January 8, 2017
A new wave of protests against a hike in gas prices in Mexico began Sunday, as the nationwide mobilizations enter its second week and spread to at least 25 states. (more…)
January 9, 2017
Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo representing the Sandinista Front For National Liberation (FSLN) won the country’s presidential elections last November 6. Photo: el 19 digital
Representatives of various leftist political parties and groups from across Latin America are meeting in Nicaragua, reviewing an official proposal to strengthen unity among progressive movements in the region. (more…)
By Farid Farid on January 3, 2017
President Barack Obama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, will leave office in a few weeks with the dubious honor of having sold more weapons than any other American president since World War II. (more…)
December 23, 2016
U.S. protest calling for Oscar Lopez’s freedom on his 74th birthday. Photo: Bill Hackwell
Over 100,000 people have signed a petition urging President Obama to grant clemency to Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera, who has been imprisoned for about 35 years, much of the time in solitary confinement. (more…)
January 4, 2017
Mumia Abu-Jamal to receive treatment with direct-acting antiviral medications within 21-days
Federal district court Judge Robert Mariani granted political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s request for a preliminary injunction, forcing the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide him with direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs capable of curing his chronic hepatitis C infection. (more…)
By Tim Anderson on January 6, 2017
Wars are always concluded with political settlements. In the endgame over Syria, Russia has worked directly with Turkey, to agree on orderly evacuations of the NATO-backed terrorist groups from Aleppo and, with Iran, is now engaged in talks on a wider resolution to the failing war on Syria. (more…)
January 5, 2017
Press Conference denouncing attack against Resumen Latinoamericano
On the night of December 31, 2016, the headquarters of the independent media outlet Resumen Latinoamericano, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was robbed. (more…)
January 5, 2017
Photo: Bill Hackwell
The Trump Administration is vowing to begin wholesale dismantling of the Affordable Care Act on day one putting 20,000,000 poor people in the U.S. out of health coverage or alternatives. (more…)