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Human Rights

Reimagining America

Blow* – The New York Times Admitting the truth is the first step toward our country’s restoration America, as we knew it, is lost. Not completely gone and not irrevocably ended, but forever altered. Or, maybe it is fair to say that our concept of America itself was a concoction…

Armed conflicts

Venezuela Uprising: Government Clashes With Opposition

By Tom O’Connor – Newsweek Gunshots, Tear Gas and Vehicle Attack Seen on Video as Government Clashes With Opposition four-month political standoff between Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and parliament speaker Juan Guaidó has turned violent as forces loyal to the two…

Civil rights

Brazil’s Judiciary, Once Symbol of Anti-Corruption Drive, Now Faces Scrutiny

By Letícia Casado and Manuela Andreoni – The New York Times BRASÍLIA, Brazil — When a Brazilian Supreme Court justice blocked the publication of an article about corruption that named a fellow judge, the backlash on social media was swift. Three days later, the justice…

Armed conflicts

The European Union Is Obliged To Participate In US Wars

by Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge (*) Authored by Thierry Meyssan (**) via The Voltaire Network Since the Treaty of Maastricht, all the members of the European Union (including the neutral countries) have placed their defences under the suzerainty of NATO, which is directed…

Civil rights

Tackling the ‘Impossible’: Ending Violence

Burrowes Whenever, in ordinary circumstances, the subject of violence comes up, most people throw up their hands in horror and comment along the lines that it is ‘in our genes’, ‘nothing can be done about it’ or other words that reflect the powerlessness that most people feel…

Armed conflicts

The Buried Maidan Massacre and Its Misrepresentation by the West

By Ivan Katchanovski* – Special to Consortium News The new Ukrainian government is faced with reopening an inquiry into evidence of an organized mass killing in Kiev that Poroshenko stonewalled. Ivan Katchanovski investigates. Five years ago, the Maidan massacre in Kiev…