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
ALEX BROWN explains how medieval Europe was plunged into sunless years, with widespread crop failures and devastating famines
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.
SOME things never cease to amaze your humble scribe, mainly the depths of crass self-promotion and smugness that our politicians and so-called celebrities will sink to.
Just when you think they must have reached the pinnacle of bloated self-importance and pomposity, they raise the stakes even higher — normally in the name of “charidee.”
The current example is the frankly pathetic “ice-bucket challenge” whereby the great and not-so-good nominate one another to film themselves dunk a pail of freezing water over their heads with “hilarious” consequences.
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ROGER D HARRIS and SARA FLOUNDERS challenge propaganda against the blockaded socialist island
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