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  •  | The Politics of Donald Trump Where Ignorance and Arrogance Collide | MR Online

    The Soviet feat and Trump’s ignorance

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on May 6, 2025 by Hedelberto López Blanch (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted May 09, 2025)

    In commemoration of the Nazi surrender ending the second world war on May 8, 1945.

  •  | jobsanger June 2014 | MR Online

    New report shows working-class Americans live 7 years fewer than rich

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on March 7, 2025 by Eloise Goldsmith (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Apr 30, 2025)

    “The massive income and wealth inequality that exists in America today is not just an economic issue, it is literally a matter of life and death,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

  •  | Celebrating Portugals Carnation Revolution of 1974 | MR Online

    The Carnation Revolution of Portugal Today: The New Challenge from the Far-Right

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on April 21, 2025 by Raquel Varela (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Apr 30, 2025)

    In an unmistakable style in the form of a provocative lecture in Lisbon in 2024, at the age of 84 Father Martins Júnior asked: “50 years later, what irony! There are 50 fascists, one for each year, in Parliament. How is this possible?”

  •  | Israel has reduced Gaza to ruins Photo UNRWA | MR Online

    Israel is about to empty Gaza

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on April 12, 2025 (more by Defend Democracy Press)  |

    The Israeli government, backed by the Trump administration, is laying the groundwork for the full expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, a move that has the potential to ignite a regional conflagration.

  •  | The Pentagon Photo David B Gleason  Creative Commons | MR Online

    Pentagon chief nominee wants to expand NATO’s nuclear sharing policy

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on April 2, 2025 by Drago Bosnic (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Apr 12, 2025)

    Although the new administration is looking to refocus on the Asia-Pacific, the policy of expanded nuclear sharing makes sense, as it could ameliorate NATO’s growing conventional inferiority against the battle-hardened Russian military. For over 60 years, the United States has been implementing the so-called nuclear sharing policy with various NATO member states. One of the […]

  •  | A History of Military Conscription in Europe | MR Online

    European militarism on steroids is not good, either

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on March 13, 2025 by Almut Rochowanski (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Mar 28, 2025)

    Lacking in any strategic thinking, a new bellicism has swept up the elites and gone into cataclysmic overdrive in recent weeks.

  •  | Photo thinking humanity | MR Online

    Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on February 21, 2025 by Ella Nilsen and Laura Paddison (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Mar 14, 2025)

    The Trump administration told U.S. government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work, according to a scientist involved in the report—the latest move to withdraw the U.S. from global climate action and research.

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    More than 7000 massacred in Syria

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on March 10, 2025 by Defend Democracy Press Staff (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Mar 13, 2025)

    7,000 Christians and Alawites have been “slaughtered” in Syria according to Greek Member of the European Parliament, Nikolas Farantouris, a member of the European Parliament’s Committee on Security & Defense, who visited Damascus on 8-9 March.

  •  | România e interimară | MR Online

    Romania, a captured state: How democracy was stolen before our eyes

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on March 10, 2025 by Cimpoi Adrian (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Mar 12, 2025)

    This is not just another episode in a dirty electoral game.

  •  | Milo J   Wikipedia la enciclopedia libre | MR Online

    Argentina: Milei censors art and memory

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on February 15, 2025 by Claudio Altamirano (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Mar 10, 2025)

    The cancellation of Milo J’s show at the former ESMA is not an isolated event: it is further proof that the government of Javier Milei is afraid of art.

  •  | OPINION   Opening the Gates to World War III | MR Online

    Europe, Ukraine and the United States. The rearmament of Europe

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on March 6, 2025 by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Mar 08, 2025)

    This conflict has exposed all of us to the serious risk of a European or even global nuclear war and has caused enormous ecological devastation.

  •  | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands in front of a portrait of Israels first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion | MR Online

    Israel preparing ‘Hell Plan’ for Gaza that would cut electricity and water

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on March 3, 2025 by Antiwar.com (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Mar 06, 2025)

    Israel is also preparing for the full-scale resumption of its genocidal war within 10 days if Hamas doesn’t accept its terms.

  •  | Tump and Putin | MR Online

    Trump speaks with Putin and Zelensky. Ukraine will not be in NATO, Donbass will go to Russia, U.S. will focus on “Communist China”

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on February 12, 2025 (more by Defend Democracy Press)  |

    Trump Speaks With Putin, Says Talks To End Ukraine War Will Start ‘Immediately’. The Kremlin said the call lasted almost an hour and a half.

  •  | Under The Dome Simpsons | MR Online

    In major expansion of U.S. nuclear buildup, Trump orders construction of nationwide missile defense system

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on January 29, 2025 by Andre Damon (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Feb 03, 2025)

    The executive order “directs implementation of a next-generation missile defense shield for the United States against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missile, and other next-generation aerial attacks.”

  •  | Assange Defense 2021 | MR Online

    Wikileaks has just put all its files online. It’s all there!

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on January 4, 2025 by Defend Democracy Press Staff (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Jan 08, 2025)

    Wikileaks has just put all its files online.

  •  | Climate Change | MR Online

    The scientific pain of climate change: Shifting narratives of acceptance and avoidance in climatology

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on December 15, 2024 by Jem Bendell (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Jan 06, 2025)

    Any time we use to debunk the irrational ideological arguments of privileged people in privileged societies is time lost for serious exploration for how to respond to reality.

  •  | Elon Musk Image Courtesy NDTV | MR Online

    German politicians criticize Musk backing for far-right AfD

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on December 22, 2024 by Defend Democracy Press Staff (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Dec 24, 2024)

    After Elon Musk posted his support for Germany’s far-right AfD, the party’s leader Alice Weidel expressed her gratitude. Other German lawmakers have criticized “interference” in the country’s upcoming federal elections.

  •  | 20170326 Anti Israel Protest Washington DC USA 01947 | MR Online

    Only our enemies commit war crimes

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on May 13, 2024 by Connor Echols (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Dec 23, 2024)

    A half-baked report highlights the double standard U.S. officials use for Israel.

  •  | NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte | MR Online

    NATO Chief calls for Cold War-level military spending

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on December 12, 2024 (more by Defend Democracy Press)  |

    Mark Rutte said the alliance needs to adopt a ‘wartime mindset’ and suggested cutting spending on pensions and healthcare.

  •  | UAE cancelled Netanyahu visit fearing he would say something against Iran   Middle East Monitor | MR Online

    Now Iran’s turn. The spectre of a new “1989”

    Originally published: Defend Democracy Press on December 16, 2024 by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos (more by Defend Democracy Press)  | (Posted Dec 17, 2024)

    Iran is now the key to the world.

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