Palestinians are losing their lives, land and olive trees as they stand up to Israeli tanks and bulldozers. Their reality is a replay of similar experiences faced - and still being confronted - by Native Americans. Well into the 21st century, the Native American-Palestinian struggle remains one and the same.
The world media, and especially U.S. media, are following with intense interest and concern the November presidential elections in the United States. The media also are filled with explanations of the polling results, which of course vary over time. However, almost none of the coverage of the election poses the question, who does the respondent expect to win regardless of the respondent’s own preferences?
Many far right groups continue to believe in some sort of conspiracy aimed at destroying their "way of life." Specifically, they remain united by a fanatical fortress mentality and the belief that their rights as individuals are under attack. Taken together, these threads provided a template for the Tea Party and Trump-ism.
G4S, where Omar Mateen worked as a security guard, profits from both U.S. border militarization and the Israeli occupation.
Hundreds of Idahoans stood together on the steps of the capitol building in Boise to mourn the death of over 50 people gunned down in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. They came together to express love, show solidarity, and to stand together in the face of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
The new Latin American left, in all its shades of red or pink, has lately been experiencing perhaps its roughest string of months since it came to power. From embattled Venezuela to the possible political death of the Workers' Party in Brazil, from the demise of the Kirchners in Argentina to Bolivia's own turmoil, the situation is grim.
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