Tag: current affairs – international

Italian workers’ strike in solidarity with Gaza brings disruptions across the country

NB: I salute Italy’s workers and students. Only mass protest will stop the genocide of the Palestinian people Italy’s grassroots unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of people ranging from school teachers to metal workers, called for a 24-hour general strike in both public and private sectors Thousands of protesters and strikers calling for solidarity… Read More Italian workers’ strike in solidarity with Gaza brings disruptions across the country

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I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful

Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words.. But perhaps the ground is shifting. Citizen journalism is flowering, through the Bylines network, openDemocracy, Double Down News , Novara, Declassified and DeSmog, and in particular at the local level.  George Monbiot The BBC I joined on my first… Read More I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful

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Trump’s mental decline is undeniable / Trump’s agram-Bagram on Afghanistan airbase

Opinion by Chris Truax Confabulation is sometimes called “honest lying,” because the person doing it genuinely believes what he’s saying, even if it is obviously and patently false. A person confabulates when they are telling completely invented stories that don’t provide them any particular tangible benefit. In other words, it’s not like lying to try and get out… Read More Trump’s mental decline is undeniable / Trump’s agram-Bagram on Afghanistan airbase

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No Music For Genocide

Within a few months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, every major label either unilaterally removed their entire catalogue from Russia or closed operations entirely, implicitly or explicitly condemning Putin’s actions while donating to Ukraine. No such measures have been taken against Israel, or in support of Palestine, after decades of illegal occupation and 23 months into Israel’s accelerated genocide.… Read More No Music For Genocide

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Strike action across France as hundreds of thousands join protests

“The anger is huge, and so is the determination – my message to Mr Lecornu today is this: it’s the streets that must decide the budget,” said Sophie Binet, head of the leftwing CGT union Angelique Chrisafis in Paris CGT union members during a demonstration in Marseille. Sophie Binet, the head of the union, said: ‘It’s… Read More Strike action across France as hundreds of thousands join protests

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The Politics of Fear

As a Presidential candidate, Donald Trump made his world view plain: there was “us” and there was “them.” Once he was in the White House, the fear factor would prevail. By David Remnick The young Donald Trump was the Nelson Muntz of Jamaica Estates. (Or was he its Draco Malfoy? Scholars will debate such questions for… Read More The Politics of Fear

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