2024 – Page 35 – Struggle

The problem of elections in an undemocratic system

June 12, 2024 Gary Wilson

This is a presidential election year in the U.S. If the U.S. were a true democracy, voters might have a clear choice: either support President Joe Biden’s policy of financing and arming genocide in […]

The hoax of ‘weaponized rape’ in Gaza takes what seems a fatal hit from The Sunday Times

June 12, 2024 Patrick Lawrence

The Afterlives of Lies Special to Consortium News June 12 — Last Friday, while President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and other Western leaders, along with the reporters who clerk for them, were in […]

From Palestine to Pride: Louisiana Northshore shows solidarity with all oppressed

June 12, 2024 Gregory E. Williams

June 1, Mandeville, Louisiana – Despite increasing attacks on the community from well-funded, far-right organizations, the Northshore region of Louisiana held its first-ever Pride Parade this June. Around 500 people marched, and an impressive […]

U.S. bets on a losing candidate to be able to claim Venezuelan elections illegitimate

June 11, 2024 Nino Pagliccia

The preparations for the upcoming Venezuelan presidential elections scheduled for July 28 are progressing as expected, with active political campaigning in the country. However, there is a sense of ominous anticipation of interference from the […]

Q&A: Former Federal Judge Kevin Sharp on Leonard Peltier’s June 10 parole hearing

June 11, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha

As Leonard Peltier’s parole hearing approaches on June 10, there is renewed hope and vigorous debate about his potential release. Convicted for the killing of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout on the Oglala […]

People’s red line surrounds the White House

June 11, 2024 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau

Stop Biden’s mass murder in Gaza! One hundred thousand people surrounded the White House on June 8 to stop the genocide in Gaza. They held a two-mile-long red banner that stretched around the White […]

Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic election as Mexico’s first woman president

June 11, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein

Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to be elected president of Mexico, won by a large margin of 60%. She will begin a six-year term on Oct. 1. Until then, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador […]

The Puerto Rican primaries, courtesy of gringo corporations

June 11, 2024 Berta Joubert-Ceci

A corporate sham to keep stealing from the people As in many parts of Our America, in Puerto Rico we are also in an election process this year. Although the general elections are in November, […]

Nuseirat: Civilians shot execution style during ‘near perfect’ Gaza rescue op

June 10, 2024 The Cradle

Testimony from Palestinians indicates Israeli forces deliberately executed civilians in their homes with gunfire and indiscriminately bombed civilians from the air as part of the military operation in Gaza to rescue captives held by Hamas. […]

U.S. army aided Israel in bloody military op launched from Gaza ‘Aid Pier’

June 8, 2024 The Cradle

The operation saw the mass killing of over 200 Palestinians, with health officials describing the inside of Al-Aqsa Hospital as a ‘slaughterhouse’ A video shared widely by Hebrew Telegram channels on 8 June shows that […]