Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
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Glasgow will remember the martyrs of the 1787 strike this weekend in speech and song, their spirit is sorely needed today, writes JIM LISTER
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Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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Communists in Australia, Britain and the US outlined a joint state agreement against their governments’ militarist provocations.
“A LIE can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Mark Twain.
The fourth estate has not exactly covered itself in glory of late, which is pretty much par for the course. But even by its own legendarily barrel-scraping standards it has outdone itself in the last few weeks in the craven toadying stakes.
First up there was coverage of the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 with the loss of almost 300 lives. The wreckage had hardly cooled when the propaganda machine kicked into gear and the finger of blame started being pointed.
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