TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
“[The U.K.] should be focusing on trying to stop this terrible conflict, not assisting the Saudi government. British companies should be very cautious indeed in what they are supporting. Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and getting worse by the day.” – Anna Macdonald, director of a global arms-control organization LONDON — A powerful U.K.-based Read More…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/31/18). One side of the false two-party dichotomy relentlessly, and with only threadbare evidence Read More…
UPDATED: Israeli forces have violently boarded a ship, being followed by Consortium News, that was headed to Gaza bringing humanitarian aid. A survivor of the USS Liberty is now in Israeli custody. Israeli soldiers in international waters boarded the Al Awda ship headed to Gaza to deliver relief supplies on Sunday, detaining everyone on board, including a Read More…
Israel sentenced Palestinian writer and poet Dareen Tatour to five months in prison on Tuesday after convicting her of “inciting violence” over a poem she posted on social media that prosecutors claimed urged violence against the occupation. Nazareth magistrates’ court in May found Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, guilty over the poem “Resist, My Read More…
The United States government has never allowed independent governments in Latin America. Every time people elect a government that represents them instead of US economic interests, Washington overthrows the elected government. Marine General Smedley Butler told us this as have many others. There is no doubt about it. Currently Washington is trying to overthrow the governments of Read More…
Despite its new leadership position, Palestine’s bid for statehood at the UN still faces significant hurdles, and its new position will not change Palestine’s status as a UN “permanent observer,” which prevents Palestine from voting in the General Assembly. NEW YORK — The Group of 77, a bloc of developing nations at the UN, has chosen Palestine’s delegation Read More…