Western Media’s Islamophobic Rhetoric
Commentary, by Andrew Mitrovica Israel has waged war on Palestinians for decades. That fact may come, I suspect, as a surprise to many people whose grasp of the world is shaped by their exclusive consumption…
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Fear In Newsrooms Silences Pro-Palestine Voices
Commentary by Rami G Khouri The Palestinian-Israeli conflict that now enters its second century is fought on two parallel battlefields. The first comprises the violence on the ground which has reached new heights in recent…
US Asks Qatar to Censor Al Jazeera News
By Robert Tait The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has reportedly asked Qatar to moderate Al Jazeera’s coverage of Israel’s war against Hamas, amid concerns within the Biden administration that the channel is inflaming…
The Climate March: Magnificent and Misdirected
By Ellen Isaacs At least 75,000 marched in New York City on September 17, quite impressive, inspiring to be a part of. As compared to previous marches, last seen pre-Covid, there were more people of…
Colombian Indigenous March
Indigenous and social organizations march against violence in Bogotá by Peoples Dispatch Over 15,000 Indigenous people from 10 departments of Colombia arrived in the capital Bogotá between September 25 and 27 to draw the national…
How Loan Sharks Killed Microfinance
An interview with Mohammad Yunus Interview by Marco Werman We wanted to learn more about why, despite early optimism, microfinance, these micro-loans, failed to lift so many people out of poverty in places like Cambodia….
Haiti Isn’t Asking for US Intervention
By Jane Regan EDITOR’S NOTE: on October 2nd, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 2699 authorizing a security mission to Haiti. Military intervention into Haiti is in the air again. And the East Coast establishment…
Building Cross-Border Solidarity
Mexican journalist José Luis Granados Ceja visits the Triangle By Sharmîn Aziz On October 21st and 22nd, José Luis Granados Ceja visited Durham and Raleigh as part of the “Mexico Solidarity Tour.” José Luis lives…
Homeless in Portland
Camping bans are cruel and inhumane Commentary by Kaia Sand Imagine you have to carry everything you own — bedding, the food you’ve secured for the time being, your clothes. You’ve lost so much, but…
A Lack of Supply Isn’t Causing Our Housing Crisis
Commentary by Fran Quigley A few weeks ago, I drove through my hometown of Indianapolis to a court session which had nearly 200 eviction cases set on the docket. On the way, I passed multiple…