Call For Assange’s Immediate Release

By Lawyers for Assange, Consortium News. -

As Julian Assange fights U.S. extradition at the Old Bailey in London, over one hundred eminent political figures, including 13 past and present heads of state, numerous ministers, members of [...]

The New Faces Of BC’s Old-Growth Activism

By Serena Renner, The Tyee. -

Torrance Coste’s dusty Nissan XTerra disappears in a cloud of grey dirt. He’s checking out recent logging activity around Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park on southern Vancouver Island for the [...]

Chiapas, The Return Of Paz Y Justicia

By Luis Hernández Navarro, Chiapas Support Committee. -

Terror returned to Tila, Chiapas, hand in hand with the resurgence of the paramilitary group named Desarrollo, Paz y Justicia (Development, Peace and Justice). One after another, armed attacks, [...]

Venezuela Blasts ‘Politicized’ Report By UN ‘Ghost Mission’

By Ricardo Vaz, Venezuelanalysis. -

The Venezuelan government rejected a recent report by a United Nations (UN) human rights mission. “It’s a report ridden with falsehoods, written from afar, with no methodological rigor [...]

New Fossil Fuel Projects Meet Indigenous Resistance

By Randall Hyman, Truthout. -

New Mexico - The spicy pungency of sagebrush filled the air in Greater Chaco, New Mexico, in late July this summer as I watched towering, rain-laden clouds gather across the endless horizon — a [...]

TUC Calls For Israel Sanctions To “End Apartheid”

By Asa Winstanley, Electronic Intifada. -

The British Trades Union Congress has condemned Israel’s annexation plan, calling it “another significant step in the creation of a system of apartheid” in the West Bank. Passed on [...]

Schools Reopen — And Teachers Fight For Their Lives…

By Sarah Jaffe, Rethinking Schools. -

As schools begin to reopen, within teacher unions around the country, teachers have been coming together to discuss the risks they’re willing to take — both to protect public health in the short [...]

New York: Protest At ICE Headquarters Over Forced Hysterectomies

By Graeme Massie, Independent. -

A security guard brandished her gun at demonstrators who forced their way into ICE headquarters in New York City to protest claims of ‘mass hysterectomies’ being performed on immigrant [...]

Occupation Of UK Factory Involved In Israeli Drone Manufacture

By Joe Gill, Middle East Eye. -

Direct action protests against Israel’s largest weapons company have escalated in the UK, with an occupation of a factory building engines for drones used by Israel’s army entering its third day [...]

Protests And Rockets As Gulf States Sign Deals With Israel

By Tamara Nassar, Electronic Intifada. -

At a White House ceremony on Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain officially established diplomatic relations with Israel. The signing of the US-brokered Abraham Accords formalizes [...]

‘Palestinian Self-Determination Not For Sale’

By Umar A. Farooq, Middle East Monitor. -

As US President Donald Trump brought together leaders from Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates to sign deals to establish diplomatic relations, just outside of the White House, hundreds [...]

Venezuela Rejects US Hostilities Before UN Human Rights Council

By Telesur English. -

Venezuela's representative before the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Jorge Valero Tuesday rejected Donald Trump administration's unilateral coercive measures which violate the human [...]

On Its 27th Anniversary: Defeat Oslo, Confront Normalization, Escalate BDS

The agreement signed on the White House lawn and the famous handshake of Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat was falsely billed as a promise of peace and hope for Palestinians, denied both for [...]

New Hotline For Postal Service Whistleblowers

By Project on Government Oversight. -

The United States Postal Service provides safe, timely communication for all Americans. Increasingly, that includes supporting U.S. elections by handling mail-in ballots, a function of [...]

University Of Michigan Asks Court To Halt Graduate Student Strike

By Leah Graham, Barbara Collins, Emma Stein and Liat Weinsten, Michigan Daily. -

A day after the Graduate Employees’ Organization voted to extend its strike, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel is seeking an injunction to get graduate students off the picket lines [...]