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Here’s what the corporate-owned media won’t tell you about the arrests in Nicaragua
18 June 2021 @ 4:03 pm
Nicaragua has been under heavy fire from the corporate-owned media lately. The government of Daniel Ortega has arrested several opposition figures in the midst …
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By Peter Bolton
Osime Brown’s case is a reflection of the UK’s racist, ableist state and its institutions
18 June 2021 @ 3:46 pm
On 15 June, Osime Brown’s mother announced that the Home Office has dropped the deportation case against her 22-year-old autistic son. This is a …
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By Sophia Purdy-Moore
Over a thousand Tigrayans demonstrated at the G7 summit last weekend, here’s why
18 June 2021 @ 3:21 pm
On Saturday 12 June, over a thousand people from the Ethiopian state of Tigray protested in Falmouth outside the G7 media centre. We spoke …
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By Tom Anderson
Juneteenth becomes US national holiday to celebrate the end of slavery. But not everyone thinks it is enough.
18 June 2021 @ 3:08 pm
Known in the US as Juneteenth, 19 June will now be a nationwide holiday to celebrate the end of slavery. President Joe Biden signed …
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By Joe Glenton
A 14-day global campaign demands justice for victims of Bolivia coup
18 June 2021 @ 2:10 pm
On 10 November 2019, the democratically elected government of Evo Morales in Bolivia was overthrown by a US-government supported military coup. The coup regime, …
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By Pablo Navarrete
Civil liberties group takes aim at the secret dossiers internet firms keep on all of us
18 June 2021 @ 12:12 pm
Civil liberties activists will sue global advertisers and social media giants who keep secret dossiers of our private information. The Irish Council For Civil …
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By Joe Glenton
Arlene Foster’s ex-adviser says Edwin Poots made ‘monumental mistakes’
18 June 2021 @ 7:20 am
Mr Poots resigned as leader of the DUP amid party anger at a UK Government pledge to grant Sinn Fein concessions on Irish language laws.
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Apology does not help rape victims whose cases were dropped, commissioner warns
18 June 2021 @ 6:38 am
The Government’s apology over its dire rape conviction record will not comfort those people whose cases have been dropped, the Victims’ Commissioner for England …
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By The Canary
Police in UK schools will only serve to criminalise vulnerable pupils
17 June 2021 @ 3:17 pm
Kids of Colour and the Northern Police Monitoring Project (NPMP) have launched a petition calling on the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to halt …
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By Sophia Purdy-Moore
MOD to blow £36m on small boats to look after the big boats
17 June 2021 @ 1:30 pm
G7The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is spending £36m on small patrol boats to defend navy ships. 18 new police patrol craft will start coming …
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By Joe Glenton