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International Women’s Day, March 8, Nigerian Women Fight Back
On March 8 each year, there is certainly no shortage of outrages that have been perpetrated against women over the course of another year of violence, human rights abuses and oppression
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Marcha del Retorno en Gaza (2018): informe de Naciones Unidas califica duramente exacciones cometidas por Israel contra civiles palestinos
El pasado 28 de febrero, se divulgó en Ginebra por parte de Naciones Unidas un informe preliminar titulado “Report of the independent international commission of inquiry on the protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”
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John Pilger: The war on Venezuela is built on lies
It is too difficult to report the blocking of Venezuela’s access to the US-dominated international financial system as sabotage. It is too difficult to report Washington’s “sanctions” against Venezuela
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“Free at last, Free at last”Turkey releases political prisoner, Zehra Doğan
Zehra Doğan was first detained on 21 July 2016 and eventually jailed on June 12, 2017
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The Democratic Nation Paradigm
This text was translated from subtitles of a Youtube video in Arabic that has since been deleted, on 27 October 2016
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Ireland: “Cute Hoors” Homeless wasters playing their cards right?
“…the best way to solve homelessness in Dublin would be to provide no beds.” Owen Keegan, Dublin City Council’s Chief Executive
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Understanding Turkish Expansionism: Impose a No Fly Zone!
Turkey has been occupying Cyprus, parts of Syria and Iraq and has continued to violate the air space of its neighbors.
Turkey is killing Kurdish civilians on an almost daily basis
AN URGENT APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Abdullah Öcalan’s unlawful and inhumane isolation must be ended immediately
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Costa Rica rechaza actuación de representantes diplomáticos designados por Juan Guaidó
Costa Rica expresó formalmente su profundo malestar por la forma con la que representantes designados por el autoproclamado “Presidente encargado de Venezuela” Juan Guaidó se introdujeron en la sede diplomática de Venezuela
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Time to “Stop the War on Children”
World leaders talk. Children (and civilians) die. What’s new?
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El Gobierno español adelanta elecciones en medio de una intensa crisis política
El Gobierno español ha anunciado el adelanto de las elecciones legislativas para el 28 de abril. La decisión es consecuencia directa del fracaso del diálogo con el Gobierno autonómico catalán
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Turkey’s Erdogan facing resistance to his dictatorial rule
“Democracy is like a tram; you get off when you have reached your destination.” The comment by Recep Tayyip Erdogan – made more than 20 years ago when he was first elected mayor of Istanbul – sums up the Machiavellian cynicism of Turkey’s authoritarian president
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La Unión Europea publica listado de países señalados como de “alto riesgo” en el blanquéo de capitales y financiación del terrorismo
La Comisario de Justicia de la Comisión Europea, la checa Vera Jourová, hizo público el listado de de la UE de los países considerados de “alto riesgo” por su participación en el blanquéo de capitales y financiación del terrorismo
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Turkish Police likely killers of Tahir Elçi
Tahir Elçi, the Kurdish human rights lawyer, was shot dead in Diyarbakır, in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast (Northern Kurdistan), on November 28, 2015, while holding a press conference calling for peace in the region
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10 films to inspire activists – recommended by Global Witness
Films have the power to inspire action, shed light on hidden stories and even change the world for the better
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Declaración del Grupo de Contacto Internacional (GCI) sobre Venezuela
Este 7 de febrero, el denominado “Grupo de Contacto Internacional (GCI)” adoptó una primera declaración sobre Venezuela
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“Your Struggle is Mine”: Revolutionary Letters to Leyla Güven
On February 11, HDP MP Leyla Güven, was on the 96th day of her hunger strike protesting against the isolation of the PKK’s (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan
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Un informe destaca que la banca ética rinde el triple que la tradicional
Un informe presentado ante el Parlamento Europeo, por el Grupo Banca Etica, hace una comparación de 15 bancos tradicionales del viejo continente, considerados “de relevancia sistémica”por su tamaño, con los 23 bancos éticos y sostenibles existentes en Europa. A diferencia
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The revolution that could have changed world history
Chris Harman’s The Lost Revolution remains the single best introductory book in English on the German Revolution of 1918–1923.
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A specter is haunting Donald Trump—the specter of socialism
Judging by the red-baiting jabs that President Donald Trump included in his 2019 State of the Union address, it seems that the elites who dominate today’s economic and political system are also starting to feel some pressure from below
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