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Portland: “Wall of Moms” Mobilizes to Protect Protests From Police Violence

Chanting, “Feds stay clear! Moms are here!,” groups of women congregated at the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse and other locations in Central Portland. They were met with tear gas, flashbangs, and pepper round bullets, injuring many.

Alan Macleod
Par Alan Macleod
Portland Protest Feature photo

Despite a widely-condemned federal crackdown, Portland’s anti-racist police brutality protests show no signs of abating. Last night a group of local moms dressed in white and yellow tried a new tactic; placing themselves between law enforcement and protesters in order to prevent more violence. Chanting, “Feds stay clear! Moms are here!,” groups of

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The Hopelessness Discourse: How Palestinian Pessimism Could Spark a Much-Needed Rebellion

Palestine’s biggest challenge is not the failure of the people to register as a factor in the liberation of their own land, but their quisling leadership’s inability to appreciate the immense potential of harnessing the energies of Palestinians everywhere to stage a focused and strategic, anti-colonial, liberation campaign. 

Ramzy Baroud
Par Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian Feature photo

In a recent TV discussion, a respected pro-Palestine journalist declared that if any positive change or transformation ever occurs in the tragic Palestinian saga, it would not happen now, but that it would take a whole new generation to bring about such a paradigm shift. As innocuous as the declaration may have seemed, it troubled me

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Mike Pompeo Delineates Atlanticist Playbook To Target China, Russia and Iran  

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a teleconference call at the Economic Club of New York, where he spoke to the choir about the next phase of American foreign policy.

Raul Diego
Par Raul Diego
Mike Pompeo Feature photo

Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down for a teleconference Q&A with Hudson Institute senior fellow, Marie-Josee Kravis at the Economic Club of New York; a think tank founded at the start of the 20th century, which broaches issues surrounding "social, economic and political questions." The organization is currently chaired by the

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State Department Credits Pandemic with IT Privatization

A revamped IT infrastructure at the State Department is almost complete — thanks to the global COVID-19 pandemic —  leaving some of the Executive branch’s most sensitive communications – and the potential ability to start a war – in the hands of the private sector.

Raul Diego
Par Raul Diego
Stuart McGuigan Feature photo

In a text-book application of former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel's infamous quote of never letting "a serious crisis go to waste," the State Department's Chief Information Officer (CIO), Stuart McGuigan, credits the COVID-19 pandemic with spurring the "modernizations" that are currently taking place in the IT infrastructure at the U.S. Bureau of

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Aid Groups Call for Worldwide COVID-19 Bailout Amid Fears of Mass Hunger

“As many as 12,000 people could die every day from COVID-linked hunger, which is more than those dying daily from the virus itself,” warns Oxfam America President Abby Maxman.

Alan Macleod
Par Alan Macleod
COVID-19 Hunger Feature photo

The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have already devastated the world. Over 14 million people have tested positive for the virus, and nearly 600,000 have died since it was first identified in December. And cases continue to rise: yesterday saw 248,998 people test positive – an all-time high. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros

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Saudi Coalition Attack on Yemen Wedding Party Leaves Over 30 Civilians Dead

United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths called for a transparent investigation into the attack, which comes just weeks after the UN took Saudi Arabia off its list of child killers.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
Par Ahmed Abdulkareem
Saudi airstrike Feature photo

AL-JAWF, YEMEN -- A wedding anywhere in the world is a happy occasion for couples and their families celebrating a new shared life, Yemen is no exception. Weddings traditionally include thousands of guests gathered in large halls or houses, but not since 2015, when the war began and the Saudi-led coalition began turning Yemen's weddings into

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