World
Ontario Premier Doug Ford guts local democracy in favor of corporate interests
September 20, 2018A drive for corporate access and control is behind the move to cut Toronto’s city council in half and cancel regional elections.
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“Sonic” mystery continues, Trump administration heaps more abuse on Cuba
September 18, 2018In late September of 2017 the State Department removed 60 percent of the staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, ostensibly because their health was endangered.
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Pence exposed as part of Manafort’s right-wing trans-atlantic conspiracy
September 17, 2018The employees – and clients – of uber-lobbyist Paul Manafort show the extent of right-wing ties stretching across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Violence and threats of more: Brazil’s electoral drama gets more bizarre
September 13, 2018After a far-right candidate is stabbed, his VP running mate threatens to bring out the military. Meanwhile, with Lula in jail, the left has to bring in a substitute candidate of its own.
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Portuguese Communists chart a ‘patriotic politics of the left’
September 11, 2018Portugal stood up to capitalist austerity—and won.
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