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Le 24 juin dernier, la police marocaine a assassiné au moins 37 migrants à la frontière avec l’Espagne. Ce massacre montre à quel point l’Union européenne s’appuie sur des régimes autoritaires pour surveiller ses frontières — et démontre le caractère superficiel de l’image « progressiste » du gouvernement espagnol.
Source : Jacobin Mag, Eoghan GilmartinTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises
The world today is on the verge of a major food emergency, provoked in part by Russia’s attack on Ukraine but more broadly by the damage that heat from global warming is doing to crops worldwide. This is both a crisis and an opportunity.Let’s start with the basics. Food is the raw material that makes people. More food, more people; less food, fewer people.
With distrust in elections at an all-time high and in the face of raging misinformation, a North Carolina poll worker has made it her mission to save future elections at the local level by bringing people from all parties together and educating them on how the process actually works.
via TheLastAmericanVagabond.com: Joining me today is James Corbett, here to discuss the growing biosecurity state, how we got here, and what this inevitably leads to. As we review current events and discuss the varying perspectives surrounding this unprecedented time, we also highlight the many ways in which people are fighting back.
Le procureur général Merrick Garland a annoncé des enquêtes sur les crimes de guerre commis en Ukraine. Mais les propres atrocités impunies de l’Amérique sont pléthoriques.
Source : The Intercept, Nick TurseTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises
Update(1408ET): The Chinese government’s English language mouthpiece Global Times has grown particularly loud and bellicose in response to Nancy Pelosi’s potential trip to the self-ruled