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Japan’s prime minister defies anti-war public

As 40,000 Japanese anti-war protesters were demonstrating in Tokyo on March 22, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet approved the enactment…

April 10, 2016

U.S. plans new escalation of Iraq war

At a briefing with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on March 25, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford…

April 8, 2016

Palestine: Thousands protest on 40th Land Day

Thousands demonstrated in occupied Palestine and throughout the world on March 30, marking the 40th Land Day. The annual event…

April 6, 2016

Global ACT UP protests hit Big Pharma

In a highly organized act of international solidarity, 25 groups led by ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) carried…

April 5, 2016

1.2 million workers, students reject new labor law in France

“Work more, earn less!” Give your boss more flexibility so you can be “laid off more easily!” were some of…

April 5, 2016

Cuba, Puerto Rico and Zika

The Caribbean countries of Puerto Rico and Cuba, both located near the Zika hot zone, have similar peoples and climates…

April 3, 2016

Yemeni protest targets Saudi Arabia, U.S.

Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, on March 26 to protest the U.S.-armed Saudi…

April 3, 2016

Five years into Libyan disaster, sham ‘unity’ regime creates further divisions

Five years after the U.S.-led destabilization and bombing of Libya began, imperialist attempts to establish a stable neocolonial-dominated regime have…

March 31, 2016

Dangers of NATO’s intervention in refugee crisis

The intensity and dangers of the conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa have caused hundreds of thousands of…

March 30, 2016

What does the Brazilian crisis teach us?

The author is a Panamanian sociologist and political activist.   A huge political crisis is looming over the giant Brazil.…

March 29, 2016