鈥淭he United States has almost 1000 military bases around the world, covering every continent, every ocean,鈥 filmmaker John聽Pilger聽says. 鈥淐hina has one!鈥澛
He points out: 鈥淭he US Pacific Command in Hawaii claims responsibility for 52% of the Earth鈥檚 surface.鈥
Members of the Argentine Metal Workers鈥 Union (UOM) marched to the Ministry of Labour in Buenos Aires on February 14 in protest of thousands of jobs cut from electronics manufacturing companies.
The cuts came after a government decision to eliminate a 35% tax on computer imports.
Protesters gathered in front of the National Congress of Argentina before marching to the offices of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, with many banging drums and waving flags.
Other unions also took part in the demonstration.
A strike at Chile's Escondida copper mine, the world鈥檚 largest, entered its fifth day on February 13 with few signs of speedy resolution as workers threaten to stop production for up to two months.
Workers began a strike at the Australian-run BHP Billiton mine on February 9 to put pressure on the company after failing to reach an agreement in wage negotiations.
The union said its 2500 members are committed to action and threatened a two-month work stoppage, leading BHP to admit that it will not be able to meet its contractual obligations.
Palestinian journalist聽听丑补蝉听聽a new hunger strike in protest of how Israel has once again detained him without charge or trial.
The slogan聽鈥淲e Want to Welcome Them鈥 rang in the streets as up to half a million people demonstrated in Barcelona on February 18 to demand their government accept more refugees. It came after Spain accepted just 1000 of the 17,000 it had promised.
"It is very important that in a Europe of uncertainty where xenophobia is on the rise for Barcelona to be a capital of hope," said Barcelona's聽 mayor Ada Colau, who took part.聽
The resistance is taking many forms in the United States, ,聽with some constituents聽聽to demand accountability and others taking to the streets to protest the Trump administration and its draconian policies.聽
at Planned Parenthood clinics throughout the United States on February 11, pro-choice activists beat them at their own game: the organisation's supporters outnumbered those calling for it to be defunded.
Throughout the country, the counter-demonstrations featured larger crowds than the anti-Planned Parenthood ones.
Despite global financial crises that have rocked the small South American nation in recent years, Ecuador has managed to achieve landmark social and economic progress in the past decade under the left-wing government of President Rafael Correa, according to a new report from the Centre for Economic and Policy Research.
Venezuela鈥檚 Foreign Ministry issued a statement on February 14 denouncing a move by the Trump administration to sanction Venezuelan Vice-President Tarek El Aissami over drug trafficking allegations.
On February 13, the Treasury Department froze all of El Aissami鈥檚 alleged assets in the US under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. This makes Venezuela鈥檚 vice-president the top-ranking official of any country to be sanctioned in this way.
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison pulled out a lump of coal in parliament on February 9 and launched a rant in which he accused the opposition of 鈥渃oal-o-phobia鈥 and regurgitated PM Malcolm Turnbull's outrageous National Press Club speech urging more coal-fired power stations be built.
Morrison went wild while behind him other Liberals and Nationals joined in a pantomime by passing the lump of coal to each other.
In the first ever visit by a serving Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Australia this month as part of an international tour aimed at shoring up Israel鈥檚 reputation abroad.
The visit has actually attracted attention 鈥 but not the kind Netanyahu would like.
Somewhere along the way, many vulnerable children in state care turn to crime. How this happens and what can be done about it are two of the most important crime-prevention questions facing society.
Evidence indicates that, if the is not acknowledged and addressed, today鈥檚 vulnerable kids will become tomorrow鈥檚 criminals.