April 7 Since April 2, the U.S. stock market has lost $6.6 trillion in value. The Dow Jones has fallen 3,910 points — the worst loss since the start of the March 2020 COVID-19 pandemic — and the S&P 500 dropped 6%. Losses continued April 7 with the Dow dropping another 349 points. Stock markets…
Home » Human needs before profits » New Yorkers say: No to dictatorship of billionaires New York City A spirited crowd marched on Billionaires’ Row in New York City April 1 to demand an end to the dictatorship of the billionaire class, for their tyranny in the U.S. and their perpetration of the genocide in…
Michael Cohen’s statement last Wednesday that he fears Trump would not concede defeat in the 2020 elections has sparked concern about the breakdown of basic rules of democratic electoral politics. Indeed, as far back as the 2016 presidential elections, Trump refused to vow that he would recognize the official results if Hillary Clinton were to…
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…
The Venezuelan people reelected Nicolas Maduro for a second presidential term on May 20. A US-backed political tide of reaction had been bucked, which had swept away previously left-leaning Latin American governments – often by extra-parliamentary means – in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Honduras, and even Ecuador. The US and the right-wing opposition in Venezuela…
Nicolas Maduro was re-elected for another term of office in the Venezuelan presidential election on Sunday 20 May. The majority of the reactionary opposition, with full support from Washington and Brussels, had called for a boycott, which led to a very low turnout in the middle-and-upper-class areas of the main cities. Their demand that the…
April 7 Since April 2, the U.S. stock market has lost $6.6 trillion in value. The Dow Jones has fallen 3,910 points — the worst loss since the start of the March 2020 COVID-19 pandemic — and the S&P 500 dropped 6%. Losses continued April 7 with the Dow dropping another 349 points. Stock markets…
Home » Human needs before profits » New Yorkers say: No to dictatorship of billionaires New York City A spirited crowd marched on Billionaires’ Row in New York City April 1 to demand an end to the dictatorship of the billionaire class, for their tyranny in the U.S. and their perpetration of the genocide in…
By Ansarallah For more than a month, the Israeli enemy has been committing the crime of starvation and preventing food and medicine from reaching the Palestinian people in Gaza. The “israeli” enemy has resumed genocide, dropping American bombs on the Palestinian people in their tents and on the ruins of their destroyed homes. The “israeli”…
Under the pretext of dismantling Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs—widely unpopular among American conservatives—the powerful Heritage Foundation has begun to extend its campaign to anti-war activism and leftist causes on university campuses. The Trump administration appears to be enacting this agenda step by step. DEI initiatives have become a fault line in America’s ever-deepening…
