On Monday 9 August speakers from Cuba, Bolivia and Britain will discuss recent events on the island: the misreporting, the role of US economic warfare and funding in fuelling unrest, and the urgent need for aid, solidarity and an international campaign against US intervention. An economic crisis caused by […]
Human Rights
Cyber surveillance, a dangerous industry
The vast scale of violations perpetrated through secretive cyber surveillance has exposed a global human rights crisis, Amnesty International warned, in a new briefing published following the revelations of the Pegasus Project investigation. The briefing, uncovering the iceberg: the digital surveillance crisis wrought by states and the private sector, […]
The climate cliff: the emergency is now
In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that, to stave off an irreversible climate catastrophe, we had only until 2030 to cut global emissions of carbon dioxide by around 40%. Kira Nash In 2020, the leader of the year-long MOSAiC expedition to the Arctic said that […]
Cecile Allegra (II): Rape them all
When you rape the men, you eliminate the political class. What is happening in Libya is probably one of the worst Crimes against Humanity since WW2. Activists based in Tunis collect witness accounts from survivors of torture, and make a risky journey into Libya, accompanied by Celine Bardet an international lawyer, who worked on mass rape in Bosnia.
Our time is now: sex, race, class
Selma James, who launched the International Wages for Housework Campaign (WFH) in 1972, will be 91 this August. She was recently honoured with the Sheila McKechnie Long-term Achievement Award. WFH will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in March 2022. Global Women’s Strike For over sixty years, Selma James […]