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The Execution of Dustin Higgs and the Tradition of Capital Punishment 

Dustin Higgs proclaimed his innocence until the end, but neither his nor his lawyers’ pleas for clemency were enough to overcome the three-hundred-year momentum of capitalism’s most enduring tradition.

Raul Diego
Par Raul Diego
Dustin Higgs

Dustin Higgs, an African American man from Poughkeepsie, New York, became the thirteenth federal inmate to meet his end at the hands of the state in the span of one year since Trump's Department of Justice directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to resume federal executions in the summer of 2019. The 48-year old father of one was pronounced

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Pamela Anderson Leads Diverse Left-Right Coalition Pushing Trump to Pardon Assange

Few issues have been able to draw such a broad coalition of support as the political persecution of Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange.

Alan Macleod
Par Alan Macleod

Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson is the latest in a long line of public figures pushing for a last-minute pardon for Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange. In a TV interview with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on “Good Morning Britain” earlier today, the Canadian-American actress claimed that she was in the president’s ear, and that, “It would be

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By ‘Force and Fraud’: Is This the End of the US Democracy Doctrine?

The storming of the US Capitol has global repercussions, not least among them is the weakening of the self-serving definition of democracy, especially when it comes to justifying war.

Ramzy Baroud
Par Ramzy Baroud
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In an interview with the British newspaper, The Times, in 2015, former US Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, vehemently denied that exporting democracy to Iraq was the main motive behind the US invasion of that Arab country 12 years earlier. Rumsfeld further alleged that “the idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to me

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Biden Inauguration Soundtrack Includes MF DOOM, an Immigrant Rapper Deported Under Obama

Despite presenting himself as an « in touch » progressive, Biden was the second in command in an administration that deported more immigrants than all the twentieth-century presidents combined.

Alan Macleod
Par Alan Macleod
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With President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration fast approaching, the finishing touches to the carefully planned ceremony are being finalized. Among them is the soundtrack, which will feature a range of hip hop music from artists such as MF Doom and Kendrick Lamar. No doubt the intention is to present the future president as progressive and an ally

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Yemen’s Leningrad: The Unforeseen Consequences of the State Department’s Houthi Designation

The recent US designation of Yemen’s Houthis all but guarantees a resurgence of Saudi-backed extremists in the region and could serve to galvanize the group as a stalwart against US-Israeli designs for the Middle East, reports Ahmed Abdulkareem from Yemen.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
Par Ahmed Abdulkareem
Yemen Houthi Feature photo

The war-torn country of Yemen is in the midst of the largest humanitarian crisis in the world thanks in large part to a Saudi-led war fueled by American weapons. Now, as the war nears its six-year anniversary in March, any hopes for a diplomatic resolution have faded faster than the presidency of Donald Trump, whose outgoing administration recently

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China Tech Ban Mirrors 1980s Attempts To Destroy Japanese Competition

In the 1980s, the US imposed a 100% tariff on virtually all Japanese electronics and forced Tokyo to sign a one-sided trade deal that reserved much of its domestic semiconductor sector for American companies.

Alan Macleod
Par Alan Macleod
US China trade war Feature photo

With just days left in office, the Trump administration has blacklisted an additional nine Chinese companies, adding them to a long list of firms on the U.S. military blacklist and escalating the trade war on Beijing as the U.S. attempts to suppress China’s economic rise.  The Department of Defense claimed that those on its list are

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