Politics

TeleSur | – – According to one witness, the suspect was heard saying “get off the bus, and get out of the country because you don’t pay taxes here.” Amidst rising rates of violence directed toward Muslims and those percieved to be Muslim in the United States, two men on a commuter train in Portland, […]

Far Right

Roger Ailes: The Man Who Destroyed the News

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By Neal Gabler | ( Billmoyers.com) | – – The founder of the right-wing network inflicted harm on the body politic that may be impossible to heal. Fox News creator and former chief Roger Ailes, who died at 77 last week from complications after a fall in his Florida home, may have been the most […]

Far Right

Fascist, Go Home! After Bombing, Manchester Residents Shut Down Anti-Muslim Demo

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TeleSur | – – “The people of Manchester don’t stand with your xenophobia and racism,” one man shouted at the English Defence League racists. In the aftermath of Monday’s tragic bombing, the people of Manchester showed little patience with the racist opportunists of the extreme right English Defence League, quickly confronting EDL attempts at provoking […]

Iraq

Revival of Iraqi Communism among Youth alarms Shiite Militias

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Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) | – – Last week’s kidnapping of seven activists in Baghdad could be another sign of increasing tensions between secular parties in Iraq and the country’s ruling religious groups. Is history repeating? Last week, an unidentified armed group kidnapped a number of younger civil society activists from their small apartment in […]

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As Russians Hack, France decides if it Hates Foreigners

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Richard Fogarty | (The Conversation) | – – On April 24, the day after her second-place finish in the first round of the French presidential elections, Marine Le Pen thundered against her opponent, Emmanuel Macron, declaring, “Nothing in Monsieur Macron’s plan, nor anything in his behavior indicates the least evidence of love for France.” (Update […]

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Uh, oh: French Left can’t bring itself to Vote for Macron

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TeleSur | – – TeleSUR spoke with two French voters to discuss Sunday’s second-round presidential election in France and lesser evil voting. French voters are confronted with a difficult choice on Sunday’s runoff presidential election: Emmanuel Macron, a neoliberal former investment banker who served as an economy minister in the current — and historically unpopular — government, and […]

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Rightwing False Flag: German Officer Posed as Syrian Refugee, Planned Attack

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TeleSur | – – The man knew no Arabic and is of German heritage, but successfully posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker. German authorities have uncovered the case of a man who posed as a Syrian refugee and who was planning on carrying out a terror attack. The man, whose identity has not yet been released, […]

Donald Trump

Can Progressives Mobilize to Save the Middle Class?

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By James A. Haught | (Charleston Gazette-Mail) | – – The progressive vision for America — to make life better for all families, not just the privileged elite at the top — has suffered setbacks. After the 2016 election, Republicans control the White House, both chambers of Congress and more than half of state governments. […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

UK: Labour’s Corbyn Says Could Halt Syria Airstrikes If Elected

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TeleSur | – – Corbyn also said he would have to consider whether he would authorize a drone strike against the leader of Islamic State group to limit civilian deaths. The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday he could suspend British involvement in airstrikes against Syria if he was […]