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The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the shortcomings of the capitalist and institutionally racist systems that govern our world, but its precedence in the media has drawn attention away from human rights abuses that continue to take place. Worse still, the global lockdowns caused by the public health crisis have been relentlessly exploited by various […] More
Robert O’Brien condemned for deflecting blame on to briefer Trump under pressure to explain why he did not act on report Play Video 0:41 Donald Trump calls allegations of Russian bounty on US soldiers ‘a hoax’ – video The US national security adviser said a CIA official tasked with briefing the president decided not to […] More
Trump faces demand for answers over his relationship with Putin Covid-19 outbreaks at meat-processing plants in US being kept quiet Los Angeles sheriff’s department faces reckoning after police shooting Virginia joins states banning hair discrimination Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Trump has described the ‘Russian bounty’ story as a hoax in […] More
The verdict is in. Contrary to what some have maintained, what COVID-19 has provoked is not just another recession in the eternally recurring cycles of capitalism. Not even a Great Recession, like the one the world began wading through 12 years ago. This time, it is clearly our second Great Depression. And, who knows, it […] More
No other country will be able to buy remdesivir, which can help recovery from Covid-19, for next three months at least Coronavirus – latest US updates Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Remdesivir is patented by California-based Gilead. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters The US has bought up virtually all the stocks for the […] More
Frankly, with all the bad actors in blue uniforms on the public stage in America at the moment, this old white guy would think twice about calling the police. Which warrior would show up, and how prepared would that warrior really be to address the problem I am having with my neighbor? With this in mind, […] More
The Black Lives Matter movement has been sweeping advanced liberal democracies, from the United States to Western Europe, impacting even those countries, such as Switzerland, comparatively marginally involved in the slave trade. Black Lives Matter confronts all of these societies with their historical role in the trafficking and exploitation of human beings, whose only “defect” […] More
Infectious disease expert says US ‘going in the wrong direction’ ‘I’m very concerned. I’m not satisfied with what’s going on’ Play Video 1:51 ‘We are not in total control’: Fauci issues stark coronavirus warning – video Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has said the country could see 100,000 new coronavirus cases […] More
