鈥淭he United States has almost 1000 military bases around the world, covering every continent, every ocean,鈥 filmmaker John聽Pilger聽says. 鈥淐hina has one!鈥澛
He points out: 鈥淭he US Pacific Command in Hawaii claims responsibility for 52% of the Earth鈥檚 surface.鈥
Members of the Argentine Metal Workers鈥 Union (UOM) marched to the Ministry of Labour in Buenos Aires on February 14 in protest of thousands of jobs cut from electronics manufacturing companies.
The cuts came after a government decision to eliminate a 35% tax on computer imports.
Protesters gathered in front of the National Congress of Argentina before marching to the offices of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, with many banging drums and waving flags.
Other unions also took part in the demonstration.
A strike at Chile's Escondida copper mine, the world鈥檚 largest, entered its fifth day on February 13 with few signs of speedy resolution as workers threaten to stop production for up to two months.
Workers began a strike at the Australian-run BHP Billiton mine on February 9 to put pressure on the company after failing to reach an agreement in wage negotiations.
The union said its 2500 members are committed to action and threatened a two-month work stoppage, leading BHP to admit that it will not be able to meet its contractual obligations.
Palestinian journalist聽听丑补蝉听聽a new hunger strike in protest of how Israel has once again detained him without charge or trial.
The slogan聽鈥淲e Want to Welcome Them鈥 rang in the streets as up to half a million people demonstrated in Barcelona on February 18 to demand their government accept more refugees. It came after Spain accepted just 1000 of the 17,000 it had promised.
"It is very important that in a Europe of uncertainty where xenophobia is on the rise for Barcelona to be a capital of hope," said Barcelona's聽 mayor Ada Colau, who took part.聽
The resistance is taking many forms in the United States, ,聽with some constituents聽聽to demand accountability and others taking to the streets to protest the Trump administration and its draconian policies.聽
at Planned Parenthood clinics throughout the United States on February 11, pro-choice activists beat them at their own game: the organisation's supporters outnumbered those calling for it to be defunded.
Throughout the country, the counter-demonstrations featured larger crowds than the anti-Planned Parenthood ones.
Despite global financial crises that have rocked the small South American nation in recent years, Ecuador has managed to achieve landmark social and economic progress in the past decade under the left-wing government of President Rafael Correa, according to a new report from the Centre for Economic and Policy Research.
Venezuela鈥檚 Foreign Ministry issued a statement on February 14 denouncing a move by the Trump administration to sanction Venezuelan Vice-President Tarek El Aissami over drug trafficking allegations.
On February 13, the Treasury Department froze all of El Aissami鈥檚 alleged assets in the US under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. This makes Venezuela鈥檚 vice-president the top-ranking official of any country to be sanctioned in this way.
Somewhere along the way, many vulnerable children in state care turn to crime. How this happens and what can be done about it are two of the most important crime-prevention questions facing society.
Evidence indicates that, if the is not acknowledged and addressed, today鈥檚 vulnerable kids will become tomorrow鈥檚 criminals.
"McDonald's workers clearly aren't lovin' Trump's immigration policies,"聽聽"On Thursday, McDonald's restaurants across the United States, along with a聽, closed their doors as part of a nationwide '
鈥淭rump鈥檚 America,鈥 wrote a leading African American journalist, Charles Blow in the New York Times, January 30, 鈥渋s not America: not today鈥檚 or tomorrow鈥檚, but yesterday鈥檚.
鈥淭rump鈥檚 America is brutal, perverse, regressive, insular and afraid. There is no hope in it; there is no light in it. It is a vast expanse of darkness and desolation.鈥
There is a lot of disgust toward Trump and his white nationalist strategist Steve Bannon, former executive chairman of Breitbart News, a leading promoter of conspiracy theories and white supremacists.