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Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló Resigns Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló resigned Wednesday. Protests engulfed the island for nearly two weeks after Rosselló drew criticism for offensive language in leaked communications and the FBI arrested former members of his administration on corruption charges....
Posted: Thu, Jul 25, 2019 7:04am PDT
AIPAC’s Anti-BDS Resolution Easily Wins Bipartisan Support Palestine remains the litmus test issue and once again, the Democrats showed their true colors on July 23, 2019 with 209 Democrats joining 189 Republicans in voting for pro Zionist Israel AIPAC’s HRes 246, Roll Call 497 opposing the Boycott Divest Sanctions Movement of the Palestinian Liberation Struggle. See http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll497.xml. The bill may be found at https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/246/all-actions?overview=closed&q=%7B%22roll-call-vo...
Posted: Wed, Jul 24, 2019 10:34pm PDT
Judge Halts Puerto Rico Bankruptcy for 4 Months In a hearing on Wednesday, US District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain told Puerto Rico's government, creditors and a federal oversight board that for 120 days all debt suits will be on hold and sent to mediation. Puerto Rico is attempting to resolve more than $72 billion in debt....
Posted: Wed, Jul 24, 2019 3:43pm PDT
Credit Suisse Banker Pleads Guilty in Mozambique Loan Scandal On Friday, former Credit Suisse banker Andrew Pearse pled guilty in US Federal Court for accepting millions of dollars in a fraud scheme that led to a $2 billion Mozambique loan scandal and debt crisis in the East African country....
Posted: Mon, Jul 22, 2019 3:09pm PDT
Karl Polanyi on Unfettered Capitalism Karl Polanyi condemned profit greed and deregulated markets. Todfay's capitlaism critics are his heirs and don't know it. An unfettered capitalism is responsible for the world economy coming out of joint. "Finance capital was put in the driver's seat."...
Posted: Mon, Jul 22, 2019 3:20am PDT
33 brave senior(kupuna) protectors on Hawaii's Mauna Kea detained by police On Wednesday morning, State police removed 33 senior(kupuna) protectors from a human chain that had blocked--for 3 days--access to the Mauna Kea Road, by construction equipment that are slated to begin the Thirty Meter Telescope(TMT). The protectors are part of the hundreds-strong peaceful activists that had been up at the Mauna(mountain) since last Sunday, July 14....
Posted: Thu, Jul 18, 2019 4:39am PDT
New Trade Bloc Will Spur Pan African Industries 
Preparations for 2019 Pan African Global Trade and Investment Week hosted in the Capitol City of Sacramento, California is poised to expand connections to the 5th largest economy in the world to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)...
Posted: Wed, Jul 17, 2019 9:09pm PDT
The fascists in the White House 
In this commentary from the World Socialist Web Site, Patrick Martin describes how politicians and pundits who oppose the unity of the working class in struggle against capitalism play right into the hands of Trump and his unprecedented effort to build a fascist movement in America....
Posted: Mon, Jul 15, 2019 11:30pm PDT
Amidst Puerto Rico Financial Crisis, Island Religious Leaders Call for Global Debt Relief San Juan, Puerto Rico - Last week, Archbishop Roberto González—the leader of the Archdiocese of San Juan, the Secretary General of the Puerto Rico Bible Society—Reverend Heriberto Martínez and the island's Catholic Charities head, Reverend Enrique Camacho released a statement urging solidarity with countries wrestling with debt crisis and economic challenges....
Posted: Fri, Jun 21, 2019 3:20pm PDT
Further Hong Kong Protests Planned Against Extradition Law Hong Kong’s top official, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, faces a deadline of today to abandon a planned extradition law that has sparked huge protests on the past two Sundays. The widespread opposition reflects deep fears that the bill, which will allow extradition proceedings to mainland China, will enable Beijing to seize political dissidents....
Posted: Thu, Jun 20, 2019 3:54am PDT
Dr. King and Mr. Garrow 
Patrick Martin at the World Socialist Web Site responds to an incendiary smear campaign against the political legacy of the American civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr....
Posted: Tue, Jun 4, 2019 11:40am PDT
Don't Privatize the VA Join Veterans to Take Action on June 6th to Save Our VA!
On June 5th and 6th, veterans around the country are going to take action to rally in support of the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) and speak out against privatization and the roll out of this dangerous new policy. ...
Posted: Mon, Jun 3, 2019 2:12pm PDT
Capitalism, Fukushima, Creative Reconstruction & The History Of Olympics 
Professor George Wright discusses the history of the Olympics and how privatization and control by the corporations of the world have led to in allowing the Olympics going to Japan and the contaminated Fukushima. The three broken nuclear reactors still have melted nuclear rods which must be cooled with water. He discusses the systemic corruption of the Olympic Committee and how it is now ignored the safety of the athletes and the public....
Posted: Mon, May 27, 2019 6:30pm PDT
Congress, White House Move Disaster Relief for Puerto Rico, US States and Territories On Thursday, the Senate passed a $19.1 billion disaster relief plan to aid Americans recovering from natural disasters in US Territories like Puerto Rico and States including Iowa. The House of Representatives and the White House are expected to approve the Senate plan....
Posted: Thu, May 23, 2019 2:53pm PDT
We the Scattered in the Insult Society Hans-Peter Martin is the author of "Game Over. Prosperity for a Few, Democracy for No One, and Nationalism for Everyone" (2018). Now it is Game Over for the West, for our civilization model. Capitalism functions even without democracy and without observing liberal human rights....
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2019 7:48am PDT
Calmly Fighting for a Nonviolent Future In reviewing nonviolent movements across history, our group realized that practicing non violence can manifest in a many diverse ways. Through our research we came to understand that “nonviolence” is essentially a way of life, as opposed to existing only in single instances or short-lived movements. We will briefly introduce some of the non violent practices currently occurring in Sonoma County, illuminate what motivates these individuals to follow a nonviolent way of life, as well as explore...
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2019 3:44pm PDT
Why So Many Journalists Are Clueless About the Bernie 2020 Campaign Scribes for corporate capitalism find grassroots activism inscrutable...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2019 11:57am PDT
Angry May Day In Paris 
Unions and “Yellow Vests” Abandon Restraint In Massive Protest...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2019 5:26am PDT
Yellow Vests Unimpressed By Macron 
Macron Verbiage Seen As Empty...
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2019 1:48am PDT
Second Deadly Cyclone Hits Mozambique Category-4 Cyclone Kenneth hit Mozambique Thursday night, the second severe storm to hit the country in six weeks....
Posted: Fri, Apr 26, 2019 2:00pm PDT
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