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CNN needs more than a new CEO—it needs a new model of journalism
After less than a year, Warner Bros Discovery has ousted CNN chair and CEO Chris Licht.
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The hand of God in Uganda – Part 1
President Biden condemned anti-gay laws in Uganda but forgot to blame the actual guilty party.
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Julian Assange prepares for last-ditch legal appeal after UK High Court dismisses plea against extradition
As the Wikileaks founder is brought “dangerously close” to being extradited to the U.S., Assange and his family will attempt a last-ditch effort with a renewed appeal to the UK High Court.
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For Argentina’s small farmers, the land is predictable but the markets are not: The Twenty-Third Newsletter (2023)
In 2021, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) noted that Argentina remains ‘a major exporter of agricultural products’, which, at that time, accounted for nearly two-thirds of the country’s exports (as of April 2023, agricultural goods accounted for 56.4% of the country’s exports).
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Ex-CIA advisor predicts date when U.S. dollar hegemony will collapse
The collective push to replace the U.S. dollar as the world reserve currency has much to do with Washington’s “weaponization of the dollar through the use of sanctions.”
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First there were Neo-Nazis, then there were no Nazis, then there were
A New York Times’ reporter’s job this week is to persuade us that all those Ukrainian soldiers wearing Nazi insignia and marching through Kiev in Klan-like torch parades are not what you think.
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State repression targets the Stop Cop City movement
Cop City is an effort to ensure that state violence will bring the most draconian methods to bear against Black people. State violence is also being used proactively, in an effort to end opposition to this creation of Atlanta’s white ruling class and their errand boys and girls who ostensibly control a fake mecca for Black people.
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BRICS New Development Bank de-dollarizing, adding Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe as members
The BRICS bloc’s New Development Bank, an alternative to the U.S.-dominated World Bank, is de-dollarizing its loans, promoting local currencies, and adding new members: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, and Zimbabwe.
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U.S. prefers frozen Germany over one not aiding Ukraine: Seymour Hersh
American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh underlines that the United States would have rathered seen Germany frozen over than see it not supporting Ukraine in the war.
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From simp to soldier: How the military is using e-girls to recruit Gen Z into service
Amid a crisis in recruitment, the U.S. military has found a new way of convincing a war-weary Generation Z to enlist: thirst traps.
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How weapons firms influence the Ukraine debate
‘Experts’ from defense industry funded think tanks are flooding the media, pushing for more arms without disclosing their benefactors.
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LGBTQ+ Ugandans face deadly threat as “Anti-Homosexuality Act” signed into law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has approved an anti-LGBTQ+ law that makes the “offense of homosexuality” punishable by life imprisonment and even death.
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In a historic step backwards, the U.S. limits the right to strike
The Supreme Court ruled against the Teamsters, opening the door to unions being sued for ‘damages’ to a company during–or due to–strike action, report MARK GRUENBERG and JOHN WOJCIK
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Train horror in India: Another crime of decaying capitalism
The deadliest train crash in India in more than a quarter of a century has killed nearly 300 passengers and injured more than 1,000. It is a tragedy that has horrified the world and exposed the criminal neglect of basic infrastructure by the ultra-right regime of Hindu chauvinist Narendra Modi and the capitalist governments that preceded it.
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Is Nuclear Fusion Energy Salvation? Eternal Energy = Eternal Damnation
Or is Eternal Energy = Eternal Damnation?
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A Public Power victory in New York State
On May 2, New York became the first U.S. state to pass a major Green New Deal policy following four years of organizing by the Public Power NY coalition and allies.
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India: Five years behind bars for five activists, neither tried nor even charged
Without bail, without charges being framed, without justice!
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Nearly one thousand Seattle Amazon workers walk off the job
On May 31, nearly one thousand Amazon workers walked off the job in Seattle to meet at the company headquarters and speak out against a range of company policies.
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Debt ceiling hypocrisy: U.S. boosts military budget while restricting food stamps for poor
U.S. politicians from both parties agree: the deficit doesn’t matter. In their bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, Biden and Republicans are boosting military spending to $886 billion while making it harder for poor people to receive food stamps and welfare.
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Lie, cheat, and steal: The CIA’s disastrous scientific legacy
Under the leadership of noted black site torture overseer Gina Haspel, it has also adopted a tech start-up model via its new “CIA Labs,” which entices would-be innovators with lucrative patent opportunities.