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Portugal rejoices as anti-austerity left coalition forms to oust right wing
Socialists, Communists, and Left Bloc unite in ‘unprecedented’ coalition to end years of punishing cuts by Lauren McCauley, staff writer for Common Dreams In a surprising development for Europe’s anti-austerity movement, Portugal’s three reigning leftist parties on Tuesday formed an…
Destruction of Palestinian olive trees is a monstrous crime – The Economist
The uprooting and cutting down of over a million olive and fruit trees in occupied Palestine since 1967 is an attack on a symbol of life, and on Palestinian culture and survival, writes Dr. Cesar Chelala. A grave crime under…
Re-imagine Democracy – Towards a Citizen’s Convention on the Constitution
Jointly called by Assemblies for Democracy and Occupy Democracy at the Runnymede Festival for Democracy on the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. Saturday, 14 November 2015 from 10:45 to 16:30 Waterloo Action Centre Baylis Road, SE1 7AA with John…
Myanmar’s opposition NLD confident of victory
The National League for Democracy’s hopes of a decisive victory look to be coming true and increases its hopes of sweeping the party into power, ending decades of military dominance, as Myanmar’s election commission continues to release results coming in…
Latest assaults on Jeremy Corbyn getting more bizarre and undemocratic by the minute
Remembrance Day (sometimes known as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in the British Commonwealth member states (the UK’s former colonies and a few others) since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their…
Burma-Myanmar parliamentary elections 2015: D-Day
Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission The landmark election is scheduled to conduct on Sunday, November 8, 2015. Around 90 political parties with 6,065 candidates, around 10,500 national and international election observers, and over 40,000 polling stations are set…
Even imperfect negotiations have benefits for both Iran and US
Even Imperfect Negotiations Have Benefits for Both Iran and US SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 Iran Review’s Exclusive Interview with Suzanne Maloney By: Kourosh Ziabari Following the successful conclusion of the talks over Iran’s nuclear program, and as the negotiating parties…
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
“Remember, remember, the 5th of November; Gunpowder, treason and plot; I see no reason why gunpowder, treason; should ever be forgot.” Thus opens BBC’s rundown on this still celebrated day in England and Pressenza leans on the institution of the…
Russia’s entry into Syria worsens killings of medical workers on war’s front lines
As global talks on Syria take place in Vienna, we look at the dangers to medical workers on the front lines of the world’s deadliest conflict. Nearly 700 medical personnel have been killed in Syria since the war erupted in…
‘Gasoline on the fire’: Obama orders ground troops to Syria
Expanded military footprint will include Special Ops forces inside Syria and expanded ground operations in Iraq by Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams In a move that critics says fulfills long-held warnings of “mission creep” and amount to throwing…
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