US Arms Sales Continue to Enable War Crimes, Human Rights Violations Worldwide
Right here’s a seldom commented-upon actuality of this century and this second: the USA stays the number-one arms-exporting nation on the planet. Between 2017 and 2021, it grabbed 39% of the entire world weapons market and there’s nothing new about that. It has, the truth is, been the highest arms vendor in every year but […]
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False Corporate Solutions at COP27 Further Entrench Capitalism and Colonialism
Democracy Now! is broadcasting stay from COP27, the U.N. local weather convention in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the place a whole lot of activists protested exterior the plenary corridor Thursday to demand local weather justice. We converse to 2 Indigenous activists and land defenders on the summit, Eriel Tchekwie Deranger and Tom Goldtooth. “It’s frontline communities, […]
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Why Did Democrats Vote With the GOP to End the COVID National Emergency?
Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer and a handful of different Democrats despatched shockwaves throughout social media on Tuesday after apparently voting with Republicans to terminate the COVID-19 nationwide emergency declared by former President Donald Trump in March 2020 because the virus shuttered the nation and far of the world. Schumer’s workplace later told reporters that […]
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Nancy Pelosi Is Not Seeking Re-Election To Democratic Leadership
Longtime Democratic chief Nancy Pelosi introduced Thursday that she is not going to search reelection to Democratic management within the subsequent Congress. “With nice confidence in our caucus, I cannot search reelection to Democratic management within the subsequent Congress,” Pelosi stated. “For me, the hour has come for a brand new era to steer the […]
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GOP Botched Early-Voting Ground Game, Experts Say
Two days earlier than Brian Kemp bested Stacey Abrams by greater than 7 proportion factors of their carefully watched rematch, the Georgia governor did one thing uncommon for a Republican candidate within the 2022 midterms: He expressed confidence about the place he stood and cited early voting as a prime cause. “We’ve additionally had document […]
Read MoreLet Elections Blame Games Begin?
Who or what was causing the Republican nationwide collapse within the midterms? In any case, pundits, politicos, and pollsters all predicted a “pink tsunami.” Furthermore, the typical lack of any president in his first midterm is 25 Home seats. And when his approval sinks to or under 43%— within the trend of President Joe Biden—the […]
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Outspent 11 to 1, Karen Bass Still Defeated a Billionaire to Become LA’s Mayor
Karen Bass on Wednesday was projected the winner of Los Angeles’ mayoral race, defeating billionaire developer Rick Caruso, a former Republican who outspent the Democratic U.S. congresswoman by 11-to-1 whereas enlisting the help of Hollywood A-listers together with Snoop Dogg, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kim Kardashian. Bass, who will grow to be the primary girl to […]
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Abolition Is About Escaping the Death Trap of “Normalcy”
“There’s little question that we’ve got to abolish the carceral state. And there’s little question that policing and racial capitalism go hand in hand in order that we will’t be pursuing abolition in a capitalist context,” says creator and organizer Andrea Ritchie. On this episode of “Motion Memos,” Ritchie and host Kelly Hayes speak about […]
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Hunt increases tax burden to the highest level since World War II
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has this lunchtime unveiled a variety of tax elevating measures that may see the tax burden rise to 37.5% of GDP in 2024/25, the very best degree because the second world warfare. Taxes have now risen 4.1% as a proportion of GDP because the begin of the covid pandemic. On the again […]
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NLRB Seeks Nationwide Court Order Barring Starbucks From Firing Union Activists
A federal labor official filed a petition in federal courtroom Tuesday requesting a “nationwide stop and desist order” in opposition to Starbucks to dam the corporate from persevering with to fireplace pro-union employees in its efforts to dam their unionization marketing campaign, which has seen outstanding success over the previous 12 months. Nationwide Labor Relations […]
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