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Keeping the spotlight on the West’s ongoing devastation of Afghanistan and Syria
Direct US-British military intervention may have receded for now, but the devastating effect of economic sanctions continues to kill in the same numbers as a war would — we cannot let the public look away yet, writes IAN SINCLAIR
Afghan children
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
The money tap to anti-Cuban agitators will never be shut off under Trump
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
THE 1991 annual report from Amnesty International should be required reading for all media studies and journalism students.
“The Iraqi government headed by Saddam Hussein had been committing gross and widespread human rights abuses” in the 1980s, including using chemical weapons, the human rights organisation explained.
The report goes on to note that Amnesty International publicised gruesome evidence of the atrocities and appealed directly to the UN security council in 1988 to take urgent action. “However, the world’s governments and media took only token interest, and none of the UN bodies took action.”
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