FBI Gives Green Light to Crackdown on Black Lives Matter Protesters

By Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on July 12, 2016

The violent events of the past week have placed the country at a decisive moment. Words matter but deeds matter more. Leadership matters. (more…)

A Letter from Bilal Kayed’s Family to the World

July 14, 2016

To whom it may concern,

To all those who have a living conscience in this world, to all those who believe and fight for humanity- which is being violated for the whole world to see and hear, we scream to the last bits of humanity scattered in our souls wishing for someone to join us: ENOUGH!  (more…)

Cuba Criticizes Inaction by Security Council Over Palestine

July 13, 2016

On July 12, Cuba denounced the UN Security Council’s failure to act in response to Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people, despite global support for the for the cause of the Palestinian nation. (more…)

Venezuela Backs Worker Takeover of Kimberley Clark as Citibank Moves to Close BCV Account

By Lucas Koerner on July 12, 2016

Photo: Bill Hackwell

Photo: Bill Hackwell

Venezuela’s Labor Ministry approved Monday a workers’ request to occupy a plant owned by the US consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark after the latter closed its doors in the South American country. (more…)

How Negotiations Stand between Cuba and the U.S.

By Jesús Arboleya on July 6, 2016

Barely one year and a half after the announcement of a decision to initiate a process aimed at normalizing relations between Cuba and the United States, it becomes convenient to do a balance of that process, (more…)

The System That Killed Alton Sterling and Philando Castile Cannot Be Reformed

By Aislinn Pulley on July 8, 2016

 

There are moments when atrocities are so horrendous that they paralyze. I am feeling that sense of immobility now. (more…)

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Fourth of July

By Chris Hedges on July 3, 2016

MumiaTens or even hundreds of thousands of Americans, like those in the visiting room of the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, drove often for hours on the Fourth of July weekend to visit relatives or friends who are locked in cages. (more…)

Chelsea Manning’s Lawyers Confirm Whistleblower has been Hospitalized

By Nadia Prupis on July 8, 2016 

Chelsea Manning

How Chelsea Manning sees herself -portrait by Alicia Neal

Lawyers for jailed whistleblower Chelsea Manning confirmed on Friday that the former U.S. soldier was hospitalized and is under medical supervision following reports of a health crisis and virtual silence from the Department of Defense. (more…)

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