By Eresh Omar Jamal on April 23, 2017
To the elation of the western corporate media, Neocons like John McCain and Democons like Hillary Clinton – who had only just called for Trump to attack Syria 24 hours before he obliged – (more…)
By Rachael Boothroyd Rojas on April 23rd 2017
Venezuela is in flames. Or at least a part of it is.
Since April 4th, opposition militants have been carrying out targeted acts of violence, vandalism and arson, as well as deliberately clashing with security forces in an attempt to plunge the country into total chaos and forcefully remove the elected socialist government. (more…)
By Katie Klabusich and Zach Roberts on April 23, 2017
Photo: Zach Roberts
What started as a Twitter conversation on the #usofscience hashtag during the inauguration of President Trump morphed into an estimated 610 marches for science yesterday — including at the North Pole and Antarctica. (more…)
By Natasha Roth on April 17, 2017
Israeli planes sprayed herbicides inside the Gaza Strip for the second day running on Wednesday and the fourth time this year, according to local farmers and Israeli rights NGO Gisha. (more…)
By Veterans for Peace Chapter 162 on April 15th, 2017
Dear Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!
We are a group of military veterans who are hoping NOT to be blown off the face of this planet in a nuclear exchange precipitated by events in Syria. (more…)
By Lucas Koerner on April 22, 2017
In what was one of the largest Chavista marches in Caracas in years, tens of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of the capital on April 19 in huge pro-government rallies marking the country’s Independence Day. (more…)
April 21, 2017
The previously undisclosed meeting was dedicated to discussing Colombia’s ongoing peace negotiations between leftist guerrillas and President Juan Manuel Santos’ government. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on April 19, 2017
When America bombs, it’s rational; when other countries do it, we cry terrorism.
The U.S. dropped 635,000 tons of bombs on North Korea.
A few years ago, I asked a retired Iraqi Air Force officer what it felt like to be bombed periodically by the United States in the 1990s. (more…)