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Despite the Left’s victories, warning signs of a Fascist backlash appear in Colombia & beyond
The decaying colonial regime in Colombia has reached a crisis. Its people, devastated by corporate destruction of their living standards and a corrupt narco regime which has exacted tremendous brutality upon them, has elected a leftist presidential candidate.
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Investors in long-term care profit as aged and disabled residents and workers bear brunt of COVID-19
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care facilities were hit particularly hard as both residents and workers suffered high infection and mortality rates. A number of reports indicate that such an outcome is linked to widespread privatization.
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UK to introduce new ‘bill of rights’ after migrant deportation defeat
Britain will begin legislating for a new ‘bill of rights’ on Wednesday, giving the government the authority to disregard European Court of Human Rights judgments.
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Pañuelos Verdes, Acompañamiento, Solidaridad
The Global South has much to teach the Global North about fighting for reproductive justice, providing abortions to whoever needs them, regardless of the law–and about building a mass, international, feminist movement.
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Assange is doing his most important work yet
British Home Secretary Priti Patel has authorized the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to be tried under the Espionage Act in a case which seeks to set a legal precedent for the prosecution of any publisher or journalist, anywhere in the world, who reports inconvenient truths about the U.S. empire.
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UN slams Ukrainian attack on Donetsk maternity hospital
The United Nations called the shelling of the maternity hospital in Donetsk a breach of humanitarian law.
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The problem with Juneteenth
Juneteenth was a people’s holiday with deep meaning for the descendants of enslaved people. But the declaration of an official federal holiday has turned it into an opportunity for corporate exploiters and cynical politicians to show pretend concern for Black people. At best Juneteenth provides a history lesson and an opportunity for much needed political education.
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Why are global wheat prices rising so much?
The global food crisis has now grown to such proportions that everyone is talking about it (even though world leaders are doing relatively little about it).
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NYT: First declassified photos of Guantanamo Bay released
According to a New York Times report on Monday, the first declassified photographs of Guantanamo Bay detainees from Afghanistan, who had arrived just a few months after September 11, 2001, were released.
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Mexico’s President AMLO condemns U.S. blockade of Cuba as ‘genocide’ and ‘tremendous violation of human rights’
Mexico’s left-wing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) denounced the illegal U.S. blockade of Cuba as a “type of genocide” and “tremendous violation of human rights.”
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Two French journalists under Ukrainian artillery fire for five hours
Yesterday 4 June, Christelle and I were waiting for confirmation of a mission to the front line, with the intention of going to the scene of the shelling of civilians by Ukrainian artillery.
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Culture and existence: the message from Silger
It is quite common to think of the black man in the United States who finds himself in a moment of danger. But let us talk about the adivasi people in India who are in a similar situation. Not just danger, but they — their life, culture, forests and land — are facing a situation of accelerated danger.
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The U.S. baby formula crisis and capitalism’s indifference to the lives of children
The baby formula crisis that is threatening the lives of infants across the U.S. deepened this week as the out-of-stock rate for baby formula on store shelves surged to 70 percent for the week ending May 22. The shortage rate during the previous week was 45 percent, according to the retail tracking firm Datasembly.
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Coward cops, government do nothing while children are massacred
The Party for Socialism and Liberation expresses our deepest condolences to those impacted by the horrific massacre that was committed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. We condemn in the strongest possible way this atrocious attack, and express our solidarity to the families, children, teachers, and community members who experienced and witnessed the tragedy and its aftermath.
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The U.S. unilateral sanctions against Russia will produce a global food disaster
“There is really no true solution to the problem of global food security without bringing back the agriculture production of Ukraine and the food and fertilizer production of Russia and Belarus into world markets despite the war.” These blunt words by UN Secretary-General António Guterres accurately describe the present global food crisis.
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Abortion in Cuba vs U.S. shows which country is truly democratic
In Cuba, abortion and all healthcare is free, and enshrined in a constitution democratically voted on by the people. In the US, nine unelected, life-long judges control society based on a 1787 constitution written by slaveowners.
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Art is a dream in which we imagine our future: The Twentieth Newsletter (2022)
On 11 May 2022, an Israeli sniper fired at the head of the veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh as she reported on an Israeli military raid on a refugee settlement in Jenin (part of the Occupied Palestine Territories).
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Did the CIA train Ukrainian torturers?
The matter raises suspicions about a possible “instruction” that would be transmitted by American intelligence to Ukrainian neo-Nazis on “how to torture”.
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“Stay safe”: the whole world is in harms’ way
This is not a dispatch, editorial, or an article, but a brief note.
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Israel kills veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh in occupied West Bank
Palestinians are mourning the killing of veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot in the head by Israeli forces while covering a raid in Jenin refugee camp.