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Czechs Stage Biggest Anti-Gov’t Protest Demanding Ouster Of PM

June 25, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net , ,
Czechs turned out in their thousands Sunday in Prague to call for the ousting of Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in the biggest show of public discontent in decades. The rally in Letna park was the culmination of a series of demonstrations in recent weeks against Babis, who has faced investigations over alleged fraud and conflicts of interest. Organizers said they believed that about 250,000 people had attended Sunday's rally, from all around the country, but this figure could not be verified.

Brazil Gay Pride in Sao Paulo Challenges Brazil’s Homophobic President

June 24, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net , ,
One of the world's largest LGBT Pride parade took center stage in Sao Paulo on Sunday with the carnivalesque festivities tinged with unease over Brazil's conservative political climate under President Jair Bolsonaro. As many as three million people were expected to take part in the annual march through the heart of Brazil's economic capital, traditionally an exuberant celebration of camp, color and fantasy. This year, many participants said they were turning out because they feel their liberties are increasingly under threat.

The Revolt Of The Fearless Generation

June 24, 2019 Leïla Ouitis, Roarmag.org , ,
When in early February Algeria’s ailing octogenarian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his intention to run for the presidency for a fifth term, millions of Algerians took to the streets in response. After weeks of rallies, Bouteflika was forced to resign on April 2, only to be replaced by a triad of government cronies: Abdelkader Bensalah as interim-president, Noureddine Bedoui as prime minister and Major General Ahmed Gaid Salah, who has emerged as the key power broker in the country.

Canada Enables Corrupt Haitian President To Remain In Power

June 24, 2019 Staff, Yvesengler.com , , ,
At the front of a protest against Haiti’s president last week a demonstrator carried a large wooden cross bearing the flags of Canada, France and the US. The Haiti Information Project tweeted that protesters “see these three nations as propping up the regime of President Jovenel Moïse. It is also recognition of their role in the 2004 coup.” Almost entirely ignored by the Canadian media, Haitian protesters regularly criticize Canada. On dozens of occasions since Jean Bertrand Aristide’s government was overthrown in 2004 marchers have held signs criticizing Canadian policy...

Letter From Catalonia: Barcelona’s Occupy Mayor Wins A Second Term

June 22, 2019 Elia Gran, Indypendent.org , , , ,
Colau narrowly lost the popular vote (21.3% to 20.7%) on May 26 to Ernest Maragall of the Republican Left party, which calls for Catalonia — Spain’s largest and wealthiest province and home to Barcelona — to secede and become its own country. Because Maragall fell short of winning an outright majority, the election went to the 41-member City Council where an alliance of three parties gave Colau the support she needed to win. In addition to receiving 10 votes from Barcelona en Comú, the party she leads, Colau cobbled together a majority by receiving eight votes from the Socialists and three from the conservative pro-European Union party of Manuel Valls.

Legal Victory Strengthens LGBT Activists As Threat From Bolsonaro Looms

June 21, 2019 By Jaimee A. Swift, Truthout.org , , ,
On Thursday, June 13, after months of postponement, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court officially made homophobia and transphobia –– locally known as “LGBTphobia” –– a crime and outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In an eight to three ruling, the remaining judges of the Supreme Federal Court voted to criminalize LGBTphobia under existing anti-discrimination laws that prohibit intolerance and bias based on race, religious intolerance and xenophobia.

Is The White House Plotting An End-Run Around Congress Into Iran?

June 20, 2019 Heather Brandon-Smith, Theamericanconservative.com , , ,
Members of Congress left a closed door meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week with a clear message: the administration believes it has the authority to enter into a conflict with Iran with or without Congress’s say-so. Conservative Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin told reporters that Pompeo had raised the notion that the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), first used to approve the war on the Taliban and al-Qaeda after 9/11, could be used to go after Iran if necessary.

Why Hondurans Set Fire To The US Embassy

June 18, 2019 Alex Rubinstein, Thegrayzone.com , , ,
The streets of Honduras were filled with protesters and clouds of tear gas as the month of June began. The national police fanned out through the country to crush the protests with heavy-handed tactics at the direction of President Juan Orlando Hernández, the US-supported neoliberal leader who won power in elections marred by documented fraud. As the protests peaked, fire was set to the doors of the American embassy in the capital, Tegucigalpa, in an apparent act of retribution against the United States for its role in propping up the widely unpopular president.

AMLO In Office: From Megaprojects To Militarization

June 18, 2019 Caitlin Manning, Roarmag.org , , ,
Many on the left, both in Mexico and abroad, welcomed the new president of Mexico, hoping that his progressive rhetoric of a “fourth transformation” augured a new era of positive change in Mexico. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) even convinced a number of Indigenous resistance groups that his administration would be favorable to their struggles against the neoliberal extractivist megaprojects that are devastating their lands. Indigenous rights supporter Richard Gere recently met with AMLO in the National Palace, and even Noam Chomsky spoke up favorably after a meeting with AMLO during his campaign last year.

Millions Strike Against Bolsonaro’s Pension Reforms

June 17, 2019 Juca Guimarães and Rodrigo Chagas, Brasilwire.com , , , ,
The streets answered with a resounding “no” to Jair Bolsonaro’s pension reform proposition, to his intentions of restraining rights, and to the continuity of attacks against the people that have been happening since Michel Temer’s coup d’etat in 2016. Throughout the day, the protests, summoned as a General Strike by national union organizations, gathered millions of people in 360 cities from north to south, in all of the 26 states and the Federal District. In the capitals and major cities, the transport unions adherence to the general strike – affecting subway, urban train and bus systems...

Activists Demand That Democrats Hold Debate On Climate Change

June 14, 2019 Ryan Schleeter, Greenpeace.org , ,
Washington, DC, June 12, 2019 — Last week, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Tom Perez announced the party will not host an official primary debate on the climate crisis, and will restrict candidates from participating in third-party climate debates. Despite backlash, Perez remained committed to this stance in a lengthy statement posted to Medium yesterday. In response, activists gathered at the DNC headquarters in Washington, DC, today to demand the party reverse its stance and provide a forum for presidential hopefuls to debate one of the greatest threats facing humanity today.

Lula Conviction A Gigantic Legal Farce Guided By The US Department Of Justice

June 14, 2019 Marcelo Zero, Brasilwire.com , ,
The Intercept’s revelation that the Operation Car Wash team sabotaged the 2018 presidential elections shows what everyone already knew but couldn’t prove concretely: that the Lula conviction was a gigantic legal farce. In any nation that was even minimally civilized the case against Lula, as well as a good part of Operation Car Wash in general, would have been dismissed a long time ago due to the glaring disregard of the right of innocent until proven guilty and due process. Operation Car Wash implemented a veritable free-for-all against the PT and Lula which included illegal coercion...

Haiti Paralyzed By Protests Demanding The Resignation Of The President

June 14, 2019 Staff, Resumen Latinoamericano , , ,
Four months after the “blocked” country movement carried out in February protests with different sectors of the Haitian society large scale activities continue paralyzing large parts of Port-au-Prince.  Alterpresse reported on June 9 that tens of thousands of people protested against corruption and demanded the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Most public and private institutions, commercial banks, supermarkets, and fuel stations are closed in the metropolitan area of Haiti’s capital city and the doors of the schools are closed.

Microsoft And The Pentagon Are Quietly Hijacking U.S. Elections

June 14, 2019 Lee Camp, Truthdig , ,
Why do we need an answer? Well, our election system is … how do you say … a festering rancid corrupt needlessly complex rigged rotten infected putrid pus-covered diseased dog pile of stinking, dying cockroach-filled rat shit smelling like Mitch McConnell under a vat of pig farts. And that’s a quote from The Lancet medical journal (I think). But have no fear: The most trustworthy of corporations recently announced it is going to selflessly and patriotically secure our elections. It’s a small company run by vegans and powered by love. It goes by the name “Microsoft.”

Thousands March In Haiti To Demand President’s Resignation

June 11, 2019 Staff, Aljazeera.com , , , ,
Protesters march through Port-au-Prince calling for President Jovenel Moise's removal over allegations of embezzlement. Several thousand demonstrators in Haiti marched through the capital Port-au-Prince on Sunday to demand the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise because of allegations of embezzlement. Led by dozens of protesters on motorcycles, the mostly youthful demonstrators filled city-centre streets in a rally organised by opposition parties and civil society groups.
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