by John Feffer | Nov 11, 2020 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
America may well be divided about Donald Trump, but the rest of the world isn’t. The soon-to-be-former president has gotten high marks in the Philippines and Israel, a passing grade in a couple African countries and India, and dismal reviews pretty much everywhere...
by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies | Oct 28, 2020 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Less than a year after the United States and the U.S.-backed Organization of American States (OAS) supported a violent military coup to overthrow the government of Bolivia, the Bolivian people have reelected the Movement for Socialism (MAS) and restored it to power....
by Deborah Brown | Sep 2, 2020 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev
Billions of people around the world have come to rely on the services Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google provide to exercise their basic human rights. But for many people, both within and outside the U.S., the concentration of power in these companies has meant...
by John Feffer | Jul 22, 2020 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Federal agents poured into Portland, Oregon this month to crack down on anti-racism protests. They beat up peaceful protesters and fired impact munitions at demonstrators, seriously injuring one of them. They drove around the city in unmarked vans pulling people off...
by John Feffer | Jul 8, 2020 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
Donald Trump would dearly like to add his face to Mt. Rushmore as the fifth presidential musketeer. His fireworks-and-fury extravaganza on July 3 was the next best thing. Trump’s dystopian speech was almost beside the point. Much more important was the photo op of his...
