Our director of publication and editor-in-chief directed French magazines several years ago, and has won journalism awards abroad. He has regularly contributed to some fifteen major dailies and magazines around the world. Voltaire, International Newsletter is available by subscription for €500 a year, is published 42 times a year (not in July-August, nor during the…
Voltaire Network | 6 June 2025 • The second round of the Polish presidential election was held on 1st June. The results are: – Karol Nawrocki – PiS: 10,606,877 votes cast, i.e. 50.89% of the voters; – Rafal Trzaskowski – KO: 10,237,286 votes cast, i.e. 49.11% of the voters. • The presidency therefore remains with…
Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola welcome journalist Max Blumenthal, the editor of the Grayzone Project and co-host of the podcast, “Moderate Rebels” to “Unauthorized Disclosure.” Blumenthal recently returned from a reporting trip in Nicaragua. (Click here to listen to the interview.) Nicaragua has experienced violence over the past months, as opponents of President Daniel Ortega and the Sandinistas…
The US has targeted Nicaragua for regime change. Some former supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his Sandinista party echo the US talking points: Ortega’s “entire government has been, in essence, neoliberal. Then it becomes authoritarian, repressive.” One would think that a neoliberal regime, especially if it were authoritarian and repressive, would be just…
A detailed study of the death toll that has been recorded in Nicaragua since a violent campaign to remove President Daniel Ortega and his Sandinista government shows that at least as many Sandinista supporters were killed as opposition members. The study, “Monopolizing Death,” demonstrates how partisan local NGOs conflated all deaths that occurred since April, including accidents…
For the past three months, there has been a political crisis in Nicaragua, with opposing forces not only confronting each other in the streets but fighting a media war. The Guardian should be at the forefront of balanced and well-informed reporting of these events. Instead, despite plentiful evidence of opposition violence, almost all your 17…
Nicaragua’s opposition paramilitary intimidation and media terror campaign have brought fear, insecurity, and hardship to around 30 of Nicaragua’s 153 municipalities. Only President Daniel Ortega’s commitment to peace has prevented an even worse conflict. Almost as disturbing as the extreme sadism of the opposition paramilitaries in Nicaragua is how their supporters and media displace opposition…
Our director of publication and editor-in-chief directed French magazines several years ago, and has won journalism awards abroad. He has regularly contributed to some fifteen major dailies and magazines around the world. Voltaire, International Newsletter is available by subscription for €500 a year, is published 42 times a year (not in July-August, nor during the…
Voltaire Network | 6 June 2025 • The second round of the Polish presidential election was held on 1st June. The results are: – Karol Nawrocki – PiS: 10,606,877 votes cast, i.e. 50.89% of the voters; – Rafal Trzaskowski – KO: 10,237,286 votes cast, i.e. 49.11% of the voters. • The presidency therefore remains with…
Home » Mundo Obrero » Bola de confusión: la depresión que viene Por Mumia Abu-Jamal Cuando pensamos en la economía, la mayoría de nosotros estamos en una bola de confusión. “Bola de Confusión” no es solo una gran canción de los días de R & B (Ritmo y Blues). El término significa que están sucediendo…
