By João Pedro Stédile on July 10, 2016
Photo: Bill Hackwell
Brazil is experiencing a severe economic, political, social, and environmental crisis. We lived similar historical crises during the decade of 30’s, 60’s and 80’s and all of them demanded great debates in society, and huge political participation and disputes in the class struggle. (more…)
July 7, 2016
Her name was Lesbia Yaneth Urquía and she was a member of The Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (Copinh). With the memory of the murders of Bertha Cáceres and Nelson Garcia still fresh in our minds, there is now another crime that remains unpunished. Urquía was found dead on Wednesday afternoon July 6 in Mata Mulas close to the Marcala municipal dump in La Paz. (more…)
July 8, 2016
The population of state and local corrections facilities surged more than fourfold to nearly 2.1 million from around 467,000, more than 7 times the growth rate of the U.S. population overall. (more…)
By Danny Glover on July 6th 2016
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I recently addressed the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC, in the hopes of sparking interest in the quest for reparations that so many of our hemisphere’s African descendants are due. (more…)
July 4, 2016
Four Palestinian women are currently held without charge or trial under administrative detention, after the Israeli occupation issued an administrative detention order on Thursday, 30 June against Sabah Feroun, 34, from Eizeriya east of Jerusalem. (more…)
By: Jaclynn Ashly on July 5, 2016
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“We are hopeful,” Muhammad Elayyan said, as a few dozen Palestinians trickled into the quiet halls of Israel’s Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Monday. “These days, we have to see the glass as half full. We must stay hopeful.” (more…)
By Mark Weisbrot on July 2, 2016
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The best thing that the United States government could do with regard to Venezuela, regardless of political outcomes there, would be to end its intervention there. (more…)
July 4, 2016
In recent days the people of Zambia are being victimized by a direct attack by the government of Edgar Lungu to their freedom of expression. This fact goes hand in hand with threats made by Lungu against the Daily Post. (more…)