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Ver: Las corporaciones "despiertas" que apoyan la vida de los negros importan en silencio financiando a la policía

Un informe de la Public Accountability Initiative expone cómo las empresas estadounidenses están financiando departamentos de policía en todo el país, incluidos muchos de los mismos que enfrentan el escrutinio por prácticas racistas.

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jaime Dimon very publicly took a knee outside a New York branch of his bank in early June, also circulating a memo declaring the financial institution’s supposed dedication to struggling against injustice. “Let us be clear — we are watching, listening and want every single one of you to know we are committed to fighting against

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Escenas apocalípticas del sitio de la explosión mortal de Beirut

Justo cuando transcurre el aniversario de la explosión de Hiroshima, comienzan a salir a la luz imágenes de una de las peores explosiones de la historia moderna.

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A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 100 people are feared dead and thousands injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. It was not clear what caused the blast, which struck with the force

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Shadow Wars: filtraciones del Mossad apuntan a la participación israelí en ataques mortales contra Irán

El ritmo de la guerra con Irán parece intensificarse a medida que 2020 llega a su punto medio y la narrativa de que los ataques cibernéticos desempeñarán un papel incitante en el próximo conflicto se está perforando en la mente colectiva.

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Israel is believed to be behind several recent acts of sabotage against Iranian civilian and military infrastructure, including a hospital, that have taken the lives of at least 19 people and has further disrupted an economy already in the throes of a devastating downturn brought on by a global pandemic and crippling economic

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Todos los estadounidenses deberían ver el nuevo documental de guerra de Afganistán de Abby Martin

El nuevo documental de Abby Martin, "La guerra de Afganistán expuesta: una conspiración imperial", es un tour de force, una visita obligada para todos los estadounidenses que buscan una comprensión holística de la guerra más larga de los Estados Unidos.

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The perpetual occupation of Afghanistan has become so normalized that it mostly serves as background noise to most Americans. It’s even jokingly referred to as the "Forever War," accepted as just another constant reality. A soldier dies now and again, a couple of dozen civilians get killed in another bombing. It’s never enough to stir the

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El fundador de Wikileaks, Julian Assange arrestado, enfrenta una inminente extradición en Estados Unidos

Después de casi siete años y un esfuerzo prolongado de las agencias de inteligencia de EE. UU., El fundador de Wikileaks, Julian Assange, ha sido arrestado por la policía de Londres.

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Wikileaks | Julian Assange Arrested

Latest | London Judge Michael Snow has found Assange guilty of breaching his bail at Westminster Magistrates' Court after Assange appeared in a courtroom packed with supporters. Assange faces a sentence of up to one year for the conviction and has serious charges pending in the United

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With a Hard Brexit Looming, UK Invites 10,000 Foreign Troops Over for Military Exercises

The U.K. government’s martial-law option for Brexit would allow government ministers to impose curfews and travel bans, confiscate private property, and deploy the armed forces to any U.K. location of their choosing.

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Theresa May | BREXIT Military

LONDON -- As the drama over Brexit continues to reach new heights, the U.K. government has raised eyebrows by announcing that it will host 10,000 foreign troops for a massive military exercise beginning the day after Brexit had been set to take place. The announcement of the exercise has raised the specter of a post-Brexit “martial law”

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Save the Children: 85,000 Children May Have Already Died of Hunger in Yemen

The war has given rise to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Three-quarters of Yemen’s people require life-saving assistance and more than 8 million are at risk of starvation. Tens of thousands of people are believed to have been killed in the fighting.

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A leading international aid group said Wednesday that an estimated 85,000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of the country's civil war in 2015. Save the Children based its figures on mortality rates for untreated cases of severe acute malnutrition, or SAM, in young children. The United

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