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- Analysis and testimonies / Latin America
- 18 Jul 2017
Venezuelan opposition “consultation”: playing alone and losing
Sunday, July 16, was a significant day in Venezuela’s political history. The right-wing opposition MUD, backed by the United States, threw all its weight behind a “consultation” that they hoped […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Media Watch / United States
- 17 Jul 2017
The Stink Without a Secret
After six solid months of co-ordinated allegation from the mainstream media allied to the leadership of state security institutions, not one single scrap of solid evidence for Trump/Russia election hacking […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Middle East
- 16 Jul 2017
Gaza is Headed for a Deeper Political and Humanitarian Crisis
Political players both in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and the region are repositioning themselves after the recent emergence of a coalition between Hamas and Mohammed Dahlan, the former leader […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Democracy / Europe
- 15 Jul 2017
Bouamama: “There is a France of the dominant and a France of the dominated”
Block the extreme right. Fine. And then? In a context of ideological confusion, Emmanuel Macron has taken centre stage, attached to his podium and displaying his spellbinding ideas: “civil society”; […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Latin America
- 14 Jul 2017
Why Can’t the US Left Get Venezuela Right?
As Venezuela’s fascist-minded oligarchy conspires with U.S. imperialism to overthrow the democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro, few in the U.S. seem to care. Instead of denouncing rightwing violence […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Middle East
- 14 Jul 2017
Palestine is still the issue
When I first went to Palestine as a young reporter in the 1960s, I stayed on a kibbutz. The people I met were hard-working, spirited and called themselves socialists. I […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Media Watch / Middle East / United States
- 12 Jul 2017
The Thin Red Line, Seymour Hersh, confession and journalism as political warfare
The task of the “thin red line” is to control the range of questions and assure that everyone learns the right answers… When I was a young boy completing […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Middle East
- 12 Jul 2017
Don’t Historicize the Balfour Declaration: The Past is Still the Palestinians’ Present
The political turmoil in the United Kingdom following Prime Minister Theresa May’s re-election with a reduced, precarious majority and the implications for the UK’s negotiations to leave the European Union […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / United States
- 11 Jul 2017
Trump, With a Vicious Temperament, Seems Eager to Hasten the Doomsday Clock
Climate catastrophe and the threat of war, make the future very dark, indeed. In the center of Barcelona, sits the majestic church, still unfinished, designed by Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926). […]
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- Analysis and testimonies / Latin America
- 10 Jul 2017
Venezuela’s Contras: Protesters or Terrorists?
The violence seething from opposition sectors can only be viewed as systematic, motive-driven and purposeful. Like many other Venezuelans during the past few months, Luigin Paz was attempting to […]