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‘Hard-leave’ Brexit conservative selected to lead Britain

Boris Johnson -- whose lies and showmanship were highly influential in having the “leave” option adopted in the Brexit referendum…

July 30, 2019

U.S. replaces bombs on Iran with a cyberattack

President Trump called off a bombing attack on Iran on June 20 because he was “shocked” at 150 projected casualties. …

July 19, 2019

Elections in Greece: What happened and what’s next

New Democracy, which the big business press calls a center-right party, won the July 7 election in Greece with 39.8…

July 18, 2019

Massive protests in Algeria demand sweeping reforms

July 5, 1830, was the day the Turkish-appointed ruler of Algiers surrendered to the invading French army. July 5, 1962,…

July 9, 2019

War opposition grows as protests say, ‘U.S. hands off Iran!’

June 29 -- Anti-war organizations in the U.S. have responded to the Trump administration’s aggressive moves toward Iran with immediate…

July 2, 2019

Haitians in the streets stage general strike

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. An audit, ordered by a Haitian court and released the end…

June 22, 2019

Haitians march against rape

Mothers Day in Haiti was celebrated this year on May 26. In response to the rape of two students at…

June 13, 2019

Niger’s students demand U.S. and French bases close

On May 25, at the call of the Union of Nigerien Students (USN), a few thousand students marched through Niamey,…

June 6, 2019

Elections held for European Parliament May 23-26

Early projections report that more than 200 million people, out of the 400 million eligible, voted in the European parliamentary…

May 30, 2019

Mali: Thousands demand peace and removal of French troops

At the call of imams and civic associations on April 5, thousands of protesters marched in Bamako, the capital of…

April 11, 2019