Argentina: A Struggle Against Austerity, Hunger and Repression

Argentina: A Struggle Against Austerity, Hunger and Repression

On Thursday, July 1, in Argentina, columns of protesters gathered in different points of the capital, Buenos Aires, as well as around the country, to protest the Fernandez government’s austerity plans, made in concert with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), along...
Arizona Criminalizes Filming Police from Less than 8 Feet Away

Arizona Criminalizes Filming Police from Less than 8 Feet Away

Last week, Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona signed a bill into law criminalizing people recording police activity from less than eight feet away. This law will take effect in September. It is intended to deter people from recording police officers or encourage people to...
Review: First Season of “Severance”

Review: First Season of “Severance”

With 14 nominations for Emmy Awards, the first season of “Severance”, a science-fiction, psychological thriller, is a binge-worthy drama. A sinister tech company, Lumon Industries, hires Mark, played by Adam Scott, who agrees to a “severance” program in which his...
Sri Lanka: Protesters Force President and Prime Minister to Resign

Sri Lanka: Protesters Force President and Prime Minister to Resign

After three months of mobilizations, Sri Lankan protesters, about a million strong and surging from around the country, seized the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a massive rebellion. A few hours later, the protesters also occupied the residence of Prime...
Baltimore Squeegee Workers: Whose Streets?

Baltimore Squeegee Workers: Whose Streets?

On Thursday, July 7, a group of squeegee workers were doing their thing, offering to wash windshields for tips from drivers, at a busy downtown intersection by Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. A motorist, a white man with a master’s degree in engineering from Johns Hopkins...