institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic, the idea of reform seems increasingly futile. Can the police ever be held to account? This week on Novara FM, we’re republishing James Butler’s 2021 conversation with Mark Neocleous, Professor of the Critique of... Read more »
Source: Novara Media | Published: March 23, 2023 - 12:58 pm - For Trans and Non-Binary People, the Choice Is Between Private Healthcare or Years of Waiting
Tristan, a trans man who lives in West Yorkshire, was referred to an NHS gender clinic seven years ago, aged 18. “It felt like I was going to have to put my life on hold,” Tristan recalls, of the astronomical wait time. “There were things that I wanted to do... Read more »
Source: Novara Media | Published: March 23, 2023 - 12:14 pm - Boris Johnson Faces Evidence Committee, Sunak’s Windsor Framework Survives First Test
Did Boris Johnson’s three-hour grilling finally end his career? Michael Walker and Maurice Mcleod discuss. Plus, Louise Casey weighs in on responses to her Metropolitan Police report and Sunak releases his tax returns.... Read more »
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- ● The “October Surprise”: Throwing History Off CourseOver the years, the term “October surprise” has been applied to any unexpected event on the eve of an election that could have consequences for one campaign or another. The indictment of former secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger only weeks before the 1992 election for his role in Iran-Contra revived... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: March 27, 2023 - 6:03 am
- ● Beaten, Bombed, and Buried: the Decade-Long Persecution of Forest DefendersFunded by taxpayer dollars and the Atlanta Police Foundation, some of Atlanta’s last forest canopy would be cut down and replaced by Cop City. During the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War, this area was a dairy farm and later the Old Atlanta Prison Farm. From 1920 to 1989, prisoners... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:58 am
- ● Rethinking Education as the Practice of FreedomAmerica’s slide into a fascist politics demands a revitalized understanding of the historical moment in which we find ourselves, along with a systemic critical analysis of the new political formations that mark this period. Part of this challenge is to create a new language and mass social movement to address... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:56 am
- ● Narendra Modi’s Cricket CoupWhat a coup. Nakedly amoral but utterly self-serving in its saccharine minted glory. India’s showman Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who otherwise appears to have clerkish, desk-bound qualities, had what he wanted: an accommodating, possibly clueless guest in the form of the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese; a common interest in... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:55 am
- ● U.S. Decline in Perspective of a Global DemocracyDid you notice how China brokered the rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia? Or that Turkish President Erdogan recently announced an extension of the deal that allowed exports of Ukrainian grain? Remember the 2014 Minsk agreements among representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE which sought to end fighting in Donbas?... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:48 am
- ● Clash: Democracy vs DictatorshipIt was 1776. The US was a baby nation-state. It was very proud of itself for its radical new democracy, the first, it was claimed, since the ancient Greeks. Great decision-making power was conferred to…white men who owned property, except for Jews, Catholics, and Quakers. Ugh. Sure, some states allowed... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:47 am
- ● Thirty Percent of America’s Last Wild Migratory Buffalo Have Been Removed From the PopulationOn Saturday, March 18th, Yellowstone National Park released the latest report of bison slaughter and removaloperations on the Interagency Bison Management Plan website. The report shows that the slaughter of Yellowstone’s bison continues, including the killing of pregnant females who are just weeks away from giving birth. As of Saturday,... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:47 am
- ● Climate Chaos in 2023 and Possibly for MillenniaPrologue On March 20, 2023, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its 6th Assessment Report, a technical compendium of numbers, charts, research findings, and exhortations to world leaders that climate change is real and anthropogenic and dangerous. These dire warnings come from hundreds of experienced UN climatologists and... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:42 am
- ● The Importance of Building a Just World Order to Democracy and the Diversity of World CivilizationsDemocracy summits are organized not only in the United States, but also in China. The Second summit opened on 23 March 2023 in Beijing with the participation of dozens of experts and professors from the entire globe. I participated in the first summit in 2022 and was invited to Beijing... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:40 am
- ● Open Burning of Hazardous Munitions in Louisiana Slated to ContinueSliska Larry read the proposed operating permit for the expanded Clean Harbors hazardous waste disposal site, less than 2 miles from her home, with her 9-year-old grandson at her side. She instinctively pulled him closer, as if to shield him, as she absorbed its details. “It’s a wolf in sheep’s... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:32 am
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- Europe’s latest illiberal democracy: Greece! – New Statesman“Like lambs to the slaughter” was how an elderly neighbour described the deaths of youngsters travelling on Intercity 62 which, on the night of 28 February, crashed head-on with a freight train in Greece killing 57 people. Many of the dead were students returning after a long weekend from Athens... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: March 24, 2023 - 7:32 am
- On the shameful deal Osborne-Mitsotakis are hammering out over the Parthenon antiquities – UNHERDFrom the very beginning, Elgin’s removal of the Parthenon’s statues and friezes caused something of a discursive British civil war. On one side were humanists, like Lord Byron; on the other were Empire apologists, who defend Elgin’s actions and support the British Museum’s inalienable property rights to the artefacts it,... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: March 24, 2023 - 7:25 am
- Britain, Europe, the New Cold War Finance & Technofeudalism – at the Cambridge UnionOn 7th February 2023, I returned to the Chamber to discuss a wide variety of issues, beginning with a Europe-at-war, post-Brexit Britain, the New Cold War that marks capitalism’s global transition to (what I call Technofeudalism), the state of the Left in Eastern Europe and more. Thanks Cambridge Union! The... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: March 24, 2023 - 7:12 am
- ΜέΡΑ25-Συμμαχία για τη Ρήξη: Η ανάλυση, οι προτάσεις & το όραμά μας εν όψει εκλογών
Η μάχη των εκλογών ξεκίνησε. Το ΜέΡΑ25 μπαίνει σε αυτή την μάχη με πρωτοπόρα ανάλυση της συγκυρίας (ελληνικής, ευρωπαϊκής και διεθνούς), με συνεκτικό κυβερνητικό Πρόγραμμα 100 Ημερών, με πλούσια δράση στελεχών και μελών του και, ίσως το πιο σημαντικό, χέρι-χέρι με ανιοδετελείς αγωνιστές που ανταποκρίθηκαν στο κάλεσμά μας για συστράτευση... Read more »
Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: February 26, 2023 - 10:30 am - VideoAGE OF ECONOMICS interview on economics and capitalism – videoA diverse group of global thinkers answers 8 fundamental questions about economics and capitalism. In this video interview, Yanis Varoufakis has a go: 0:00 – Prologue 01:19 – Intro 01:38 – 1. Why does economics matter? 03:00 – 2. What are the differences between economic science and economic engineering? 09:46... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: February 26, 2023 - 8:30 am
- Το Νέο Κίνημα Αδεσμεύτων & το Νέο Παγκόσμιο Οικονομικό Σύστημα που πρέπει να οικοδομήσουμε – Αβάνα, 27 Ιανουαρίου 2023Ο Πόλεμος στην Ουκρανία επιτάχυνε την διάσπαση της υφηλίου σε δύο τεχνο-φέουδα – στο ένα οι αξίες εκφράζονται σε δολάρια, στο άλλο σε γουάν. Καθώς ο κόσμος διασπάται, οι ταξικές συγκρούσεις τόσο εντός όσο και μεταξύ αυτών των τεχνο-φέουδων γεννούν καταστροφικές δυνάμεις που απειλούν το είδος μας με εξαφάνιση –... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: February 26, 2023 - 8:13 am
- The New Non-Aligned Movement and New Economic System we have a duty to work towards – Havana Address, 27th January 2023The War in Ukraine has sped up the division of the world into two technofeudal fiefdoms – one US dollar denominated and one Chinese yuan denominated. As the world bifurcates, class struggles within each technofeudal fiefdom, as well as between them, generate destructive forces that threaten our species survival –... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: February 26, 2023 - 7:52 am
- Exposing the scam that is an electricity ‘market’ – ANY electricity ‘market’So used are we to the idea of an ‘electricity market’ that the next sentence may jar in your mind: There is no such thing as an electricity market! In this video I explain why those who talk to us about electricity markets as something natural, clever and necessary are... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: February 26, 2023 - 7:15 am
- What’s behind the Great Volatility? Audio of SSGA Zurich AddressFrom the Great Moderation to the Great Crash, the Great Recession, the Great Stagnation, the Great Inflation and, finally, to the Great Volatility. What are the forces driving this 50yr dynamic? Plus an answer to: “What did the euro crisis teach us about the EU’s various debt instruments?” A lecture... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: February 26, 2023 - 7:02 am
- Will China Dump Its Dark Deal with America? – Project SyndicateA new cold war is upon us, but only China is in a position to push it beyond the point of no return. That moment will come when China’s policymakers cross the Rubicon and decide to wean Chinese economic growth off the US trade deficit. ATHENS – True hegemons prevail... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: February 20, 2023 - 9:56 am
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- ● Homophobia in Uganda is a horrifying demonstration of colonialism and evangelism at workLast week, on 21 March, Uganda’s parliament passed draconian homophobic and anti-LGBT+ legislation. MP Fox Odoi-Oywelowo warned that this would mean life imprisonment or … Read more By Alex/Rose Cocker... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: March 27, 2023 - 4:10 pm
- Video● ‘Mega-strike’ brings Germany to a standstill in a fight for survival amid cost of living crisis
A major strike brought much of Germany’s air traffic, rail service and commuter lines to a halt on 27 March, as workers demanded wage … Read more By Glen Black... Read more »
Source: Canary | Published: March 27, 2023 - 3:53 pm - ● Citizens in the UK and Israel protest against Netanyahu as his government veers further right
Citizens in the UK and Israel are protesting Israel’s prime minister (PM) Benjamin Netanyahu and the actions of his government. It’s all happening as … Read more By The Canary... Read more »
Source: Canary | Published: March 27, 2023 - 1:58 pm - ● The far right was met by anti-fascists across the UK as refugees are targeted once again
The far right mobilised in various locations in recent days. Some of their action was once again against refugees housed by the Home Office in … Read more By Steve Topple... Read more »
Source: Canary | Published: March 27, 2023 - 11:50 am - Video● Post Office workers should be ‘proud’ following big pay dispute development with CWUTrade union the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has been fighting on behalf of Post Office workers in an ongoing pay dispute. Following a significantly … Read more By The Canary... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: March 27, 2023 - 10:53 am
- ● Protesters dressed as chickens mimic battery farm in a Morrisons foyer
Animal rights group Open Cages has staged an in-store protest at a Morrisons in Wood Green, London. The protest was the largest of its … Read more By The Canary... Read more »
Source: Canary | Published: March 27, 2023 - 9:56 am - Letters to the Canary: The Greek train disaster, misogyny, and will Starmer win in Scotland now?The Canary is excited to share the latest edition of our letters page. This is where we publish people’s responses to the news, politics, or anything … Read more By Steve Topple... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: March 25, 2023 - 12:17 pm
- VideoProtesters causing king Charlie’s French visit to be scrapped is an example to bootlicking Britain
French protests against pension reform have led to the postponement of king Charles III’s trip to the country. Workers have brought refineries, transport, and … Read more By Maryam Jameela... Read more »
Source: Canary | Published: March 24, 2023 - 5:04 pm - LGBTQ+ Ugandans will pay for a new law with their livesOn 21 March, Uganda’s parliament passed sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. It imposes extreme new penalties for same-sex relationships. Parliamentary speaker Annet Anita Among stated that … Read more By Alex/Rose Cocker... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: March 24, 2023 - 2:20 pm
- The US military will remove the Confederate name of nine of its bases – but the legacy of Confederacy goes far deeperFort Pickett military base in Virginia formerly took its name from a pro-slavery Confederate general. However, on 24 March, the US will rename it … Read more By Alex/Rose Cocker... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: March 24, 2023 - 1:02 pm
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- Nerve CentersBy Nicola BenvenutiStansbury ForumMarch 12th, 2022 My initial contact with a powerful and class concious labor movement came in 1971-72 when I was studying at the University of Florence in Tuscany, Italy. I witnessed massive marches of workers protesting the... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: March 23, 2023 - 5:30 pm
- War, crisis and anarchyFrom La Nemesi, machine translated The past financial week (March 12-19) was dominated by fears for the international banking system: first came the bankruptcy of the Silicon Valley Bank, the Californian bank specializing in supporting start-ups and the silicone economy... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: March 23, 2023 - 4:55 pm
- Antenna Burnt in Solidarity w/ Alfredo Cospito... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: March 23, 2023 - 2:41 pm
- Urgent updates on the health condition of Alfredo Cospito (21-22 March 2023)From La Nemesi, translated by Act for freedom now! Urgent updates on the health condition of Alfredo Cospito at over 150 days’ hunger strike to the end (21-22 March 2023) [under update] Update on the medical situationdi Alfredo Cospito, ion... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: March 23, 2023 - 2:34 pm
- End the white torture: Freedom for Alfredo Cospito!The anarchist prisoner Alfredo Cospito has now been on hunger strike for 154 days to protest against the solitary confinement conditions under Italian Article 41bis. In the meantime, his health has deteriorated massively and yesterday an acute heart crisis was... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: March 23, 2023 - 12:30 pm
- Athens: Summary of actions in solidarity w/ Alfredo CospitoFrom Athens Indymedia, translated by Act for freedom now! Summary of the previous days’ actions in Athens in solidarity with the anarchist hunger striker (since 20/10/2022) Alfredo Cospito. Actions/Interventions: 8.3.2023: An intervention took place in Syntagma Square on March 8,... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: March 23, 2023 - 1:48 am
- Illuminating Anarchist Perspectives on Restorative Justice & Transformative JusticeFrom Anarchist Agency, Press Brief Agency, an anarchist PR project, provides key talking points and a resource list for media on why anarchists support restorative justice and transformative justice practices Why do anarchists advocate for restorative justice and transformative justice... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: March 23, 2023 - 1:26 am
- Community Defense Organizations Disrupt Transphobic Rally in Jefferson City, MissouriShare This: twitter facebook Report on counter-mobilization against a far-Right anti-trans rally in Jefferson City, Missouri. A coalition of Missouri and Kansas-based leftist organizations came together on Monday, March 20th, to intervene in an aggressive and genocidal rally to ban... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: March 23, 2023 - 1:24 am
- Anonymous activists attack atlas subsidiary in solidarity with weelanuee forest defendersvia: Scenes from the Atlanta Forest Mid-March, Windsor USA. “In mid-March, 2023, anarchist comrades attacked a local Consolidated Engineering Laboratories (CEL) office in Windsor, CA, an ATLAS subsidiary, to decry their affiliation with the creators of Cop City. The action... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: March 23, 2023 - 1:16 am
- France: The Movement against the Pension Reform : On the Threshold of an Uprising?In France, a new surge of protest activity has erupted against the government of Emmanuel Macron in response to an unpopular pension reform. This promises to be the most powerful unrest in France since the Yellow Vest movement. In the... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: March 23, 2023 - 12:30 am
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- Edvin Dahlgren - Militant Unions – The Backbone Of “Movement Socialism”
Author: Edvin DahlgrenTitle: Militant Unions – The Backbone Of “Movement Socialism”Date: 2023-03-21Notes: This article is a short version of an essay originally published in Swedish. The Swedish essay was first published in the union paper Arbetarenin 2018. Thereafter published on the website Anarkism.info in 2022 (slightly updated). The author is... Read more »
Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: March 26, 2023 - 9:02 pm - Andrew Fiala - Political Skepticism and Anarchist Themes in the American TraditionAuthor: Andrew FialaTitle: Political Skepticism and Anarchist Themes in the American TraditionDate: 2013Notes: Andrew Fiala, « Political Skepticism and Anarchist Themes in the American Tradition », European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy [En ligne], V-2 | 2013, mis en ligne le 24 décembre 2013, consulté le 24 mars 2023.... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: March 26, 2023 - 8:59 pm
- Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro - Thoughts on Commitment, Responsibility and Self-disciplineAuthor: Anarchist Federation of Rio de JaneiroTitle: Thoughts on Commitment, Responsibility and Self-disciplineNotes: Translated from Portuguese by Jonathan Payn Related Link: http://farj.org/Source: Retrieved on March 24th, 2023 from https://zabalazabooks.net/2014/03/05/thoughts-on-commitment-responsibility-and-self-discipline/ “A subject who has a Libertarian Ethic knows why they are struggling and can explain the ideological reasons for the struggle,... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: March 26, 2023 - 8:40 pm
- Jeff Stein - Black WobbliesAuthor: Jeff SteinTitle: Black WobbliesSubtitle: Hubert Harrison and Ben FletcherDate: 2022, SpringNotes: a review of Jeffrey B. Perry, Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918. Columbia University Press, 2009. Jeffrey B. Perry, Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927. Columbia University Press, 2021. Peter Cole, Ben Fletcher: The Life... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: March 26, 2023 - 8:32 pm
- CrimethInc. - Disasters of State: On the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
Author: CrimethInc.Title: Disasters of State: On the Earthquakes in Turkey and SyriaDate: 16.03.2023Notes: Kurdish: Felaketên Dewletê: Li ser Erdhejên Tirkiye û Sûriyê Turkish: Devletin Felaketleri: Türkiye ve Suriye'deki Depremler HakkındaSource: Retrieved on 19th March 2023 from crimethinc.com On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and 7.7 hit southern... Read more »
Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: March 26, 2023 - 8:17 pm - Errico Malatesta - Communists and FascistsAuthor: Errico MalatestaTitle: Communists and FascistsDate: 1924Notes: Translation by João Black. Originally published as "Comunisti e fascisti" in the journal Pensiero e Volontà (May 1, 1924).Source: Tranlsated on March 2022 from www.eleuthera.it (pg.104) We are not scandalized by the violence and electoral plots [pastette elettorali] of fascism. Workers must face... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: March 22, 2023 - 1:29 am
- Notes From Below - IllegalismAuthor: Notes From BelowTitle: IllegalismDate: January 18, 2010Source: Retrieved on March 6, 2012 from web.archive.org The recent arrest of Alfredo Bonanno on suspicion of an alleged bank robbery in Greece has exposed the risks and reopened the controversy surrounding the tactic of political expropriation. Whilst criminality remains in the arsenal... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: March 19, 2023 - 10:15 am
- Laurance Labadie - In a Pickle!Author: Laurance LabadieTitle: In a Pickle!Date: January 29, 1965Source: Retrieved 03/17/2023 from unionofegoists.com I don’t know of any party, sect, or movement with whom I couldn’t be ascribed to, not by those in any particular group, but by their rivals. In the same sense, I could not be identified with... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: March 19, 2023 - 10:04 am
- David S. D’Amato - Language & the Construction of Economic PowerAuthor: David S. D’AmatoTitle: Language & the Construction of Economic PowerDate: 12/5/22Source: Retrieved on March 13, 2023 from https://dsdamato.substack.com/p/language-and-the-construction-of The language we use in large part creates our social reality. The character of our social institutions emerges from the things we say about them, and injustices can hide in plain... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: March 19, 2023 - 10:02 am
- Flower Bomb - ADULTHOOD IS A TRAPAuthor: Flower BombTitle: ADULTHOOD IS A TRAPSubtitle: Anti-Natalism, Youth Liberation, and a Refusal to SurrenderDate: 2023Source: https://warzonedistro.noblogs.org/files/2022/07/Adulthood-Is-A-Trap_Anti-Natalism-Youth-Liberation-and-a-Refusal-to-Surrender.pdf If life is to be understood as the free-flowing heartbeat of adventure, emotions, and experiences, then adulthood is similar to a clogged artery; an emotional constipation of desire and imagination. Adulthood resembles an... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: March 19, 2023 - 9:47 am
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- KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023 (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: March 25, 2023 - 11:21 am
- Looking Back (then and now)Looking Back (then and now) (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: March 25, 2023 - 11:18 am
- Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture [Book review]Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture [Book review] (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: March 25, 2023 - 10:52 am
- Frank LeechFrank Leech (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: March 25, 2023 - 10:42 am
- The Wooden Shoe is on the other foot: examining a mythThe Wooden Shoe is on the other foot: examining a myth (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 109, March 2023)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: March 25, 2023 - 10:15 am
- The Free Commune 3, October 1898The Free Commune 3, October 1898 (in Free Commune)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: March 16, 2023 - 10:00 am
- Free Commune 1, April 1898Free Commune 1, April 1898 (in Free Commune)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: March 16, 2023 - 9:59 am
- Manifesto: The Industrial Union of Direct Actionists [1907]Manifesto: The Industrial Union of Direct Actionists [1907]... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: March 16, 2023 - 9:53 am
- Letter asking for help to rent an office for the London Federation of AnarchistsLetter asking for help to rent an office for the London Federation of Anarchists... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: March 16, 2023 - 9:43 am
- Minutes of the Freedom Press Group 1967Minutes of the Freedom Press Group 1967 (in Minutes of the Freedom Press Group)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: March 16, 2023 - 9:35 am
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- ● Khadija El Mardi wins first women's boxing gold for Morocco
READ: Human rights activists and academics call for an end to normalization with Israel.... Read more »
| Published: March 27, 2023 - 4:54 pm - ● Afghan, Pakistani Cricketers unite in prayer before T20 match
READ: Pakistan sends over 8,000 winterised tents to people affected by twin quakes in Turkiye... Read more »
| Published: March 27, 2023 - 4:17 pm - ● Uproar over Israel judicial changes – what is it all about?
Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faced increasing pressure on Monday to put the brakes on his government's drive to enact sweeping changes to the Israeli judiciary, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets, Reuters reports. The courts overhaul plan has sparked unprecedented public anger ever since Netanyahu's coalition of... Read more »
| Published: March 27, 2023 - 3:38 pm - ● Urgent action needed to remedy deteriorating human rights in Libya: UN fact-finding mission
In its final report released on Monday, the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya expressed "deep concern" over the country's deteriorating human rights situation and that there is reason to believe that the state security forces and armed militia groups have committed "a wide array of war crimes and crimes... Read more »
| Published: March 27, 2023 - 3:30 pm - ● People stranded as Heavy rains flood Najaf
READ: Iraq Parliament approves unpopular election law amendments... Read more »
| Published: March 27, 2023 - 3:06 pm - ● Manchester United: Qatar's Sheikh Jassim makes second bid for football club
Qatar's Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani has submitted a fresh bid to buy English Premier League football club Manchester United, according to reports on Saturday. The son of Qatar's former prime minister and head of Qatar Islamic Bank made the new, improved offer after requesting a deadline extension... Read more »
| Published: March 27, 2023 - 3:00 pm - ● Iraq Parliament approves unpopular election law amendments
Iraq's Parliament approved, on Monday, amendments to the elections law, a move that has angered independent lawmakers and small parties who say the new legislation could weaken their chances, Reuters reports. The amendments abandon an election law under which the last parliamentary election was held in 2021, in response to... Read more »
| Published: March 27, 2023 - 2:54 pm - ● Israelis are now at war with themselves
Israel has gone to war yet again, but this time it's on home turf: Israelis are fighting with Israelis. The eyes of the world are on the Zionist state as more than half a million Israelis protest to get rid of corrupt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There is a delicious... Read more »
| Published: March 27, 2023 - 2:48 pm - ● Israel government in chaos as judicial reform plans draw mass protests
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition plunged into chaos on Monday, after mass overnight protests over the sacking of his Defence Chief piled pressure on the government to halt its bitterly contested plans to overhaul the judiciary, Reuters reports. Netanyahu had been expected to make a televised statement on Monday morning announcing... Read more »
| Published: March 27, 2023 - 1:48 pm - ● Palestine-Israel lawmaker uses 'Arab Spring' slogan as Israelis hold anti-government rallies
Ahmad Tibi, a Palestinian-Israeli member of the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, used the famous Arab Spring slogan Monday amid mass anti-government rallies across Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports. "The people demand the fall of the regime," Tibi wrote on Twitter in Hebrew in reaction to the rallies taking place to... Read more »
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- ● 3 Children, 3 Adults Killed in Shooting at Christian Elementary School in Nashville
This is a developing story... Please check back for updates...At least three children and three adults were killed Monday by a shooter at the Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville which serves students from preschool through sixth grade.The suspect was "engaged by police" who arrived at the scene... Read more »
Source: Common Dreams | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:47 pm - ● Statement: Energy bill would wreak havoc on lands, waters and taxpayersThe U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on H.R. 1, a major energy package focused on fossil fuels. The sprawling bill would: Expand oil and gas drilling on public lands and in the oceanSpeed the construction of polluting projects, including gas pipelines, while limiting the ability... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:47 pm
- ● Peace Advocates Say Putin Plan Reveals Dangers of 'Nuclear Deterrence'
In addition to denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin's plan to station so-called "tactical" nuclear weapons in Belarus, anti-war campaigners are calling into question the effectiveness of "nuclear deterrence" and reiterating their demands for global disarmament. "As long as Putin has nuclear weapons, Europe cannot be safe," Daniel Högsta, acting executive... Read more »
Source: Common Dreams | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:32 pm - ● Does Netanyahu Have an Exit Strategy
Israel collapsed into virtual chaos over the weekend, after Defence Minister Yoav Gallant made a dramatic televised address to the nation, calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to suspend his government’s extremist political plan.He noted, among other things, that the army was in open revolt against the draconian legislative agenda.The... Read more »
Source: Common Dreams | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:24 pm - ● 'The Inhumanity Defies Words': Italy Seizes Banksy-Funded Migrant Rescue Ship as Dozens Drown
Italian authorities on Sunday seized a migrant aid ship financed by renowned British street artist Banksy after the vessel allegedly violated a decree by Italy's far-right cabinet by refusing to head to port following a rescue operation.Reuters reports the Italian coast guard instructed the MV Louise Michel—named after the French... Read more »
Source: Common Dreams | Published: March 27, 2023 - 4:39 pm - ● Toxic Fears, Confusion After Chemical Leak Hits Philadelphia Drinking Water Supply
Residents of Philadelphia and the surrounding area demanded clarity about the safety of their drinking water from city officials on Monday, three days after chemicals leaked from a plant into a tributary of the Delaware River, which provides water for about 14 million people in four states. About 8,100 gallons... Read more »
Source: Common Dreams | Published: March 27, 2023 - 4:10 pm - Video● Why We Must Stop a New Cold War Before It's Too Late
Relations between the United States and China are spiraling dangerously downward, and neither side seems able to reverse the trend. Yet it is imperative that the world’s two biggest economies find a modus vivendi if the peace of the planet is to be preserved. Consider the recent contretemps between the... Read more »
Source: Common Dreams | Published: March 27, 2023 - 3:15 pm - ● Amid Massive Protests, Netanyahu Reportedly Agrees to Delay 'Judicial Coup' Bill
Update: In the face of massive public backlash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to delay his proposed judicial overhaul legislation until at least early May as part of a deal with the far-right party of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.Under the deal, according to The Times of... Read more »
Source: Common Dreams | Published: March 27, 2023 - 2:50 pm - ● The Outrageous Price We Pay for a Pentagon Budget From Hell
On March 13th, the Pentagon rolled out its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The results were — or at least should have been — stunning, even by the standards of a department that’s used to getting what it wants when it wants it.The new Pentagon budget would come in... Read more »
Source: Common Dreams | Published: March 27, 2023 - 2:23 pm - ● Putin announces plans to deploy nuclear weapons in BelarusAlthough there are not currently any Russian warheads in Belarus, Putin claimed that Russia had given Belarus nuclear-capable missiles and will start training Belarusian personnel to use them next week. He also announced that up to 10 Belarusian aircraft are already prepared to use these weapons and Russia would complete... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: March 27, 2023 - 2:14 pm
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- Why Would China Be An Enemy?
I am completely at a loss as to why the UK should seek to join in with the US in considering China an enemy, and in looking to build up military forces in the Pacific to oppose China. In what sense are Chinese interests opposed to British interests? I am... Read more »
Source: Craig Murray | Published: March 21, 2023 - 7:03 pm - The High Road to Independence
Do not despair. There may be politicians who have abandoned any genuine intent to gain Scottish Independence, but the path is still open. It is a question of nerve and will. I think we should lift our eyes beyond the current SNP leadership contest – although I shall in future... Read more »
Source: Craig Murray | Published: March 17, 2023 - 8:24 pm - Sweet Rockall
A recurring row has broken out over the island of Rockall, an uninhabited rock in the Atlantic whose ownership is disputed between the UK and Ireland. The Scottish government, under whose jurisdiction Rockall falls, has banned Irish vessels which traditionally fish there from doing so. This is an article in... Read more »
Source: Craig Murray | Published: March 15, 2023 - 2:34 pm - Fascist Judges
Three climate activists in two separate trials have been sent to jail by Judge Silas Reid using the entirely arbitrary powers of Contempt of Court, because they insisted on telling the jury that their protests had been motivated by the climate crisis and fuel poverty. Juries are an essential safeguard... Read more »
Source: Craig Murray | Published: March 8, 2023 - 1:55 pm - Truth and Ukraine
Speaking to the No2Nato meeting on Saturday, I had the challenge of telling a packed and highly motivated audience some things that they very much instinctively disagreed with, from a very different viewpoint to much of what they had heard from some excellent speakers all day. I had to follow... Read more »
Source: Craig Murray | Published: March 2, 2023 - 9:20 am - The Cheats’ Election
It is over ten years since I allowed a guest post on this blog. This is because I never listen to anybody except myself. That way I avoid hearing anything disagreeable. (Those last two sentences are a joke, deliberately in the style of Jane Austen. Of course it ruins the... Read more »
Source: Craig Murray | Published: February 28, 2023 - 8:21 pm - History Turns
Unexpectedly, the election for leader of the SNP has become a true hinge moment in the entire history of the Scottish nation. Sure of their control of the party, the devolutionists in the SNP have openly come out with the proposal that Independence is merely an “aspiration” – Humza Yousaf’s... Read more »
Source: Craig Murray | Published: February 25, 2023 - 11:45 am - Humza’s Lies on Gay Marriage
In their urgency to foist Sturgeon’s nominated devolutionist successor on Scotland, the media are going all out against Kate Forbes for saying she could never vote for gay marriage. But they have not noted that Humza Yousaf also did not vote for gay marriage, he absented himself. It is absolutely... Read more »
Source: Craig Murray | Published: February 21, 2023 - 11:32 am - Murder, Lies and State Conspiracy
Donald John Morrison was the last man to speak to Willie McRae, unless his murderer talked. He invited me warmly into his neat Benbecula home, where I was visiting with my friend, his cousin Donnie. Donald took my coat from me and hung it neatly in a cupboard. He then... Read more »
Source: Craig Murray | Published: February 17, 2023 - 1:54 am - Nicola Sturgeon – Used and Discarded
Nicola Sturgeon is discarded, having served her purpose for the British Establishment once she obtained the UK Supreme Court judgment that Scotland could not hold a referendum on Independence. That fight was deliberately thrown by Sturgeon’s unionist Lord Advocate. After almost nine years of leading Independence supporters into a whole... Read more »
Source: Craig Murray | Published: February 15, 2023 - 11:59 am
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- ● PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT A BOOK ABOUT A UNITED IRELAND, PLUS THE SNP LEADERSHIP RACE
A man called Padraig O’Malley has written a book called The Perils and Possibilities of a united Ireland. Neither Pat nor I has read it yet, but we have watched a long interview conducted by Sam McBride, examining some of the ideas. Most of our video looks at some of... Read more »
Source: Jude Collins | Published: March 27, 2023 - 11:53 am - ● SWAMPED BY ALIENS? – by Donal Kennedy
For centuries Britain accepted all comers. Including asylum seekers, troublemakers or those fleeing fleeing trouble at home . Karl Marx and Napoleon III come to mind. Karl Marx could plot in the British Museum Reading Room, drink and carouse in London pubs, throw stones at street lights, take... Read more »
Source: Jude Collins | Published: March 27, 2023 - 7:47 am - PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT QUO VADIS DUP, E MACRON, BORIS KO(?), WATERBOARDING, AND SCHOOL INSPECTION
Where does the DUP go from here? The Windsor Framework complete with Stormont Brake has now been passed into law by Britain – and yet the Britain-loving Dup still refuses to go back to Stormont. As the old movie said, Quo Vadis, Jeffrey? Emmanuel Macron has by-passed parliament (it’s legal,... Read more »
Source: Jude Collins | Published: March 25, 2023 - 12:55 pm - “Tyrant: the Rise of Adolf Hitler” Channel 5 March 22 by Donal Kennedy
I didn’t watch the first programme in this series, and turned off the second within a minute. Because it immediately equated President Putin with the NAZI tyrant. Had the programme told us about Hitler, and later provided a case to equate the Russian leader with the tyrant, I... Read more »
Source: Jude Collins | Published: March 24, 2023 - 8:51 am - The DUP: the wagons circle
Speaking of democracy – the Democratic Unionist Party has it in their title – is democracy dovetailing nicely with politics? Well, not really. The average CEO in the US these days earns – or should I say is handed? – some 400 times the salary enjoyed by the average... Read more »
Source: Jude Collins | Published: March 22, 2023 - 9:27 am - THE ONLY WAY IS ETHICS? – by Donal Kennedy
“Under its successive names, accepted or given Socety, The South Place Ethical Society is a traceable and constant endeavour to study carefully, and hope to keep abreast of the growing knowledge of the world, at whatever cost to traditional prejudices and opinions, to do this in a spirit no... Read more »
Source: Jude Collins | Published: March 21, 2023 - 6:38 pm - THIS AND THAT -MEMORIES JOGGED BY RECENT EVENTS AND THE COMMENTS BY JUDE & PAT by Donal Kennedy
a I see someone called Carl Mullan in the news. Never heard of him before. But in 1949, in Lansdowne Road I saw Ireland’s first Grand Slam winning Captain,Carl Mullen playing, and I seem to remember him with his shorts pulled down and mooning at the Bay. I... Read more »
Source: Jude Collins | Published: March 21, 2023 - 9:25 am - PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT D TRUMP & STORMY, VLAD PUTIN, JOHNNY SEXTON AND IF THE DUP HAVE RUN OUT OF ROAD
Will Donald Trump be arrested this week, for having paid off the lovely Stormy Daniels, with whom he once had (ahem) a stormy affair? Vladimir (‘Vlad’ to his friends)Putin has been declared a war criminal, a charge that will apparently last all his life. He won’t be able to travel... Read more »
Source: Jude Collins | Published: March 20, 2023 - 12:57 pm - DOES THE USA RECOGNISE THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT? – by Donal Kennedy
When John Bolton was US Under Secretary of State during the Presidency of G.W. Bush, he said the US did not recognise the right of the ICC to sit in judgement over the US and its allies. As National Security Advisor under President Trump in 2018 he launched a... Read more »
Source: Jude Collins | Published: March 19, 2023 - 7:12 pm - A MATTER FOR JUDGEMENT – by Donal Kennedy
Russia gave Ukraine a substantial repayable loan in 2013 and Ukraine has ratted on the agreement. The loan was in Eurobonds. Disputes on such loans are referred to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Russia has made a claim for a return of its... Read more »
Source: Jude Collins | Published: March 19, 2023 - 7:04 pm
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- ● Updated: Army Shoots Six Palestinians, Including A Child, Abducts Young Man, In Jericho
On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp south of Jericho in the northeastern West Bank, shot Six Palestinians, including a child, and abducted a young man. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the refugee camp and surrounded the home of Wael Awadat Al-Mqaiti, before storming the... Read more »
Source: – IMEMC News | Published: March 27, 2023 - 2:28 pm - Video● Israeli Army Abducts Eight Palestinians In West Bank
On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded and searched many homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank and abducted at least eight Palestinians. In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the city’s eastern area and searched many homes. The soldiers also invaded the Askar refugee camp... Read more »
Source: – IMEMC News | Published: March 27, 2023 - 9:53 am - Israeli Soldiers Abduct Several Palestinians In West Bank
On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted several Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and attacked worshipers in Al-Aqsa in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the Al-Qibli Mosque in the Al-Aqsa compound and assaulted many worshipers before forcing them out and abducting Hassanein Rommana and Ali Morad Sandouqa. In... Read more »
Source: – IMEMC News | Published: March 26, 2023 - 11:23 pm - Israeli Colonizers Burn Farmlands In Huwwara
On Sunday evening, illegal Israeli colonizers burnt Palestinian farmlands in Huwwara town, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities in the northern West Bank, said the colonizers came from Yitzhar illegal colony, built on... Read more »
Source: – IMEMC News | Published: March 26, 2023 - 10:21 pm - Army Abducts Three Palestinians, Injure A Father, In Tulkarem
On Sunday dawn, undercover Israeli soldiers invaded Nur Shams refugee camp east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, abducted three Palestinians, including two siblings, and assaulted and injured the father of the two siblings. Media sources said several army vehicles invaded the refugee camp before undercover soldiers stormed... Read more »
Source: – IMEMC News | Published: March 26, 2023 - 9:09 am - VideoIsraeli Colonizers Burn Huwwara Home; Family Narrowly Escapes Death
On Sunday dawn, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers infiltrated Sinjil town, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and burnt a home as the family slept before the father rushed his four children and his wife out to safety. Media sources said the home is on the outskirts of... Read more »
Source: – IMEMC News | Published: March 26, 2023 - 8:40 am - VideoIsraeli Police Kill A Palestinian In Kafr Yasif
On Sunday dawn, Israeli police officers killed a Palestinian citizen of Israel in Kafr Yasif, in the Galilee in the northern part of the country. Media sources said an off-duty police officer fired several rounds at a car carrying several passengers, seriously wounding Omar Ghaleb Sawa’ed, 22, who succumbed to... Read more »
Source: – IMEMC News | Published: March 26, 2023 - 4:54 am - VideoTwo Israeli Soldiers Injured In Nablus Shooting
On Saturday evening, two Israeli soldiers, including one who suffered serious wounds, were shot in a shooting attack in Huwwara town, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Israeli sources have confined that two combat soldiers were shot and added that one suffered serious wounds... Read more »
Source: – IMEMC News | Published: March 26, 2023 - 3:43 am - Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Nablus
On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers injured many Palestinians in several parts of the Nablus governorate in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics rushed a Palestinian from Deir Sharaf town, northwest of Nablus, to a hospital after the soldiers assaulted... Read more »
Source: – IMEMC News | Published: March 26, 2023 - 2:36 am - Israeli Soldiers Invade Al-Aqsa, Force Worshipers Out
On Saturday evening, dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded the Al-Aqsa compound in occupied Jerusalem, forcing the worshippers out. Eyewitnesses said the army and the police assaulted many worshipers and invaded the Al-Qibli Mosque in Al-Aqsa before forcing the worshipers to leave through the Chain Gate. They added... Read more »
Source: – IMEMC News | Published: March 26, 2023 - 2:20 am
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- China & Russia pledge ‘changes not seen in 100 years’: Xi & Putin take aim at US dollar hegemony
China's President Xi Jinping traveled to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin, pledging "changes the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years", agreeing to deepen economic integration and challenge the hegemony of the US dollar using yuan and other currencies in international trade. The post China & Russia pledge... Read more »
Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 25, 2023 - 11:23 pm - Video‘Mexico is not a US colony!’: AMLO condemns invasion threats, celebrates nationalization of oil, lithium
Mexico's leftist President AMLO condemned "hypocritical" Republicans who want the US military to invade, declaring "Mexico is an independent and free country, not a US colony or protectorate!" In a massive rally, López Obrador also celebrated the expropriation of oil and lithium, condemning exploitative foreign corporations. The post ‘Mexico is... Read more »
Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 21, 2023 - 4:30 pm - US government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs
The US Federal Reserve printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs. 93% of Silicon Valley Bank's deposits were uninsured, over the FDIC limit of $250,000, but the government still paid them. 56% of SVB's loans went to venture capitalist and private... Read more »
Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 19, 2023 - 6:39 pm - Geopolitical game changer: China’s Iran-Saudi peace deal is big blow to petrodollar and US economic hegemony
China's peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran is a big blow to the petrodollar that undergirds US economic hegemony. Both countries are top oil producers that are discussing selling energy in other currencies. They also applied to join BRICS, and are members of the Belt and Road Initiative. The... Read more »
Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 17, 2023 - 8:46 pm - VideoThe U.S. is spending millions on ‘Havana Syndrome’ research – but it’s not clear if it existsU.S. government agencies have spent more than $2 million researching Havana Syndrome, but medical experts and internal reports suggest it is psychological, not physical. Similar investigations into the "Moscow signal" during the Cold War found nothing. The post The U.S. is spending millions on ‘Havana Syndrome’ research – but it’s... Read more »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 16, 2023 - 11:21 pm
- Taiwan separatists lose key ally, Honduras recognizes China – just 12 small countries remain
Honduras' leftist President Xiomara Castro officially recognized China. Now only 12 UN member states have formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan separatists. They have a combined population of less than 39 million, or 0.49% of the planet. The post Taiwan separatists lose key ally, Honduras recognizes China – just 12 small... Read more »
Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 16, 2023 - 10:07 pm - VideoPakistan’s coup regime tries to arrest Imran Khan – but faces massive popular resistance
With staunch US support, Pakistan's unelected "imported government" is trying to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the most popular politician in the country, to prevent him from running in elections. But protesters are protecting him. The post Pakistan’s coup regime tries to arrest Imran Khan – but faces massive... Read more »
Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 15, 2023 - 11:34 pm - Why 3 US banks collapsed in 1 week: Economist Michael Hudson explains
Economist Michael Hudson analyzes the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate, and Signature Bank, explaining the similarities to the 2008 financial crash and the US government bailout (which it is not calling a bailout). The post Why 3 US banks collapsed in 1 week: Economist Michael Hudson explains appeared first... Read more »
Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 15, 2023 - 5:00 am - How China’s ‘high-tech socialism’ challenges the West’s ‘neoliberal trap’Rather than following the Western capitalist model that led to a "middle-income trap", China is building a new system of high-tech socialism, based on "high-quality growth", rejecting the neoliberal trap. The post How China’s ‘high-tech socialism’ challenges the West’s ‘neoliberal trap’ appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 14, 2023 - 2:00 pm
- Michael Hudson: Why the US bank crisis is not overEconomist Michael Hudson argues banks like Silicon Valley Bank have behaved in a selfish and greedy way, yet get de facto US government bailouts, while regulatory capture and campaign contributions prevent the systemic change needed to stop these crises. The post Michael Hudson: Why the US bank crisis is not... Read more »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 14, 2023 - 5:00 am
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- Students Uncover Echoes of Enslavement in Their Hometown
Students in a Louisville, Kentucky classroom designed commemorations of people's history sites based on the lesson Echoes of Enslavement. The post Students Uncover Echoes of Enslavement in Their Hometown appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: March 17, 2023 - 3:56 pm - VideoTeach Truth Day of Action June 10
We invite educators, students, parents, and community members to rally across the country and pledge to #TeachTruth on June 10, 2023. The post Teach Truth Day of Action June 10 appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: March 15, 2023 - 9:02 pm - I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
Historian Kidada E. Williams shared stories from her new book, I Saw Death Coming, a breakthrough account of the much-debated Reconstruction period. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror... Read more »
Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: March 15, 2023 - 3:21 pm - The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Classroom Screening Licenses
Based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis and executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien, the 2022 documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks depicts Rosa Parks' life-long dedication to justice. The post <i>The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks</i> Classroom Screening Licenses appeared first on Zinn Education... Read more »
Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: March 15, 2023 - 1:07 am - Best Defense Against Anti-CRT Chilling Effect: Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups
Teaching for Black Lives study groups not only deepen participants' knowledge and improve their practice — they also increase their resolve to continue teaching honestly. And they provide a community of accountability and mutual support. The post Best Defense Against Anti-CRT Chilling Effect: <i>Teaching for Black Lives</i> Study Groups appeared... Read more »
Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: March 14, 2023 - 5:12 am - VideoZinn Education Project at SXSW
The Zinn Education Project had the opportunity to collaborate on an installation and panel on banned books at SXSW this year in Austin. The post Zinn Education Project at SXSW appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: March 13, 2023 - 11:56 pm - Book Bans Threaten Public Education
In 2023, not only are books being banned, but also the right to teach about racism and LGBTQI identity — essentially placing thousands more titles off limits. The official lists of banned books are a drop in the bucket. The post Book Bans Threaten Public Education appeared first on Zinn... Read more »
Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: March 13, 2023 - 7:35 am - Teach Climate Justice Workshop Hosted by Boston Teachers Union
The Boston Teachers Union Climate Justice Committee offered a climate justice teaching workshop, facilitated by the Zinn Education Project. The post Teach Climate Justice Workshop Hosted by Boston Teachers Union appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: March 12, 2023 - 3:32 am - International Women’s Day Viewing of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Film
On International Women's Day, close to 400 teachers from around the country came together online to view the documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis. The post International Women’s Day Viewing of <i>The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks</i> Film appeared... Read more »
Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: March 5, 2023 - 6:33 pm - VideoSpotlight: Prentiss Charney Fellows
Our annual Prentiss Charney fellowship offers support for a cohort of people’s history educator leaders to study, learn, and organize together. We spotlight Prentiss Charney Fellows each month on this page. The post Spotlight: Prentiss Charney Fellows appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: March 2, 2023 - 5:45 pm
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- Hope for humanity | Noam Chomsky
***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »
Source: Free willl | Published: February 2, 2023 - 6:09 am - will there be a war between CHINA and U.S.A ? | Noam Chomsky
***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »
Source: Free willl | Published: January 29, 2023 - 4:32 pm - War in Ukraine | Noam Chomsky
***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »
Source: Free willl | Published: January 27, 2023 - 6:19 pm - Propaganda Today in Russia, Ukraine and The West | Noam Chomsky
***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »
Source: Free willl | Published: January 25, 2023 - 4:45 pm - Two Choices | Noam Chomsky
***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »
Source: Free willl | Published: January 18, 2023 - 5:32 pm
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- Neasa Hourigan interviewed by Michael Smith
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Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 24, 2023 - 2:00 pm - Boris Johnson's venal use of the Honours System has numerous historical antecedents
The post Boris Johnson's venal use of the Honours System has numerous historical antecedents appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 6, 2023 - 6:18 pm - Time for the Department of Housing, enmired in controversy concerning past officials and ministers, to publish the Convie Report
Dodgy Damien English, as Junior Minister (2017-21), and Dave Walsh, now ‘retired’ former head of the planning department, were among the range of officials and Ministers in the Housing Department who served to keep Gerard Convie’s allegations about corruption in Donegal planning out of the public domain. The post Time... Read more »
Source: Village Magazine | Published: January 12, 2023 - 2:31 pm - Someone is illegally leaking Minister Darragh O’Brien’s role in confidential Cabinet discussions, to the Irish Times. By J Vivian Cooke.
And O’Brien is benefiting from favourable coverage in the paper for his precipitate U-turning Planning Bill which embraces Bord Pleanála, social housing, judicial review and the foreshore The Minister of Housing, Darragh O’Brien has been scrambling of late to hustle through the passage of the still fast-evolving unfinished... Read more »
Source: Village Magazine | Published: December 12, 2022 - 12:53 pm - Friday, November 18th, 2022.
Friday, November 18th, 2022 Peace came in the door and sat down beside me and said how glad it was to see me, genuinely, and to finally meet my wife, I knew I must take its hand though I did not know who I would be in the absence of... Read more »
Source: Village Magazine | Published: December 8, 2022 - 9:40 pm - Department rushes and fumbles new planning legislation, under unexplained pressure: A timeline of U-Turns
By J Vivian Cooke. The Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 is currently — precipitously — accelerating through the Houses of the Oireachtas. In part, it will facilitate the appointment of Oonagh Buckley as interim head of An Bord Pleanála (ABP). Village has expressed grave and detailed... Read more »
Source: Village Magazine | Published: December 7, 2022 - 1:59 pm - Failure to implement current Planning Act's provisions on appointing Bord Pleanála Chairperson will backfire
BORD PLEANÁLA: O’BRIEN REVERTS TO RAY BURKE ERA LEGISLATIVE ETHOS Media ignore Department of Housing’s disarray over how to appoint a new Chairperson to guide discredited planning appeals body By J Vivian Cooke and Michael Smith Ireland’s crisis-raddled planning appeals board, An Bord Pleanála (ABP), is an independent, statutory, quasi-judicial... Read more »
Source: Village Magazine | Published: December 1, 2022 - 3:01 pm - Dylan. By Kevin Barrington.
There was that nervous anticipation as we sat down in the Point. It’s Bob Dylan after all. And at 81 he is still challenging. There’s none of that reverence that bordered on the mawkish that greeted Leonard Cohen. But Leonard had almost become a legacy act. While Bob was still... Read more »
Source: Village Magazine | Published: November 30, 2022 - 12:43 pm - Malpractice by those at the top of Mannok
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Source: Village Magazine | Published: November 29, 2022 - 3:38 pm - Whistleblew in the face. By David Langwallner.
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Source: Village Magazine | Published: November 28, 2022 - 9:15 pm
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- ● Israelis are now at war with themselves
Israel has gone to war yet again, but this time it's on home turf: Israelis are fighting with Israelis. The eyes of the world are on the Zionist state as more than half a million Israelis protest to get rid of corrupt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There is a delicious... Read more »
Source: Opinion | Published: March 27, 2023 - 2:48 pm - Xi's 'Chilling' Remarks: A Multipolar World Offers Challenges and Opportunities to the Middle East and Africa
The final exchange, caught on camera between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian host and counterpart, Vladimir Putin, sums up the current geopolitical conflict, still in its nascent stages, between the United States and its Western allies on the one hand, and Russia, China and their allies, on... Read more »
Source: Opinion | Published: March 26, 2023 - 8:38 am - The politicisation of the ICC
It was a difficult labour for the International Criminal Court (ICC), which came to life in July 1998. Following the First and Second World Wars, projects to establish a permanent criminal court to eliminate the state of widespread impunity were set up. However, some countries which feared the prosecution of... Read more »
Source: Opinion | Published: March 24, 2023 - 6:00 pm - 20 years after the US invasion of Iraq
What are the consequences of the war in Iraq for the US? The US's international credibility was seriously damaged because the invasion was carried out on the pretext of Saddam Hussein's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) program, which turned out to be non-existent (as many contemporary observers knew and predicted,... Read more »
Source: Opinion | Published: March 24, 2023 - 3:56 pm - Foes to friends? Iran-Saudi detente creates ripple effects across region
Following a diplomatic thaw between regional arch-foes, Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom's top diplomat on Wednesday phoned his Iranian counterpart to convey his well wishes upon the arrival of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The first phone call between the foreign ministers of the two countries in seven... Read more »
Source: Opinion | Published: March 24, 2023 - 3:55 pm - Will the world soon see the victory of democracy over racism in Israel?
We may be surprised by the result of the pressures exerted by the massive public protests and political opposition in Israel. We might see the collapse of the fascist far-right government coalition, and the formation of a new government without some of the more overtly extremist members, such as Itamar... Read more »
Source: Opinion | Published: March 24, 2023 - 1:45 pm - Smotrich displayed brazen Israeli arrogance and exposed Palestinian weakness
We did not need to hear Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich denying the existence of the Palestinian people and presenting a map of Greater Israel that includes Palestine and Jordan to understand that the occupation state has a radical, racist government. Nor did we need to witness the passing... Read more »
Source: Opinion | Published: March 24, 2023 - 9:01 am - The West is exploiting Turkiye's crises to back Erdogan's opponents
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan kicked off his official election campaign on 10 March. The presidential and parliamentary elections have been brought forward to 14 May, having originally been scheduled for 18 June. Erdogan said that the change will boost voter turnout by avoiding any clash with university exams, school... Read more »
Source: Opinion | Published: March 23, 2023 - 3:21 pm - China's possible roles and limits beyond the Gulf
The global and regional echoes of Chinese mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran will reverberate for quite some time. China announced its first diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East and it presented its credentials as a guarantor of good-neighbourly agreements, peace, cooperation and security arrangements that limit the magnitudes of proxy wars and violent conflicts that... Read more »
Source: Opinion | Published: March 23, 2023 - 3:05 pm - Israel's new cycles of forcibly displacing Palestinians
US President Joe Biden placed much emphasis on rhetorically opposing Israel's settlement expansion. Hence the reaction from Washington over the Israeli Knesset passing the second and third readings of the Disengagement Law that would allow resettlement of Jewish Israelis in four previously vacated illegal settlement areas in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Ambassador to the US Mike Herzog was summoned by... Read more »
Source: Opinion | Published: March 23, 2023 - 2:25 pm
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- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: May 8, 2022 - 7:56 pm
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: May 8, 2022 - 2:34 pm
- Military and Economic Power Once Again Fail to Produce HappinessAlthough the rulers of the world’s major military and economic powers have repeatedly claimed that they are making their nations great again, their policies have not resulted in widespread happiness among their citizens. That conclusion emerges from the recent World Happiness Report-2022, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. ... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: April 16, 2022 - 4:50 pm
- Who Speaks for the World?Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies. Since World War II alone, these acts of aggression have included France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, Britain’s... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: April 3, 2022 - 7:44 pm
- Peace in Ukraine through neutrality and peaceful EU membership, end the USA’s proxy war against RussiaEthnic division was used to consolidate control by the USA and Nationalists of Ukraine. They have signed Minsk Peace Accords to end the civil wars in Donbas region through referendums, signed since 2015, but they did not implement them, because maintaining an active civil war front psyche of ‘them and... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 31, 2022 - 2:37 pm
- Rebirth of Our United Nations Is The Eventual Way, Not the False Profit of WarYou obviously can not be against this terrible war, but support it continuing. We must support the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and encourage them to find mutual peace in an agreed neutrality/sovereignty to end this tragic and unnecessary confrontation between such close peoples. Neutrality and internationally monitored referendums... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 15, 2022 - 3:14 pm
- The Imperialist Roots of Putin’s PolicyA key factor that explains Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine is traditional Russian imperialism. Throughout the world’s long and bloody history, other powerful territories (and, later, nations) expanded their lands through imperial conquest, including Rome, China, Spain, France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Russia was no exception. ... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 9, 2022 - 8:43 pm
- We must all pursue obvious conditions of a mutual peace, not arm further and cheer on a hopeless war.The declared intention of USA NATO and Ukraine’s government to join in a hostile military alliance against their neighbour Russia has now proven to be a terrible mistake and negligent disaster for the people and sovereign state of Ukraine. For USA/NATO to now continue making Ukraine a weapon, while we... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 6, 2022 - 3:01 pm
- Psychiatrists, Local Police, Wifes, Regional Elections and Judges in Santiago de Compostela (VI)(i) This is the Wikipedia article on the Galician Regional Elections held by the Galician Autonomous President, Alberto Nuñez Feyjoo, on March 1, 2009; the first Regional Elections in which he was victorious. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecciones_al_Parlamento_de_Galicia_de_2009?wprov=sfti1 in total number and percentage of votes, the opposition won, made up of Emilio Pérez Touriño... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: February 26, 2022 - 6:44 pm
- Psychiatrists, Local Police and Judges at Santiago de Compostela (v)On 06/27/2004, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers performed in Santiago de Compostela, a few kilometers out o the city, at the facilities of Monte del Gozo, Monte do Gozo, whose name refers to the joy that the pilgrims lived in when the cathedral of Santiago could be seen in the... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: February 24, 2022 - 11:14 pm
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- “Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles” – Chomsky and Ellsberg [pt 2/2]
Paul Jay interviews Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg as they continue their discussion about how to avoid nuclear war. Part I available HERE.... Read more »
Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: March 21, 2023 - 4:30 pm - The False Promise of ChatGPT
Jorge Luis Borges once wrote that to live in a time of great peril and promise is to experience both tragedy and comedy, with “the imminence of a revelation” in understanding ourselves and the world. Today our supposedly revolutionary advancements in artificial intelligence are indeed cause for both concern and... Read more »
Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: March 9, 2023 - 4:59 pm - Noam Chomsky: “I’ve Never Called It ‘Apartheid’ Because It’s Worse Than Apartheid”
Independent journalist and commentator Richard Medhurst interviews Noam Chomsky about his opinion on the current protests by Israelis against Netanyahu and the Israeli government.... Read more »
Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: March 6, 2023 - 5:30 pm - Noam Chomsky: Ukraine, China, BRICS & Middle East
Noam Chomsky Interview with Richard Medhurst: Ukraine, China, BRICS & Middle East... Read more »
Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: March 4, 2023 - 2:35 pm - Noam Chomsky on Why the World Outside the West Still Wants an End to the War on Ukraine
Noam Chomsky on the Ukraine war and how the world outside the west perceives it and how western narrative is being shaped. 00:00 – Where do we stand after one year of war on Ukraine? 00:25 – ‘We can’t go on like this'” 02:28 – ‘The United States is saying... Read more »
Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: March 2, 2023 - 1:48 pm - Chomsky: A Stronger NATO Is the Last Thing We Need as Russia-Ukraine War Turns 1
The war in Ukraine is almost a year old, with no end in sight to the fighting, suffering and destruction. In fact, the war’s next phase could turn into a bloodbath and last for years, as the U.S. and Germany agree to supply Ukraine with battle tanks and as Volodymyr... Read more »
Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: February 24, 2023 - 5:43 pm - In Conversation with Noam Chomsky
This Public Health Conversation Starter features Noam Chomsky, “the father of modern linguistics” in discussion with BUSPH Dean Sandro Galea. Dr. Chomsky shares what it was like growing up during the Great Depression, discusses the interplay of power, politics, and public health, and reflects on what gives him hope.... Read more »
Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: February 16, 2023 - 3:50 pm - Noam Chomsky: Right-Wing Insurrection in Brazil Held Strong Echoes of January 6
The right-wing riot and insurrection led on January 8 by followers of Brazil’s incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro had strong echoes of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump’s supporters. Like Trump supporters’ mob attack on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., the January 8, 2023, insurrection in... Read more »
Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: February 5, 2023 - 2:44 pm - Noam Chomsky on the 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War
January 27th marks the 50th Anniversary of the peace treaty that ended the American war against Vietnam, and Bob had a long discussion with Noam Chomsky about that event. They discussed the motives for the U.S. getting involved in Vietnam, the destruction unleashed by the U.S. against Vietnam, particularly the... Read more »
Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: January 29, 2023 - 4:54 pm
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- ● A tribute to the revolutionary life of Marshall ‘Eddie’ Conway
Former Baltimore Black Panther and 44-year political prisoner Eddie Conway passed away on Feb. 13, 2023. Eddie's family and coworkers reflect on his life and example.... Read more »
Source: The Real News Network | Published: March 27, 2023 - 5:10 pm - Video● While silent on apartheid, Israelis protest Netanyahu firing minister who urged halt to judicial coup
"This is all so inspiring—and at the same time, so dreadful to know that all these forces have been silent for so long on apartheid. Silent, or actively participating and profiting from it," said one Israeli journalist.... Read more »
Source: The Real News Network | Published: March 27, 2023 - 4:10 pm - Video‘It is coming to your state soon’: Attacks on child labor laws aren’t going away
The push by Republicans and industry lobbyists to roll back child labor laws in states like Arkansas, Iowa, and Ohio are part of a larger attack on workers and the federal government’s ability to enforce labor standards.... Read more »
Source: The Real News Network | Published: March 24, 2023 - 6:30 pm - How Mexico’s epidemic of murdered journalists is an ominous warning to the press everywhere
Over 150 journalists have been assassinated in Mexico since 2000. Behind the killings is a nexus of corruption and violence that links organized crime, police, and government.... Read more »
Source: The Real News Network | Published: March 24, 2023 - 4:50 pm - VideoUS progressives stand against ‘xenophobic’ TikTok ban
"If you think the U.S. needs a TikTok ban and not a comprehensive privacy law regulating data brokers, you don't care about privacy, you just hate that a Chinese company has built a dominant social media platform," said one digital rights campaigner.... Read more »
Source: The Real News Network | Published: March 24, 2023 - 4:16 pm - Weymouth police demanded to see his ID. His refusal led to assault charges.
A routine encounter with a Weymouth, Massachusetts, police officer led to an aggressive arrest ending with life changing charges against an innocent motorist.... Read more »
Source: The Real News Network | Published: March 24, 2023 - 3:58 pm - Britain is supplying depleted uranium rounds to Ukraine
British tanks gifted to Ukraine will come equipped with controversial depleted uranium rounds.... Read more »
Source: The Real News Network | Published: March 23, 2023 - 5:27 pm - Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson’s plan to reduce violence and rein in the police at the same time
With public safety front and center in Chicago's runoff mayoral election, Brandon Johnson, a public school teacher, has emerged as a powerful contender against police union-backed candidate Paul Vallas.... Read more »
Source: The Real News Network | Published: March 23, 2023 - 4:12 pm - Thousands demonstrate in front of White House to demand an end to the US war machine
Over 200 organizations participated in a rally and march this weekend to fight for peace in Ukraine and an end to US escalation.... Read more »
Source: The Real News Network | Published: March 22, 2023 - 6:32 pm - Wendy Brown: Neoliberalism’s anti-democratic stealth revolution
The economizing logics of neoliberalism are not just corrosive to democracy, but render its institutions and culture non-functional.... Read more »
Source: The Real News Network | Published: March 22, 2023 - 4:00 pm
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- ● Kwasi Kwarteng promised fake firm access to Boris Johnson for £10k a dayKwarteng, along with other MPs, was exposed in an operation carried out by campaign group Led by Donkeys The post Kwasi Kwarteng promised fake firm access to Boris Johnson for £10k a day appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: March 27, 2023 - 1:10 pm
- ● Our last remaining local services are at risk. Social care reform could save themBy addressing unmet needs, current users of social care, and their families, will live more dignified and fulfilling lives The post Our last remaining local services are at risk. Social care reform could save them appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: March 27, 2023 - 10:19 am
- ● Liz Truss to award peerages to heads of Vote Leave and Institute of Economic Affairs"Why should she be allowed to hand out rewards for failure?" The post Liz Truss to award peerages to heads of Vote Leave and Institute of Economic Affairs appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: March 27, 2023 - 8:59 am
- Reach under fire for cuts to editorial roles, as publisher makes 4% pay increase offer for lowest paid staffDismay has been voiced about the UK’s largest commercial, national and regional news publisher's proposed cuts to editorial roles. The post Reach under fire for cuts to editorial roles, as publisher makes 4% pay increase offer for lowest paid staff appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: March 26, 2023 - 1:00 pm
- Eight years of war: Anti-war coalition urges international community to stop arms exports to Yemen'The humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen is manmade – the result of deliberate policy decisions by the warring parties and their international allies, including the UK.' The post Eight years of war: Anti-war coalition urges international community to stop arms exports to Yemen appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: March 26, 2023 - 8:24 am
- Why are national institutions being stuffed with Tory ‘stooges’?
Boris Johnson might be looking down the barrel of political oblivion after his disastrous appearance at the Privileges Committee, but his legacy of ‘jobs for Tory cronies’ and the politicalisation of public appointments, is alive and kicking. The post Why are national institutions being stuffed with Tory ‘stooges’? appeared first on Left... Read more »
Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: March 25, 2023 - 5:14 pm - ‘Woke-on-Trent:’ Jonathan Gullis’ anti-woke jibe backfires‘Another eg. of Conservatives’ drift to the unhinged right.' The post ‘Woke-on-Trent:’ Jonathan Gullis’ anti-woke jibe backfires appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: March 25, 2023 - 2:00 pm
- List of strike action in AprilMarch has been a momentous month for trade unions and the rights of workers, but there’s plenty of disputes about unfair pay and working conditions not yet resolved. The post List of strike action in April appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: March 25, 2023 - 9:00 am
- 70% of voters say Boris Johnson lied about PartygateThe poll also found that just 28% of Tory voters say that they believed Johnson told the truth about the scandal. The post 70% of voters say Boris Johnson lied about Partygate appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: March 24, 2023 - 2:54 pm
- Tory minister gets owned on BBC Question Time for not answering question'The more and more I find myself disappointed in the quality of the answers we receive from our politicians.' The post Tory minister gets owned on BBC Question Time for not answering question appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: March 24, 2023 - 10:43 am
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- ● TransAfrica Founder Randall Robinson Dies at 81; Opposed South African Apartheid & U.S. Coups in Haiti
We remember the human rights activist and lawyer Randall Robinson, the founder of TransAfrica, who died Friday at the age of 81. Robinson played a critical role in the anti-apartheid movement in the United States and was a prominent critic of U.S. policy in Haiti. In 2004, he helped expose... Read more »
Source: Democracy Now! | Published: March 27, 2023 - 12:47 pm - ● Navajo Nation Fights for Water Rights & Access to Colorado River as West Battles Historic Drought
At the U.N. Water Development Conference, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland delivered the U.S. statement and called for Indigenous governance of shared waters, underscoring the importance of Indigenous-led conservation in addressing the climate and drought crises. This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last Monday on... Read more »
Source: Democracy Now! | Published: March 27, 2023 - 12:40 pm - ● U.N. Warns of Water Wars as 2 Billion People Lack Clean Water with Africa and Middle East Hardest Hit
A new report by the United Nations warns that a quarter of humanity lacks access to safe drinking water, and nearly half of the global population has no access to basic sanitation. Unless action is taken, 60% of the world’s population could face water supply issues by 2050. At the... Read more »
Source: Democracy Now! | Published: March 27, 2023 - 12:26 pm - ● Israeli Protests Intensify over Netanyahu Gov't Weakening Judiciary as Palestinian Rights Ignored
Workers across Israel are taking part in a general strike Monday to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to disempower Israel’s judiciary. This comes after Netanyahu fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, on Sunday over Gallant’s warning that the judicial overhaul represents “a clear, immediate and tangible threat to... Read more »
Source: Democracy Now! | Published: March 27, 2023 - 12:14 pm - ● Headlines for March 27, 2023More Mass Protests Rock Israel After Netanyahu Fires Minister Who Urged Halt to Courts Overhaul, Mississippi Reels After Tornado Kills 26 People, as South Braces for More Heavy Storms, At Least 29 Migrants Drowned While Trying to Reach Europe as Gov’ts Make It Harder to Save Lives at Sea, Russia... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: March 27, 2023 - 12:00 pm
- Cop City: Judge Denies Bond to People Rounded Up in Mass Arrest for Opposing Police Training Facility
In Atlanta, a judge has denied bond for 8 of the people indiscriminately arrested at a music festival against the proposed “Cop City” police training facility in the Weelaunee Forest. Jailed since March 5, they are charged with domestic terrorism based on scant evidence like muddy clothes or simply being... Read more »
Source: Democracy Now! | Published: March 24, 2023 - 12:52 pm - The Candidate and the Spy: James Bamford on Israel's Secret Collusion with Trump to Win 2016 Race
In his new book, Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence, investigative journalist James Bamford reveals that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched a secret Israeli agent to the United States in the spring of 2016 to help Donald Trump win the presidential election. The agent... Read more »
Source: Democracy Now! | Published: March 24, 2023 - 12:39 pm - Rep. Ro Khanna on Regulating Banks, TikTok, China, Ukraine & His Vote on the "Horrors of Socialism"
We speak with Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, regulating the banking sector, and how Federal Reserve interest rate hikes contributed to the banking crisis. Silicon Valley Bank was based in Khanna’s district in California, and he has criticized fellow Democrats who... Read more »
Source: Democracy Now! | Published: March 24, 2023 - 12:20 pm - "France Is Furious": Anger Grows at Macron for Raising Retirement Age as Millions Strike & Protest
French unions say nearly 3.5 million people took to the streets Thursday in a nationwide general strike to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron forced the legislation through the French National Assembly last week, using a constitutional clause to... Read more »
Source: Democracy Now! | Published: March 24, 2023 - 12:11 pm - Headlines for March 24, 2023Netanyahu Shielded from Charges as Protests Rage Against Far-Right Judicial Reforms, Millions Join General Strike in France After Macron Uses Executive Fiat to Slash Pensions, Biden and Trudeau to Announce Deal to Block Asylum Seekers at U.S. Northern Border, U.S. Warplanes Strike Syria After Drone Attack on U.S. Base Kills... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: March 24, 2023 - 12:00 pm
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