This blog is now closed. Read our main report here: Police use water cannon against rioters in Northern IrelandHadi Alodid refused legal representation and made no reply to charges which were put put to him through an Arabic interpreter as he appeared in court charged with attempted murder following the Belfast knife attack, the Press Association reports.The 30-year-old, with an…Read More

Friends.Either he knows he’s lying — in order to further undermine confidence in our elections and as a prelude to attacking the outcome of the midterms — in which case he needs to be impeached and convicted.Or he doesn’t know he’s lying — he really believes that our election system is “crooked” and that the major media are “crooked” —…Read More

Since 2023, Dr. Burnett Kwadwo Gallman has been teaching Afrikan history to Modjeska Simkins School students during its spring session. This year, for the first time, the school is opening his lecture series to the general public. The seven-part series … Continue reading → Source link www.scpronet.comRead More

Cubans have lived through decades of U.S.-imposed deprivation. People in the U.S. now experiencing it themselves could learn from the resilience of their neighbors. Source link www.nationofchange.org Cubans have endured decades of deprivation under U.S. sanctions, showcasing remarkable resilience in the face of adversity. As people in the U.S. begin to experience similar challenges, they can draw valuable lessons from…Read More

Anti-immigrant violence erupts in Belfast following a horrific knife attack. Plus: The US launches multiple strikes on Iran in response to the downing of an Apache helicopter, and we speak to the mother of a Palestine Action activist, who was herself held in solitary confinement for five days. With Steven Methven, Aaron Bastani, Amanda Ferguson & Emma Kamio. Source link…Read More

Friends,I’ve been watching JD Vance as carefully as anyone can track a snake in the grass, which is to say, with some difficulty. He has seemed uncomfortable with Trump’s grandiose foreign ambitions, especially Trump’s failed war in Iran, but I’ve seen no evidence that JD has spoken out against any of it even inside Trump’s ego-echo chamber. Vance hasn’t carved…Read More

An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration. Source link www.nationofchange.org An obscure Texas firm, secretly linked to President Biden’s son, reportedly received over $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries.…Read More

For the pro-democracy crowd, the arrival of June each year brings a palpable sense of dread. We are keenly aware that it marks the end of the U.S. Supreme Court’s annual term, when the most controversial decisions are handed down. And each year, we are left to anticipate how exactly our oligarchs in black robes […] The post The Dawn…Read More

Pete Hegseth is not a coherent thinker. This was demonstrated yet again on the D-Day anniversary event in France, where the defense secretary gave a speech that was supposed to be anti-Nazi but ended up employing a metaphor that made the Nazis sound like the victims in WWII. Hegseth claims he wants military promotions based on merit, but has systematically…Read More