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War over oil fuels Libya’s migrant crisis

Fighting for control of the western coastal city of Sirte, Libya, has increased the flight from the embattled North African…

June 26, 2016

Zika, the Olympics and the Brazilian coup

More than 230 scientific researchers, bioethicists and health experts from around the world have written an open letter charging that…

June 24, 2016

Gun control and bigotry

Three days after the horrific shooting deaths of 49 patrons at an Orlando LGBTQ nightclub, U.S. Senate Democrats seized on…

June 24, 2016

Murders of protesters in Oaxaca condemned

In response to the police killing of eight activists and injuries to more than 100 others at a teachers’ protest…

June 24, 2016

Struggles of Indigenous peoples in the Yukon

Whitehorse, Yukon -- The poorest sections of people living in Canada are Indigenous. Called the First Nations, they include American…

June 22, 2016

French state escalates attacks on unions

The French government used tear gas and threatened leaders with “terrorism” charges to try to stop the protests that a…

June 21, 2016

Cox assassination reveals Britain’s right wing

June 20 -- The shocking assassination of Jo Cox, a Labor Party Member of Parliament in Britain, is clearly linked…

June 21, 2016

NATO’s Warsaw Summit threatens war with Russia

The location of NATO’s next summit meeting is itself a provocation against Russia. NATO leaders will meet on July 8-9…

June 21, 2016

From French unions: ‘Solidarity with LGBT people’

The following is a “statement in solidarity with LGBT people” from the CGT, the labor confederation in France that has…

June 21, 2016

Outraged New Yorkers say: ‘Boycott Israel for Justice’

On June 9, a crowd of several hundred in New York City vehemently voiced their protest of a recent anti-BDS…

June 19, 2016