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The Real Christopher Columbus
There was no heroic adventure in Columbus’ expedition to the Americas, only bloodshed. Columbus Day should not be a celebration.
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Protest Works! Turkish Political Prisoner Is Freed on Bail
Shining a light on the case of Cihan Erdal, a trade union, peace and LGBTI+ campaigner, who faces trumped-up charges in one of Turkey’s biggest mass trials.
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US Intervention and Capitalism Have Created a Monster in Honduras
The US government has fully backed the repression unleashed by Hernández led Honduran government on its people, including providing training, supplies, and funding for Honduras’s police and military – as Hernandez has allowed US corporations to freely enter and plunder the country.
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Abandoning Yemen?
For four years, actions of the Saudi-led coalition waging war against Yemen had been examined and reported on by the UN Group of Experts. Now, under intense lobbying by Saudi Arabia and its allies, the Group is being closed down.
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Bayer Loses Plot As Mexican Government Enforces Ban on GMO Imports
Mexico, the birthplace of modern corn, is no longer a welcome place for GMO corn – thanks to a presidential decree issued on December 31 that phases out the use of the “probably” carcinogenic herbicide glyphosate and bans the cultivation and importation of genetically modified (GM) corn.
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Roots and Resistance: The Bartolina Sisa Women’s Movement in Bolivia
The work of this Bolivian women’s group illustrates the long arc of Indigenous resistance to colonialism.
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When Will Britain Face Up to its Crimes Against Humanity?
After the abolition of slavery, Britain paid millions in compensation – but every penny of it went to slave owners, and nothing to those they enslaved. We must stop overlooking the brutality of British history.
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In Defence of the Westminster Three
In June 2021, three activists were charged with criminal trespass before a London court. They had peacefully climbed up the scaffolding of the UK Houses of Parliament to hang a ten-metre tall letter – calling for honest acknowledgement of the harm and human cost of slavery and colonialism. You can arrest activists, but you cannot arrest the truth.
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Sedition Law: an Imperial Legacy, and a Weapon of Intimidation and Subjugation by the Regime
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the author relies on Mahatma Gandhi’s defence during his 1992 sedition trial to make a case for the abrogation of the colonial-era law, as well as similar other laws that are used to stifle citizens’ democratic rights.
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How Facebook Algorithms Promote Hate and Toxic Content
Internal Facebook documents made public by whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former employee, show that the leadership of Facebook repeatedly prioritised profit over social good. Facebook’s algorithms polarised society, promoted hate and fake news because it drove up “engagement” on its platforms.
