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Marcellus Williams lynched by United States despite public outcry
Marcellus Williams has been executed via lethal injection in the U.S.
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The moral panic around drag makes even less sense in the UK’s pantomime season
The moral panic around drag queens currently sweeping America has arrived in Britain.
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As we run out of time to save the planet, COP26 ends in ‘utter betrayal’
Following two weeks of negotiations, the UN climate summit COP26 concluded with the Glasgow Climate Pact.
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The clear U.S. role in Bolivia’s tragic hard-right coup
With the backing of the U.S. government, a highly sophisticated and well-resourced coup has succeeded in overthrowing Bolivia’s legitimate and democratically elected president Evo Morales. This massive blow against democracy and social progress comes after more than a decade of U.S. intervention aimed at destabilising Bolivia and overthrowing its successful socialist government.
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Labour overwhelmingly approves climate revolution as a ‘top priority’
The Canary has been following Labour’s plans for a Green Industrial Revolution closely. But this variation of the Green New Deal has now become official policy at the party’s 2019 conference. And it will reportedly be a “top priority”.
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Washington’s hybrid war on Venezuela – a very 21st-century attempt at regime change
Rather than carry out conventional war, over recent months U.S. officials have sought to promote internal divisions, sabotage, and economic collapse within Venezuela. Here’s the full story of Washington’s hybrid war on the country.
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How Amnesty International is reinforcing Trump’s regime-change propaganda against Venezuela
All of the reasons above make a powerful case for questioning the integrity and objectivity of Amnesty when it comes to Venezuela. And for the sake of peace and justice, we should hold Amnesty to much higher standards.
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The UK government is being shamed in the Hague over its colonial record (again)
On 3 September, a four-day legal challenge to the UK’s sovereignty over the Chagos Islands began in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The islands are part of an archipelago located in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), and home to U.S. airbase Diego Garcia.