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False fire alarm shortly before Assange video appearance at DiEM25 event in Hamburg
On Friday evening, the participants of the DiEM25 event entitled “Constructive Disobedience”, had to be evacuated in the Audimax Auditorium of the University of Hamburg shortly before the live connection with Julian Assange. On request, the spokesman of the Hamburg…
On possible surprise visit from Trump, UK resistance says: we’ll be ready
Any visit by Donald Trump on British soil will be met by nationwide mass protests.’ by Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams Amid reports that President Donald Trump may make an unscheduled visit to Downing Street in the coming…
Brexit negotiations: why are the liberal media accepting the first lie of nationalism?
By Adam Ramsay 4 July 2017 for openDemocracy As I crawled through our new Brexit minister’s asbestos-lined maze of corporate lobby links, something became more obvious than ever. Most of the liberal commentary on Britain’s negotiations to leave the EU…
The Grenfell inquiry will be a stitch-up. Here’s why
By George Monbiot for The Guardian A public inquiry where the government chooses charges, judge and jury puts the bonfire of regulations outside the frame. An independent commission is needed We don’t allow defendants in court cases to select the…
A guide to “Constructive Disobedience”
DiEM25 3 July 2017 via openDemocracy To confront the Establishment head-on, and bring about the Progressive Europe that is desperately needed, we call on activists everywhere to practise “Constructive Disobedience”. What do we mean by this? Read on to find…
Bolivia: Evo Morales at the conference for a world without walls
By Ricardo Gómez García On the 20th of June, five thousand people from 45 countries listened to President Evo Morales at the inauguration of the World Conference of the People “for a world without walls towards universal citizenship”. Repeatedly interrupted…
Germany’s Hamburg braces for protests ahead of G20 summit
A wave of demonstrations are planned to hit the northern German city of Hamburg where leaders of the Group of 20 major economies, known as the G20, are set to meet next week. German media reported that some 30 protests…
Who paid for the leave vote? Brexit should be halted until we know
By George Monbiot for The Guardian There are huge questions about funding, involving the DUP and others. A public inquiry is needed Should the EU referendum result be annulled? For the past year I’ve been arguing that this would mean…
The Supreme Court Partially Unblocks Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali The Supreme Court Monday (June 25) allowed parts of President Donald Trump’s controversial Muslim ban to go into effect and will hear oral arguments on the case this fall. The apex Court ruled that despite rulings…
U.S. Conference of Mayors Opposes Military-Heavy Trump Budget
By David Swanson The U.S. Conference of Mayors on Monday unanimously passed three resolutions opposing the military-heavy Trump budget proposal, urging Congress to move funding out of the military and into human and environmental needs rather than the reverse. The…
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