Exposing the Lie of ‘Pro-Life’ Politicians
The Nation On Tuesday of this week, I joined women’s-rights activists in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the most restrictive abortion law in the country, which was signed into law by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on May 15. Extremist legislators in Alabama have one-upped Republican colleagues in Georgia, Ohio, Missouri, Louisiana, and Mississippi, all of whom […]
From Venezuela to Abortion
When people in the US think of 2016, the most noteworthy event that pops out is the general election of that year, but what most don’t know about is the peace treaty that was signed in Columbia, nor the lack of peace it actually brought the people of Columbia. Exploring the results of the treaty […]
Banning Abortion Isn’t About “Saving Babies,” It’s About Controlling Women’s Lives
The Ghion Journal You’d be hard-pressed to find a bunch more sanctimoniously hypocritical than the supposed “pro-life” contingent. Even their self-described moniker is deliberately misleading. There is nothing “pro-life” about wanting to deny women sovereignty over their own bodies and family planning choices. Their movement is much more accurately classified as “anti-choice,” because their primary […]
Venezuelan opposition extremist, a US military veteran and ‘aid volunteer,’ sends death threat to embassy defenders
The Grayzone A far-right Venezuelan opposition activist emailed a death threat to human rights activists from the peace group CODEPINK. The threat was delivered when CODEPINK was helping to protect the Venezuelan government’s embassy in Washington, DC from an illegal takeover by Juan Guaidó’s US-backed coup administration. This rabid opposition activist, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, previously […]
Guaidó Out of Gas
The Real News Network After several failed US-backed coup attempts, Juan Guaidó sent an envoy to Oslo to explore talks with the government. Former Chief of Staff to Nicolás Maduro, Temir Porras, joins Sharmini Peries for analysis SHARMINI PERIES It’s the Real News Network. I’m Sharmini Peries, coming to you from Baltimore. Opposition leader and president […]
The Belligerence of Empire
CounterPunch “Capitalism’s gratuitous wars and sanctioned greed have jeopardized the planet and filled it with refugees. Much of the blame for this rests squarely on the shoulders of the government of the United States. Seventeen years after invading Afghanistan, after bombing it into the ‘stone age’ with the sole aim of toppling the Taliban, the […]
Allan Nairn: Deadly Protests Erupt in Indonesia as U.S.-Trained Generals Wage a War on Democracy
Democracy Now! In Indonesia, at least six people have died and hundreds have been injured after supporters of former military commander Prabowo Subianto took to the streets to protest his election defeat. The protests began after authorities announced President Joko Widodo—who is known as Jokowi—had won re-election after receiving 55% of the vote. Prabowo has […]
18 Ways Julian Assange Changed the World
Truthdig Julian Assange is a dick. It’s important you understand that. Assange and WikiLeaks revealed the American military’s war crimes, the American government’s corruption and the American corporate media’s pathetic servile flattery to the power elite. So, if you’re a member of our ruling class, you would view those as textbook examples of dickery. In […]
WaPo Hypes ‘Space Capitalists’—One of Whom Owns the Paper
FAIR “NASA lost its ability to launch humans from US soil when the space shuttle retired,” read a starry-eyed subhead under “Companies in the Cosmos,” a special section of the Washington Post (9/11/18) dedicated to the business of outer space. “Now, companies and billionaire entrepreneurs are defining a new space age.” “The birthplace of America’s Space Age […]
CONNECTICUT’S DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IS STONEWALLING A BILL THAT WOULD MAKE PHONE CALLS FROM PRISON FREE
The Intercept CONNECTICUT GOV. NED LAMONT, a Democrat who grew his personal fortune through the telecommunications industry, is stonewalling a bill that would establish Connecticut as the first state in the nation to make phone calls from prison free for incarcerated people and their families. Securus Technologies, the national prison telecommunications corporation that Connecticut has contracted with since […]