Over the past four decades, Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement has taken control of millions of hectares of land, forming the largest social movement in Latin America, writes Vijay Prashad.
Will the Morning Come?
Month: July 2022
Britain Helped US Cover Up Downing of Iranian Airliner
In 1988, a U.S. Navy warship shot down an Iranian airliner, killing all 290 civilians on board. Newly declassified files show how Margaret Thatcher’s government offered immediate support to the U.S. and assisted in the cover-up, John McEvoy reports.
Ukraine Uses Russian Invasion to Wreck Workers’ Rights
Two new radical measures are prompting fears of Ukrainians losing workplace rights permanently as the war puts huge pressure on the country’s economy, Thomas Rowley and Serhiy Guz report.
Buying Mexican Blood
In a lawsuit, global pharmaceutical companies acknowledged for the first time the extent to which Mexicans visiting the U.S. on short-term visas contribute to the world’s supply of blood plasma, Stefanie Dodt reports.
Getting Stiffed on Health Care — Again
Provisions passed by the House last year that subjected insulin products to Medicare price negotiation and capped Medicare insulin copays at $35 per month have been left out of the latest draft of the bill.
The British Coup That Wasn’t Quite?
Allegations about efforts within the U.K. establishment to bring down Britain’s Labour government in the 1960s and 70s have resurfaced with a file released on Tuesday by the National Archives, Richard Norton-Taylor reports.
Staying Out of a New Trade Cold War
With big powers clashing over trade policies, Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury say developing countries should remain “non-aligned.”
Excessive Wealth Disorder in the US
Sam Pizzigati welcomes a national “Tax the Ultra-Rich Now” campaign that aims to to challenge profound inequality in the U.S.
Inside Australia’s Assange Game Plan
Kellie Tranter reports on the Labor government’s secret planning to act on the WikiLeaks‘ founder’s case without offending the U.S.
Palestinians Face Forced Expulsions as Biden Pledges Allegiance to Israel
During his visit, the U.S. president ignored the exclusion of the Palestinian people from Israel’s “democracy,” writes Marjorie Cohn.