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The ship carrying armaments destined for the war on Yemen also met with protests on May 9 at the Le Havre port in France, where it was prevented from loading a planned arms shipment by humanitarian groups. peoplesdispatch.org/
According to a study by the Bank of Ghana, less than 1.7 percent of global returns from its gold make their way back to the Ghanaian government. The remaining 98.3 percent is managed by outside entities—mainly multinational corporations, who keep the lion’s share of the profits. alternet.org/
The discourse of ‘good governance’ suggests that the States in developing countries are deeply and congenitally corrupt. It ignores the deep structural dynamics that push a country to become merely the exporter of raw materials. socialisteconomist.com/
A call from the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to use his position as president of the UN Security Council to denounce the violations of international law that have been committed by the United States in its campaign to destabilise Venezuela. thetricontinental.org/
Amnesty International fails to put its claims against the Maduro government in the context of a concerted regime-change campaign, which amounts to war, by the bully from the north. counterpunch.org/
The U.S. charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 18 counts related to endangering U.S. national security by conspiring to obtain and disclose classified information in one of the biggest intelligence breaches in American history. dailymaverick.co.za/
In its quest to paint Iran as a violent aggressor, the US media does not care to provide relevant history, not least of which is its role in repeating the WMD lie justifying the war on Iraq. commondreams.org/
Sanders’s support for banning for-profit charters comes as President Donald Trump’s Department of Education—under the leadership of billionaire Betsy DeVos—is pushing for the expansion of charter schools nationwide. commondreams.org/
The estimate by the three airlines is the first indication of the time needed to bring the jets out of storage following a worldwide grounding in March spurred by deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. dailymaverick.co.za/
The Yellow Vests have already succeeded in shattering the capitalist myth of “representative democracy” in the age of neo-liberalism. Their uprising has unmasked the lies and violence of republican government, as well as the duplicity of representative institutions like political parties, bureaucratic unions and the mainstream media. counterpunch.org/
Garment workers in Romania, Europe’s biggest fashion manufacturer, earn a mere 14 percent of a living wage, forcing their family members to search for precarious jobs in Western Europe. cleanclothes.org/
‘Raise the Roof’ demands an end to evictions into homelessness, timely provision of public housing built on public land by local authorities, and an end to excessive reliance on the profit driven private sector to supply public housing. peoplesdispatch.org/ |
