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The EU and the Warning Signs of Fascism

How long before the EU truly becomes the authoritarian force that people from both ends of the political spectrum have always feared?

Kit Knightly
Por Kit Knightly
EU ARMY | Austria Military Exercise Migrants

Things are spiraling out of control in Europe, faster than many predicted. Outside of Brexit, there is a strong anti-EU feeling in Hungary, Spain, Italy, Greece and France. The EU is in danger of crumbling, and people afraid of losing power are prone to extreme acts of dictatorial control. How long before the EU truly becomes the authoritarian

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Russia Slams Illegal US Occupation of Southwest Syria

«The United States has built a dozen or more bases from Manbij to Al-Hasakah, including four airfields, and American-backed forces now control all of Syria east of the Euphrates, an area about the size of Croatia.»

ZeroHedge.com
Por ZeroHedge.com
Syria | US Troops

On Tuesday a top Russian military official slammed the United States for "illegally occupying" a massive zone in southwest Syria surrounding the American garrison of al-Tanf, effectively protecting some 6,000 armed militants that Russia has designated terrorists. The Head of Russia’s National Defense Control Center, Colonel-General Mikhail

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Why Won’t the US Supreme Court Do Anything About Racism?

The US Supreme Court has refused to weigh in on these obvious racial discrepancies in the criminal justice system. Instead, it emphasizes constitutional colorblindness, which allows it to avoid confronting the judiciary’s role in perpetuating racial discrimination in the US.

Tonja Jacobi
Ross Berlin
Por Tonja Jacobi
Y Ross Berlin
Chicago Police Laquan McDonald

The Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke fired 16 shots, killing the African-American teenager Laquan McDonald; 14 of those shots were apparently fired while McDonald lay on the ground. It took four years and the expulsion of the state attorney general before the trial against Van Dyke for first-degree murder resulted in convictions for the lesser

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A Modern Day Marshall Plan: Mexico Offers the US an Easy Out to the Border Crisis

López Obrador’s $20 billion development plan gives Washington a chance to help rectify the historic damage it’s done to the living conditions of people in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

Patrick Lawrence
Por Patrick Lawrence
Central America Migrant Caravan

With President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatening to shut down the government if he doesn’t get his wall, it’s good that someone in a position of authority actually has a workable solution to the migrant crisis festering on the Mexican border with the U.S. The day after Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office as Mexico’s president on Dec. 1,

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The Israel Lobby Tried to Weaponize Anti-Semitism to Take down Marc Lamont Hill – and it Backfired

Lamont Hill’s critics tried to make his support for Palestine about anti-Semitism — unacceptable in any circumstances — rather than a political critique of Israel and its apartheid policies.

Yvonne Ridley
Por Yvonne Ridley
Marc Lamont Hill

The pro-Israel lobby’s ongoing efforts to weaponize anti-Semitism has been dealt a major blow after a prestigious American university refused to sack one of its professors for showing solidarity with Palestine. Lobbyists inflicted a lot of pressure on the university after Marc Lamont Hill outraged Israel’s supporters and was accused of

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On Israel-Palestine, Four Newly Elected Progressives Vary in Willingness to Walk the Walk

The temptation of political expediency and help from powerful special-interest lobbies often prove too much for many candidates turned members of Congress.

Whitney Webb
Por Whitney Webb
This composite image shows left to right Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,  and Ayanna Pressley, four newly minted member of Congress. Mintpress News Image  | AP

WASHINGTON – As a result of the midterm election, four recently elected women affiliated with the democratic-socialist PAC Justice Democrats will soon be striding through Capitol Hill as full-fledged members of Congress. These four women – Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley – have all been touted as

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