• US anti-war activist Joe Allen to give talk on crisis of American politics and war in Gaza

    In a meeting organised by People Before Profit, the activist and author will deliver his talk at 7pm in St Columb’s Hall. Allen is the author of several books on US politics, foreign policy and Labour relations. These include, Vietnam the Last War the US lost, and his most recent book on the struggle for Trade Union rights within United Parcel Service. Allen has been active in radical politics for over four decades. Speaking ahead of the event on Wednesday evening in Derry, a spokesperson for...

  • We own a Chinese restaurant – now we’re at war with the council

    A CHINESE restaurant that painted parts of their building for good luck was ordered to return it to the original colours. The Casserole Wang on Edinburgh’s historic Candlemaker Row altered th

  • Why Congress keeps hurting Americans to fund endless wars

    The Senate’s newly passed $95 billion package does next to nothing for Americans and does much more to fund endless war — especially with the billions in the package going toward Ukraine. “It does not secure our border; it goes in and takes more money and straps your children and your grandchildren with another $95 billion. It gives money to Taiwan, which hacks off the Chinese,” Glenn Beck explains. However, the blame can’t be laid entirely at the feet of the Democrats. Republicans are...

  • Review: ‘Civil War’ asks viewers what kind of American they are

    British filmmaker Alex Garland has returned to A24 with his newest film “Civil War.” Though the title suggests otherwise, the film is less about politics and more a critique of how Americans can’t sustain democracy or civility. The film begins with an internal war in America where the fictitious Western Forces — California and Texas This story Review: ‘Civil War’ asks viewers what kind of American they are appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • American journalist now held in Russia six months

    Alsu Kurmasheva, an American reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has been held in Russia for six months for her journalism. Why hasn’t the U.S. Department of State designated her as wrongfully detained? Deník N/Ludvík Hradilek, courtesy of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Six months ago today, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist and American citizen Alsu Kurmasheva was detained in Russia. Like Wall Street Journal reporter...

  • Countering President Biden's unprecedented war on American energy

    Since Day One in the White House, President Biden has consistently made policy decisions based on the views of the extreme climate lobby -- disregarding their impact on everyday Americans.

  • Earth Day Poll: ‘Climate Change’ Last Priority for Americans

    Global warming, now dubbed "climate change," which covers both the cooling and warming of the globe, is tied for Americans' last priority.

  • American cows now have bird flu, too – but it’s time for planning, not panic

    This is not a repeat of the Covid pandemic. Yet global governments should follow the US and prepare a responseAvian flu, or H5N1, is making headlines in the United States. The past few years have seen concerning signs of it spreading across the world – whether in chickens in Britain, sea lions in Peru, or Caspian seals in Russia. This time, it is has been confirmed in American cows, and the World Health Organization has warned that the risk of it spreading to humans is of “enormous...

  • The Anglo-American War on Russia – Part Fifteen (Russia Defeats NATO)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGKMwLb3OgE Russia has won the war in Ukraine, but is in no hurry to end it as much of its army remains in reserve. It enjoys the friction in NATO whose members suffer from the resulting high energy costs and mass Ukrainian immigration. Russia prefers to slowly destroy Ukraine’s army in the open farmland of

  • It began at Columbia. Now students nationwide are upping their Gaza war protests

    Robert Kraft, who owns the New England Patriots football team and funded the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life across from Columbia's campus, said he was suspending donations to the university.

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    Ecuadorians head to polls for referendum as Noboa seeks backing for war on crime

    More than 13 million Ecuadorians are expected to head to the polls Sunday for a referendum dominated by security issues, in a vote that could shape the political future of President Daniel Noboa and his tough-on-crime agenda. Noboa, the son of a banana tycoon, swept into office last November as the youngest president in Ecuador’s history on the back of a promise to rein in the rampant crime that has transformed the once tranquil country into one plagued by violence and turf wars between drug...

  • Poll: Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders likely to believe in climate change

    Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are more likely than the overall adult population to believe in human-caused climate change, according to a new poll. It also suggests that partisanship may not have as much of an impact on this group’s environmental views, compared to Americans overall.