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U.S Marines patrol in Port au Prince, March 15, 2004. U.S. troops suffered their first casualty in Haiti when a Marine was injured by gunmen as the poor Caribbean country's new leader protested a visit to the region by ousted President Jean Bertrand Arist

Washington using ‘gang’ bogeyman to justify widely rejected military intervention

October 17, 2022 Kim Ives and W.T. Whitney

The lede of the Guardian’s Oct. 7 article on Haiti, repeated with slight variations throughout the international mainstream media, was that “Haiti’s government has authorized the prime minister, Ariel Henry, to ask the international community for a […]

Mahsa aminis brutal death may be moment of reckon

Is the death of an innocent woman being exploited to advance the goal of regime change in Iran?

October 13, 2022 Elizabeth Sigrún

In an era increasingly awash with political instability, the latest protests in Iran are yet another manifestation of the plague of Western imperialism. The sudden death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini and the unclear […]

Thousands rally: ‘Free Assange!’

October 12, 2022 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau

Hundreds rallied outside the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8 to protest the incarceration and extradition of Julian Assange. Assange is currently in the middle of his third year of confinement in […]

Iran’s anti-morality police protests: a different view from the ground

October 12, 2022 Max Blumenthal

Setareh Sadeghi, an Esfahan, Iran-based scholar and teacher, provides Max Blumenthal with a complex view of Iran’s protests against the country’s morality police and the death of Mahsa Amini never heard in U.S. mainstream media. […]

Haiti protests against military intervention

Haitians protest threat of foreign military intervention in the country

October 12, 2022 Tanya Wadhwa

De-facto leader Ariel Henry’s request for foreign military support to curb gang violence has generated widespread criticism among civil society organizations, political and social leaders, and citizens in general. On Monday October 10, under the […]

BAP rejects calls for more foreign intervention in Haiti

October 11, 2022 Struggle-La Lucha

“The Black Alliance for Peace Rejects the Calls for Foreign Intervention in Haiti and Demands that International Community Respect Haitian Sovereignty and the Wishes of the Haitian People for National Self-Determination” For Immediate Release Media […]

The ‘old’ order and the birth of the ‘new’ one?

October 10, 2022 Jorge Casals Llano

Of course, the reference to the order, be it the “old” or the “new”, has to do with the current global geopolitical reordering. The “old” is the one that emerged after World War II, hegemonized […]

After all the pomp and pageantry for Queen Elizabeth II: The apology that never came

October 7, 2022 Prabir Purkayastha

How should we remember Queen Elizabeth II and her 70 years on the British throne? It’s perhaps better to consider after the media parade about her funeral is in the rearview mirror. A number of people have reacted to […]

Filipino community & allies demand all charges dropped for #MakibekiNYC3

October 5, 2022 Marion Aguas, GABRIELA New York

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2022 Contact: Marion Aguas, GABRIELA New York bayanusa.ne@gmail.com 609-434-2793 Filipino community & allies demand all charges dropped for #MakibekiNYC3, denounce police violence at anti-Marcos protest NEW YORK CITY — Filipino […]

The world is watching as Brazil’s presidential election goes to a second round

October 3, 2022 Gustavo Maranges and Bill Hackwell

The results of the first round of the presidential election in Brazil are coming and without a doubt, it is the most anticipated news in Brazil, Latin America, and the world too for that matter. […]