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Giuliani Says Assange Should Not Be Prosecuted
Donald Trump’s lawyer said on Monday that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange should not be prosecuted and he compared WikiLeaks publications to the Pentagon Papers. By Joe Lauria Originally published on Consortium News Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, said Monday that WikiLeaks publisher Julian… »
Street vending is legal in Los Angeles after a decade of organizing
By Adolf Alzuphar and Ivy Beach Street vending was legalized in Los Angeles on Jan. 1, marking an important victory for economic and immigrant justice in the city. This comes after statewide decriminalization through the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act, or SB946, signed into law in September 2018 by Gov. Jerry… »
Five things the shutdown shows us about 2019
By Danny Katch, THE ERA of divided government began with the continuation of a ridiculous and destructive government shutdown caused by a president who seemingly cares only about impressing a hateful right wing minority obsessed with the symbolism of building a literal wall on the southern border to keep out… »
Has Bait and Switch Become a Trump Signature?
By Dr Arshad M Kha, People voted for Donald Trump under the assumption, Mexico would be paying for your border wall. They why should the people pay now in this bait-and-switch game, when hardly any of their concerns are being addressed? It is a question that has led to a… »
Thanks Mr Trump for showing what a Brexit “shutdown” would look like
Weeks into Trump’s border wall tantrum “talks were due but as the nation digested the president’s rambling, contradictory and combative remarks at a White House press conference on Friday, potentially devastating effects of the shutdown were coming into focus. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides dietary assistance to 38 million… »
March 30: a call for US mobilization to oppose NATO, war, and racism
We publish below the call to participate in a rally against NATO, war and racism in Washington DC, USA on the 30th of March, 2019. The campaign website can be found here, where both individuals and organisations can register their endorsement of the initiative. The mobilisation coincides… »
Face 2 Face with Laurie Loewenstein
On this show we speak with Laurie Loewenstein, author of Death of a Rainmaker, an historical fiction murder mystery set in the 1930s Dust Bowl. The book portrays the effects of the Depression and a drought as the protagonist tries to solve the murder of a rainmaker who failed to… »
That Con Ed Explosion Big Media Hushed Up!
By Partha Banerjee Yesterday (December 27), a huge explosion of some sort at New York City’s Con Edison Astoria power plant turned the night sky blue. It was frightening. It was so big that idiots thought it was an alien invasion, and smart people nicknamed it Astoria Borealis (after Aurora… »
Isolationism or Imperialism: You Really Can’t Imagine a Third Possibility?
Of the United Nations’ 18 major human rights treaties, the United States is party to 5, fewer than any other nation on earth, except Bhutan (4), and tied with Malaya Malaysia, Myanmar, and South Sudan, a country torn by warfare since its creation in 2011. The United States is the only nation on… »
Ocasio-Cortez Calls for Furlough of Congressional Pay Next Shutdown
153 US House members and 50 US Senators are millionaires by Common Dreams staff US Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called for congressional salaries to be put on hold during the next government shutdown. The US government went into a partial… »
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
