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Abortion rights advance in Mexico, while Texas wants to trap ‘runaways’
On Sept. 6, Mexico’s Supreme Court struck down all federal criminal penalties for abortion. The court ruled that national laws ...
The lessons of Chile
Sept. 11 marks the 50th anniversary of the CIA-orchestrated coup against democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende of Chile. Tens ...
What’s behind recent protests in Syria? Capitalist media hides the truth!
The bourgeois media, from the New York Times to Reuters, have gleefully though somewhat prematurely hyped stories of a “potential ...
Is intellectual property turning into a knowledge monopoly?
The twentieth century saw the emergence of public funded universities and technical institutions, while technology development was concentrated in the ...
African Union suspends Gabon after military coup ousts President Ali Bongo
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) on Thursday, August 31, suspended Gabon from all its activities, ...
How Reagan’s war drive exploited a tragedy: The real story of Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Updated. First published September 1, 2021. Forty years ago, 269 people were killed when Korean Air Lines flight 007 was ...
Mass protests against French troops intensify in Niger as the deadline for their withdrawal approaches
Niger’s military government reportedly cut off electricity and water supply to the French embassy in the capital Niamey on Sunday, August ...
How U.S. sanctions are a tool of war: The case of Venezuela
On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the ...
How the U.S. continues to orchestrate chaos in Haiti
The Caribbean nation of Haiti, the poorest in the Western Hemisphere, has an estimated large portion of the country, including ...
The people of Niger are fed up
The past few years have witnessed militant defensive actions and campaigns around the world defending the working-class movements that are ...