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Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Gives President’s George III-like Power

CounterPunch 

If you hadn’t read the news in four years — or just arrived from another galaxy — the Supreme Court’s de facto grant of immunity to Donald Trump for his alleged federal crimes might sound almost reasonable. There are “unique risks,” six right-wing justices warned, that if a president were required to answer criminal charges, his energies would be More

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Extreme Inequality is a Threat to Free Speech

CounterPunch 

I was a student in the late 2000s when I had my first brush with “cancel culture.” A campus group had invited Nick Griffin — a racist Holocaust denier and leader of a fascist British political party, among other charming things — to speak. Many shocked students, including me, called Griffin’s views vile and warned More

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How Science Fiction Can Inspire Climate Activism

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Climate change is, by far, the biggest story of our era, an existential threat that has already profoundly affected life on Earth and promises to change it even more radically over the next few centuries. As our most pressing problem, it has inspired numerous non-fiction texts—news articles, science journalism, documentaries, academic monographs, and pop-science books More

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Annuva Homes Limited Announces the Launch of New E-Mart with Available Shop Spaces on Orchid Road, Lekki, Lagos

The Punch 

Annuva Homes Limited is proud to introduce one of its state-of-the-art malls, the E-Mart located in the bustling heart of Lekki at Orchid Road, Lagos. This innovative shopping complex offers a unique opportunity for retail entrepreneurs and business owners to invest in their future with rent-to-own shop spaces in one of the fastest-growing commercial areas

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Stolen Land, Stolen Lives: Israel’s War on Palestine

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Israeli Zionists have always lusted after Palestine, but loathed its people.  Today is no exception. Ever since the birth of organized Zionism in 1897, its adherents have been bent on establishing a Jewish majority on a land not theirs and populated with a Palestinian Arab majority. Following the prison break of the Islamic Resistance Movement, More

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Elegant styled shoot on a lake in Greece with modern pops of color

Paper Blog 

When you take a look this styled shoot at Lake Vouliagmeni in Greece, you will quickly realize that this team of wedding pros are delivering jaw-dropping results! Penny Zachou Special Events planned and styled this epic setting with the most impressive flower designs from Lazaros Flowers! From ...

Refusing the Language of Silence: Palestinian Resistance Goes Digital

CounterPunch 

It’s an increasingly familiar contradiction: digital platforms that position themselves as an accessible alternative to corporate media emerge as new censors in their own right. Social media and the internet make it possible to disseminate material that would otherwise have been suppressed, thereby helping to bring alternative conversations to the fore of mainstream awareness. And More

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French European Soccer Nationalism Transcends Xenophobia, at Least for the Moment

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Impressive far-right anti-immigration electoral gains caused French President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the French National Assembly and call for snap legislative elections. But on the soccer pitch, all right-wing talk of “invading hordes” disappeared as French fans cheered on their national team led by players of foreign origin in the quadrennial European soccer tournament. Successful More

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Labour loses four seats to pro-Palestinian candidates - The Guardian

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  1. Labour loses four seats to pro-Palestinian candidates  The Guardian
  2. Ashworth loses seat to pro-Palestine independent in shock defeat  The Telegraph
  3. Pro-Gaza candidates squeeze Labour vote in Muslim areas  BBC.com
  4. Gaza backlash unseats Labour frontbencher as Jeremy Corbyn beats party he once led  The Independent

The 1930s Business Plot Redux: This Time Success!

CounterPunch 

You may have heard about the rumblings that happened during the FDR New Deal era that came from the business oligarchs. They were not pleased with the notion of any federal relief to mitigate the ongoing depression misery in the United States during the 1930’s. Some things certainly never change. Anyway, the banker-friendly oligarch types More

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A Travesty, Still: Leonard Peltier Denied "Last Chance" Parole

Common Dreams 

On a day to celebrate our purported liberty and equality before the law - in a time when that precept is daily profaned - we grieve yet another bitter wrong: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has again been denied parole after almost 50 years in prison for a killing he very likely didn't commit. Peltier's harrowing saga, a testament to the historic abuses endured by America's native people, was and remains pure "retribution," says his lawyer: "It serves no purpose toward any idea of justice. Читать дальше...