Canada Apologizes for Racist Incident 100 Years After Rejecting Komagata Maru Ship of 370 Immigrants; Occupied Canada: Indigenous & Black Lives Matter Activists Unite to Protest Violence & Neglect.

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Canada Apologizes for Racist Incident 100 Years After Rejecting Komagata Maru Ship of 370 Immigrants; Occupied Canada: Indigenous & Black Lives Matter Activists Unite to Protest Violence & Neglect.
Robert McChesney: Mainstream Corporate Media Covering 2016 Election Through Eyes of Clinton Campaign; Trump Vows to Sue New York Times in Latest Show of Disregard for Freedom of Press; Robert McChesney: Facebook’s Monopoly & Surveillance Antithetical to Free Press and a Free Society; In Obama’s Backyard, Father of 5 US-born Kids Seeks Sanctuary in Chicago … Continued
How Donald Trump Risks Trade War, Crosses Lines on Racism, Wreaks Havoc on U.S. Conservatism; Will 712 Democratic Officials Decide 2016 Election? Uncovering the Secret History of Superdelegates; Rekia Boyd’s Killer Resigns as Activists Call for End to “Reign of Terror” by Chicago Police.
Noam Chomsky on Syria Conflict: Cut Off the Flow of Arms & Stop Bombing to Stem the Atrocities; Chomsky: Saudi Arabia is the “Center of Radical Islamic Extremism” Now Spreading Among Sunni Muslims; Noam Chomsky: Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff “Impeached by a Gang of Thieves”; Chomsky: Today’s Republican Party is a Candidate for Most Dangerous … Continued
Noam Chomsky: Climate Change & Nuclear Proliferation Pose the Worst Threat Ever Faced by Humans; Chomsky on Trump’s Climate Denialism: He Wants Us to March Toward the Destruction of the Species; Chomsky: Hillary Clinton Fears BDS Because It Counters Decades of US Support for Israeli Aggression; Chomsky on Supporting Sanders & Why He Would Vote … Continued
With Rousseff Out, Brazil’s Interim President Installs Conservative All-White, All-Male Cabinet; Amid Ongoing Conflict in Syria, Activists Work to Keep Alive Revolutionary Spirit of 2011 Uprising; Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Speaks from Behind Bars: We Are Engaged in a Struggle for Our Lives.
Remembering Michael Ratner, Pioneering Lawyer Who Fought for Justice from Attica to Guantánamo; Julian Assange: Michael Ratner was a “Campaigner for Justice” from Guatemala to Palestine; Suing Dictators Around the World: A Look at How Michael Ratner Helped Reshape Human Rights Law.
Obama to Make History with Hiroshima Visit, as U.S. Quietly Upgrades Nuclear Arsenal; Trump Picks White Supremacist Leader as California Delegate, Then Blames Selection on Database Error; Tortured, Killed & Driven to Suicide: Whistleblower Exposes Abuse of Mentally Ill in Florida Prison.
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#StopTrump Protesters Lock Themselves to Ladders to Block Traffic Outside Trump Rally in Washington; Driscoll’s Workers Call for Global Boycott over Alleged Abuses at World’s Biggest Berry Distributor; “One of the Great Revolutionaries”: Daniel Berrigan Remembered as Hundreds Gather for Funeral.