Progressives in Cyprus denounce government funding for ‘Grivas Museum’
The center-right government in Cyprus has decided to allocate funds to build a museum to honor the notorious Greek-Cypriot paramilitary leader Georgios Grivas
Imran Khan’s long march resumes days after assassination attempt
The attack on Imran Khan has shocked the country, which is already undergoing political instability and an economic downturn. Khan served as the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan before his ouster in April this year
Defying global calls, Egypt continues persecution of political activists
Egyptian authorities have arrested two more lawyers in an apparent attempt to scuttle the nationwide call for protests this Friday. The head of a rights group said that over a 1,000 people have been detained in the last few weeks
Economy is the key issue ahead of US mid-terms
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News talks about the state of the US economy ahead of the midterm polls and how the two parties have used the issue electorally
Alaa Abdel Fattah escalates his months-long hunger strike in prison, stops consuming water
Alaa’s family members and human rights groups have urged the leaders participating in the ongoing UN climate conference, COP27, to pressurize the Egyptian government to release all political prisoners
Chilean President Gabriel Boric presents bill to reform country’s private pension system
President Gabriel Boric criticized the fact that 72% of pensions in Chile are below the minimum wage and one in four retirees receives an amount that is below the poverty line, while Pension Fund Administrators make tremendous profits
#BritainIsBroken: Trade unions and social movements rally against Tory government
The ongoing cost of living crisis marked by soaring inflation and the political crisis with back-to-back resignations of Tory prime ministers have left Britain reeling
Sri Lankan protesters take to the streets against government
Protestors marched the streets of the Sri Lankan capital raising concerns about the increased repression of dissenting voices under the current regime led by Ranil Wickremesinghe, which came to power in July this year following a wave of mass anti-government protests