Although there is a temporary “ceasefire” in the U.S./Israeli effort to destroy Iran, many groups internationally are determined to stay mobilized. The horrific genocide in Palestine, both in Gaza and the West Bank, continues, as do plots against Iran. There were more than 65 actions around the world listed on the website of the United…
Home » Editorials » Defend marriage equality! No going back! June 26 was the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States decision legalizing marriage between people of the same gender. It occurs as Pride month is coming to a close and just two days before the 56th anniversary of the start of…
The world’s wealthiest nations have already quietly bought up more than half of the potential future supply of the most promising COVID-19 vaccine doses, leaving little for anyone else. International charity Oxfam studied five leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates, currently under clinical trials, and found that rich countries had pumped billions of dollars into research, securing 51…
Yemen is already living through what the United Nations calls “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.” Yet despite twin epidemics of cholera and COVID-19 raging through the embattled nation, the Saudi-led coalition continues to target medical and water infrastructure, having done so over 200 times since the conflict began, a new report from Oxfam claims. That is equivalent to…
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have already devastated the world. Over 14 million people have tested positive for the virus, and nearly 600,000 have died since it was first identified in December. And cases continue to rise: yesterday saw 248,998 people test positive – an all-time high. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…
LONDON — As the entirely man-made crisis in Yemen continues to worsen, the U.K.-based charity Oxfam has stated that some desperate Yemeni families are selling their daughters, some as young as three years old, as child brides in hopes that their dowries can buy them much needed food and shelter. Oxfam made the shocking and…
For those of us who fully expected most U.S. peace activists to vanish once Barack Obama became president but expected them to come back once Donald Trump ascended the throne, the failure of our second expectation has been hard, crushingly hard. But there are a few silver linings. First, there is now a multi-issue campaign…
I was in Cuba when the Oxfam “Caligula” sex scandal in Haiti broke. Knowing my work in the field, a colleague with years of experience working in disaster response agencies asked me what I thought. When I had the chance to catch up on the story, my response included, “I wasn’t surprised.” She was horrified. “Underage girls…
Although there is a temporary “ceasefire” in the U.S./Israeli effort to destroy Iran, many groups internationally are determined to stay mobilized. The horrific genocide in Palestine, both in Gaza and the West Bank, continues, as do plots against Iran. There were more than 65 actions around the world listed on the website of the United…
Home » Editorials » Defend marriage equality! No going back! June 26 was the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States decision legalizing marriage between people of the same gender. It occurs as Pride month is coming to a close and just two days before the 56th anniversary of the start of…
Home » Editorials » Porqué Mundo Obrero defiende a Irán ¿Por qué es importante que el movimiento mundial defienda a Irán? ¿Es porque este país de 92 millones de habitantes fue bombardeado recientemente por el régimen sionista de Israel, respaldado por Estados Unidos, el 12 de junio, seguido del bombardeo de sus tres reactores nucleares…
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 60 people across Gaza, just one day after former President Donald Trump called to “make a deal in Gaza, get the hostages back,” a combat operation all too familiar after nearly two years of unrelenting violence. According to Reuters, Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is traveling to Washington…
