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Those angry at Rushdie’s stabbing have been missing in action over a far bigger threat to our freedom
The appalling attack on him. Those who more than 30 years ago put a fatwa on his head after he wrote the novel, “The Satanic Verses,” made this assault possible. They deserve contempt. I wish him a speedy recovery.
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Top Biden official: ‘U.S. would overthrow Colombia’s new left-wing president 40 years ago’
Biden’s top Latin America advisor Juan González threateningly said of Colombia’s new left-wing president, “40 years ago, the United States would have done everything possible to prevent the election of Gustavo Petro” and “sabotage his government.”
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The Supreme Court: working hard to make a business-friendly America
President Calvin Coolidge, in a January 1925 speech to newspaper editors, asserted that “the chief business of the American people is business.” The claim, although far from true, did capture the short-lived success of business leaders in structuring the country’s social institutions for the benefit of the wealthy.
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Mexican drought spurs a South Texas water crisis
Reservoirs in the Rio Grande Valley are running dry—sparking emergency water conservation measures.
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Lawfare as an imperialist weapon: the case of the Venezuelan plane
The subject relayed in the title is becoming more and more complicated. The Argentinian “justice” system, through the actions of the federal judge of Lomas de Zamora, Federico Villena, and Federal Attorney Cecilia Incardona, is determined to retain the EMTRASUR plane and its crew in Argentina even at the price of violating the fundamentals of law (such as the presumption of innocence) to comply with the seizure order issued by U.S. authorities.
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Washington’s sanctions on Chinese solar panels: U.S. domestic deployment falls by 50% – global prices up by 30-40%
The U.S. publication pv magazine reported on 16 August 2022 that a large quantity of Chinese solar panels had been seized by U.S. customs authorities. The seizure were carried out under U.S. anti-China legislation, the so-called “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act” (UFLPA).
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Kaiser clinicians strike against ‘separate and unequal’ mental health care
Thousands of Northern California Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians, members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), are on strike.
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Tackling the housing crisis with public power
Rhode Island is using COVID stimulus money to become a public housing developer — a monumental first step towards building a just housing delivery system.
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62% of Americans worried about paying rent in 2023
A June poll reveals American citizens’ anxieties on paying for housing in the coming year.
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With trumpian claims of cheating, Starbucks demands halt to union elections
“Unfortunately, it’s now in vogue for the losers of some elections nationwide to attempt to reverse elections by any means they think are necessary,” said Starbucks Workers United.
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Breaking the law does not always have to be scary
There is a benefit into channeling people to get involved in mutual aid and to help people get abortions in states where it is illegal and to get ready to help trans kids get access to healthcare where it becomes illegal.
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Stagflation: From tragedy to farce
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR. Half a century after the 1970s’ stagflation, economies are slowing, even contracting, as prices rise again. Thus, the World Bank warns, “Surging energy and food prices heighten the risk of a prolonged period of global stagflation reminiscent of the 1970s.”
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U.S. troops loot 84 oil tankers from Syria, smuggle them into Iraq
The United States is still plundering Syrian oil, stealing the country’s resources via illegal border crossings and siphoning them out to further line its pockets.
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Modern U.S. warmongering is scaring Henry Kissinger
In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, immortal Hague fugitive Henry Kissinger says the U.S. is acting in a crazy and irrational way that has brought it to the edge of war with Russia and China.
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The invasion of capital
Last week, Ukraine’s foreign private creditors agreed to the country’s request for a two-year freeze on payments on about $20bn of foreign debt.
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Lying whore, lying whore, lying whore, lying whores: Amber Heard and Women’s Right to bear witness
Why were people so ready to believe that Heard was lying–about everything?
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Why the Great Migration did little to bridge the Great Racial Divide
Real and lasting economic opportunities for Black families will come only through a serious national reckoning on race.
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There are ‘no real consequences’ for toxic emissions events
In some cases, these “chemical releases” aren’t illegal. In others, state regulators give polluters the benefit of the doubt.
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Roger Waters refutes U.S. war propaganda in CNN interview and World Beyond War webinar
On Saturday and Monday, English-born musician-composer and activist Roger Waters denounced the role of the US government in the war between Russia and Ukraine and discussed other contemporary political issues in two public appearances.
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Over 70 economists call for Biden Administration to return Afghanistan’s Central Bank reserves
“The people of Afghanistan have been made to suffer doubly for a government they did not choose.”