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robm — 2018-05-31T14:40:00Z

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- IV520 - May 2018 / PDF

Italian crisis –Neither the European Union nor a racist national sovereignty

Dave Kellaway — 2018-05-31T07:31:17Z

The racist Salvini could not have asked for a better speech writer for his upcoming electoral soundbites than the Italian president, Matterella. The latter vetoed Salvini's choice of Savona, a Eurosceptic economist, for Minister of the Economy in the name of safeguarding Italy's place in the European union and its adherence to its strict rules on public spending. Already we are hearing what could be very effective electioneering from Salvini or Di Maio, his Five Star Movement (M5S) coalition partner – Who rules Italy: the people who voted a Lega/M5S majority or the bureaucrats and bankers in Brussels or those Germans? Everybody expects Matterella's new prime ministerial pick, Cottarelli, who led the austerity spending review in a previous government, to fail to win a confidence vote leading to early autumn elections.

- IV520 - May 2018 / Italy

No to Trump's, Netanyahu's, Bin Salman's Imperialist War Drive Against Iran. Support Progressive and Revolutionary Opposition to Iranian Regime

Frieda Afary' — 2018-05-30T15:54:26Z

Donald Trump's announcement on May 8 that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or Nuclear Agreement with Iran was not a surprise. However, the full range of its ominous ramifications not only for Iran, but also the Middle East region and the world remain to be seen.

- IV520 - May 2018 / United States (USA), Israel, Iran

Israel's 70-year history of ethnic cleansing

2018-05-29T10:30:05Z

Ethan Ackelsberg makes the case, using historical and contemporary evidence, that Israel is an apartheid society, existing in defiance of international law.

- IV520 - May 2018 / Palestine, Israel

Ni Una Menos Stares Down Conservative Reaction

Jelke Boesten — 2018-05-28T18:07:53Z

As an unprecedented wave of feminist campaigns gains ground across Latin America, a dangerous backlash is afoot on various fronts.

- IV520 - May 2018 / Women, Latin America

Discussing the nature of the Chinese state with Professor Dic Lo

Au Loong-Yu — 2018-05-28T08:03:47Z

In his article [1], which was published in Ming Pao on March 2nd, Professor Dic Lo mentions the “People's Forum on One Belt, One Road (OBOR) and BRICS” [2] that was held in September last year. As one of the organizers of the forum, I think I should respond to his opinion.

- IV520 - May 2018 / China

Nigeria's conflict is a result of environmental devastation across West Africa

Olalekan Adekola — 2018-05-27T08:37:04Z

Nigeria is experiencing a major conflict between nomadic herdsmen and indigenous farmers. In 2016, the conflict led to the death of 2,500 people, displaced 62,000 others and led to loss of US$13.7 billion in revenue. [1]

- IV520 - May 2018 / Ecology and the Environment, Nigeria

Racism and reproductive health: migrant rights and the Irish abortion referendum

2018-05-26T07:52:25Z

Luke Butterly reports on the work of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities for Reproductive Justice (MERJ) in organising around the upcoming Irish abortion referendum.

- IV520 - May 2018 / Ireland, Women, Migration, Racism and Islamophobia

Turkey's Snap Elections and the #TAMAM Campaign

Yasemin Dildar — 2018-05-25T05:55:38Z

“If one day our nation says â€˜enough,' then we will step aside,” Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said last week in a speech to Turkey's Parliament. Soon after the speech, #Tamam (“Enough”) became a trending Twitter topic worldwide with over 1.5 million tweets posted by the end of that night. Social media has become the primary platform for opposition against the government in Turkey since mainstream media is almost completely controlled by the government. However, Erdo?an's statement did not only get reactions on social media. People came together in the streets with the slogan “Enough” in Istanbul. Police attacked several of these marches. The students of Middle East Technical University in Ankara also wrote “Tamam” (“Enough”) in Devrim (“Revolution”) Stadium.

- IV520 - May 2018 / Turkey

Daughters of the Strike: A May Day Statement

Ni Una Menos Collective — 2018-05-24T16:32:54Z

Only two and a half years ago (October 19, 2016) we were on the streets carrying out the first National Women's Strike. That call made the unions shake: who is the subject giving that command? Who is willing to bring the country to a stop because of a young woman's murder?

- IV520 - May 2018 / Women, Argentina