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Far-Right Surge Shakes Up European Parliament Elections
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 9:32 am | Globetrotter
According to preliminary results, combined, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and Identity and Democracy (ID) groups secured only four fewer seats than the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the second-largest group ... More >>
Migrating Workers Provide Wealth For The World
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 6:27 am | Globetrotter
“The money they send home,” the IOM report notes, “increased by a staggering 650 [percent] during the period from 2000 to 2022, rising from $128 billion to $831 billion.” More >>
Global People’s Health Movement Calls For A New International Economic, Political, And Social Order
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 6:12 am | Globetrotter
At a recent global gathering, hundreds of health activists committed to uniting the health movement with other progressive social movements. Their aim is to form a broad coalition for radical change to counter the crises of capitalism and imperialism. More >>
WHA77 Sees Heated Debate Over Gaza Health Amid Ongoing Attacks
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 5:47 am | Globetrotter
Every year, the World Health Assembly (WHA) discusses health conditions in Palestine, usually leading to a statement urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to continue monitoring and supporting the health system. This year, discussions are even more ... More >>
Starmer’s Labour Purges Left-Wing Members Ahead Of Election
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 5:43 am | Globetrotter
After ousting former party leader Jeremy Corbyn and preventing him from running in his long-held constituency on a Labour ticket, Keir Starmer and other Labour Party leaders have begun to target other members. More >>
Tens Of Thousands To Surround White House On June 8 In Protest Of Rafah Invasion
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 5:38 am | Globetrotter
The mass demonstration has been called by a diverse range of Palestinian diaspora and anti-imperialist groups. These include the Palestinian Youth Movement, National Students for Justice in Palestine, the People’s Forum, and Al-Awda: The Palestine ... More >>
Claudia Sheinbaum Is The Next President Of Mexico
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 5:34 am | Globetrotter
With between 58.3 percent and 60.7 percent of votes (the highest percentage in the history of Mexican democracy), Sheinbaum defeated Xóchitl Gálvez Ruíz who was the candidate of the right-wing Force and Heart for Mexico coalition of PRI-PAN-PRD. More >>
One Minority Movement’s Inspiring Call For Equality In Sri Lanka
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 5:30 am | Globetrotter
To ensure a change and to end the wrongs perpetuated against them, the Malaiyaha Tamils will have to continue to push their demands for a better future, just as they did with the March in 2023. More >>
China Launches Large Military Exercises Around Taiwan, Calls It A Warning Against Separatists
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 6:11 pm | Globetrotter
Chinese Armed Forces and the nation’s Coast Guard launched a massive two-day military exercise surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean. The government claimed the exercise is a warning against separatist elements in Taiwan and their ... More >>
Israel Subverts All International Laws And Rulings In Its Attack Against Rafah
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 6:03 pm | Globetrotter
At least 45 people, mostly women and children, were killed and scores of others were injured when Israel bombed a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah late in the evening on May 26. More >>
Israeli Attacks Force Shut Down One Of Last Remaining Hospitals In Rafah
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 5:53 pm | Globetrotter
A day after the Israeli bombing of a tent shelter which killed over 45 Palestinians and injured several others, Israel conducted repeated attacks against one of the two remaining hospitals in Rafah, Kuwaiti Hospital, forcing it to shut down. More >>
At Western Sahara: Visiting A Forgotten People
Friday, 24 May 2024, 6:20 pm | Globetrotter
South of the Algerian town of Tindouf on the border with Western Sahara are five refugee camps. The camps are home to the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara and are administered by their freedom movement Polisario, which is fighting to liberate their ... More >>
War Cuts The Heart Out Of Humankind
Friday, 24 May 2024, 6:14 pm | Globetrotter
“No one in our neighborhood has been untouched by the violence. We are a society that has been traumatized.” More >>
Confrontations Continue Over Planned Voting Rules Change In New Caledonia
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 10:04 am | Globetrotter
Six people were killed last week in New Caledonia following widespread unrest triggered by changes to voting rules approved by French lawmakers. The changes would allow individuals who moved to the island after 1998 to vote in provincial elections. More >>
Palestinian And Anti-imperialist Organizations To Host People’s Conference For Palestine In Detroit
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 9:49 am | Globetrotter
From May 24 to 26, 14 convening organizations and over 300 endorsing organizations—including Palestinian organizations that have been leading the mass movement for Palestine in North America—will convene in Detroit, Michigan, for The People’s Conference ... More >>
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Dies In Helicopter Crash, Leaving Behind A Polarizing Legacy
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 5:31 pm | Globetrotter
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash prompts Vice President Mohammad Mokhber to lead, ushering Iran into a period of uncertainty. More >>
The United States Assembles The Squad Against China
Friday, 17 May 2024, 7:10 pm | Globetrotter
Since its “pivot to Asia,” the United States has sought to provoke China. More >>
The State Of Israel’s Genocide In Gaza
Friday, 17 May 2024, 5:26 am | Globetrotter
The Palestinian people are preparing the evacuated cities, such as Khan Younis and other parts of the North, for the return of their people. The occupation has started assassinating the organizers of the emergency committees. More >>
University Of California Workers Could Launch Strike To Reject Repression Of Student Protests
Friday, 17 May 2024, 5:23 am | Globetrotter
From May 13 to May 15, members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4811 will be holding a strike authorization vote for a potential strike in response to the University of California’s crackdown on peaceful pro-Palestine student protesters. More >>
India’s BJP Defends The Super Rich By Giving Wealth Redistribution Policy A Sectarian Color During General Elections
Friday, 17 May 2024, 5:11 am | Globetrotter
During election speeches, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that Congress is planning to take wealth away from the people of the religious majority community (Hindus) to give it to minority Muslims. He said the latter are “infiltrators and produce ... More >>
