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Why no Yankee baseball in Haiti?

By Isabelle L. Papillon Our elders fought the [U.S.] occupation and resisted the introduction of baseball. Now people who do…

July 27, 2018

Israeli ‘nation state’ legislation parallels Nazi Nuremberg Laws

Roughly 80 years after Nazi Germany enacted what became known as the Nuremberg Laws in September 1935, Israeli lawmakers in…

July 25, 2018

Trump, Putin and Helsinki

While beating the anti-Russian drums of war, the paid scribes of the ruling class are all rallying behind the FBI…

July 25, 2018

Chicago groups slam repression in Philippines

Three dozen demonstrators rallied outside the Chicago Consulate of the Philippines on July 23 to expose the killing of more…

July 25, 2018

International Tribunal to expose U.S. colonial crimes in Puerto Rico

This year marks the 120th anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Puerto Rico during the Spanish-U.S. war, which…

July 24, 2018

Irish Senate passes bill showing solidarity with Palestine

Seanad Éireann, the Senate of Ireland, passed the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 on July 11, which,…

July 17, 2018

Prime Day strike in Spain, Germany

Amazon’s biggest sales day of the year is now Prime Day, a two-day online shopping spree that this year falls…

July 17, 2018

Haitians shut down streets demanding jobs, rollback of prices

Politicians in Haiti thought they had a bright idea. Since people were following the World Cup soccer match between Brazil…

July 17, 2018

A short history of NATO

Because a misogynist, xenophobic and openly racist enemy of humanity like the U.S. president criticized NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)…

July 16, 2018

Anti-Trump protests sweep Britain

A massive crowd of 250,000 people protested President Donald Trump’s visit to Britain on July 13 in London, says the…

July 16, 2018