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In the Name of “Security” Retreating US Gives Israel Billions More in Military Funding

Despite the fact that the U.S. is retreating from the Middle East, lacking strategy and future vision, lawmakers are congratulating themselves on passing yet another generous aid package to Israel.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embrace at the Israel museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Billions of US tax-payers’ money will continue to be funneled into Israel in the next fiscal year, and for many years in the foreseeable future. Republican and Democratic Senators have recently achieved just that, passing a bill aimed at providing Israel with $3.3 billion in annual aid.  The Bill, co-sponsored by Democratic Senator, Chris Coons

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Bolivia: As Elections Near, US-Backed Interim Gov’t Mobilizes Military, Arrests Opposition Leaders

Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Añez has ordered troops to the streets and forced opposition candidates to organize abroad for fear of arrest ahead of the country’s first elections since a US-backed coup last November.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Bolivia Elections Feature photo

Wednesday, January 22 marks the day that Jeanine Añez is set to stand down as “interim” President of Bolivia, beginning the process for fresh elections set for May 3. Añez came to power in November, following a U.S.-backed coup that deposed the Movement to Socialism’s (MAS) Evo Morales. However, she is certainly not acting as if she intends to

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India Puts Capital on Lockdown as Protests Against Discriminatory Laws Rage on

India’s government is cracking down, imposing martial-law like conditions amid massive protests against the government’s not-so-slow creep towards becoming a full-fledged Hindu supremacist state.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
India Citizenship Law Protest Feature photo

The protests against the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Registration Council (NRC) laws continue across India. In response, the government of Narendra Modi has placed the capital Delhi under the National Security Act (NSA); legislation that allows any Indian to be detained for up to a year without charge or access to

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MSNBC’s Joy Ann Reid Invites Quack Body Language Expert on to Trash Sanders

MSNBC’s Joy Ann Reid has a history of strongly racist and homophobic remarks. She was one of the chief proponents of the RussiaGate narrative and history of anti-Muslim and homophobic comments.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Joy Ann Reid, Bernie Sanders Feature photo

MSNBC anchor Joy Ann Reid invited Jeanine Driver, a self-styled expert in the highly contentious field of body language analysis on her show, AM Joy, to assess the recent spat between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders at the seventh Democratic presidential debate. Warren accused the Vermont Senator of dismissing her chances, claiming he said that

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In France’s Longest Protests Since 1968, Striking Workers Continue the Fight Against Neoliberalism

From bus drivers to ballet dancers, workers from across France have taken to the streets in opposition to President Emmanual Macron’s attempts to reshape the country into a U.S.-style neoliberal state.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
France Strikes Neoliberalism Feature photo

Nationwide protests against the government of Emanuel Macron entered their seventh continuous week today in France, as between 187,000 (a government estimate) and 250,000 people (the unions’ count) took to the streets to oppose Macron’s plans to radically alter the country’s pension plan, seen by many as the crown jewel in France’s substantial

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91% of Peer-Reviewed Papers Find Medicare for All Would Save Public Money, Cover Everyone

An analysis of peer-reviewed scientific papers found overwhelming consensus in the conclusion that Medicare for All would indeed save the American taxpayer money.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Medicare for All Feature photo

91 percent of all peer-reviewed scientific articles find that a single payer healthcare system like Medicare for All would save the country money, according to a meta analysis released Wednesday. The study, published in the influential open access journal PLOS Medicine, is a systematic review of 22 single payer plans from 18 studies, published

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