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France’s Covid freight ban ‘will have devastating effect’ on UK supplies
France’s decision to block lorries arriving from the UK for 48 hours in response to the emergence of a new strain of Covid-19 will have a “devastating effect” on the supply of food and other consumer goods to Britain, industry representatives have w ...[Read more]
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How Leftist Infighting Gave Us the Nazis
In the wake of Nancy Pelosi’s re-election as speaker of the House American progressives have once again begun to throw their stones at each other, with even such progressive figures as Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being maligned for perceived ...[Read more]
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Indigenous-Led Movement Credited With ‘Huge Victory’ as Biden Plans to Rescind Keystone XL Permit on Day One
"Our communities have been fighting KXL for over a decade, tooth and nail, in the dirt and in the courts." "A huge victory for Lakota and Indigenous front liners and Water Protectors. None of this would have been possible without their sacrifices," Nick E ...[Read more]
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Cuba’s COVID-19 Vaccines Serve the People, Not Profits
Cuba’s socialist approach to developing vaccines against COVID-19 differs strikingly from that of capitalist nations of the world. Cuba’s production of four vaccines is grounded in science and dedicated to saving the lives of all Cubans, and to intern ...[Read more]
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In the first six months of health care professionals replacing police officers, no one they encountered was arrested
Since June 1, 2020, a mental health clinician and a paramedic have traveled around the city in a white van handling low-level incidents, like trespassing and mental health episodes, that would have otherwise fallen to patrol officers with badges and guns. ...[Read more]
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Trump tapes ‘are going to be dynamite’: John Dean details how much trouble the ex-president is in
Former White House counsel for Richard Nixon, John Dean, explained to Anderson Cooper that the latest developments in Donald Trump's legal drama are damaging. ...[Read more]
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Poll Finds Majority of US Voters Back Green New Deal and Want Lawmakers to Co-Sponsor Resolution
The Data for Progress survey (pdf) found that 60% of likely U.S. voters back the Green New Deal (GND), with 83% of respondents identifying as Democrats, 57% of independents, and 36% of Republicans saying they support it. Fifty-seven percent of those surve ...[Read more]
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Over 80 House Democrats Urge Biden to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) organized over 80 House Democrats to sign a letter calling on President Joe Biden to expand Medicare in his administration’s upcoming American Families Plan. The lawmakers are asking Biden to lower the eligibility age ...[Read more]
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There’s Nothing Complicated About What’s Happening in Palestine
The mainstream media is habitually attached to diverting almost every conversation about the death of Palestinians toward Hamas and its rockets. On the morning of May 11, the head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK, Husam Zomlot, was on BBC Newsnight, e ...[Read more]
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Netanyahu’s fascist friends in Knesset helped him start the war he wanted
Ultra-racist Kahanists, partners of Netanyahu and now members of the Knesset, push their maximalist agenda – including ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. ...[Read more]
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I cant live on $709 a month: (Retired) Americans on social security push for its expansion
Reynolds is one of millions of Americans who are either senior, disabled or survivors of a deceased worker, and rely on social security benefits for the majority of their income, but the average benefit of just over $1,500 a month doesn’t provide enough ...[Read more]
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