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Risk of Infectious Diseases, Malnutrition Soars as Israel Resumes Attacks on Gaza Strip
By Global News Service “Even if peace was declared, we have a massive public health challenge ahead of us,” said Michael Ryan, Executive...
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20231 min read
Cypriots Hit the Streets With a Massive Display of Solidarity With Palestine
Image from the march on December 3 in Nicosia -- image via Facebook By Global News Service On December 3, a major Palestine solidarity...
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20231 min read
15,899 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, at least 6,600 of them children
Image of the aftermath of Gaza bombardments via UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder on X Al Jazeera reports that in his...
Michael Laxer
Dec 4, 20232 min read
'Death Zone': Over 700 Killed in 24 Hours as Israeli Bombing Blitz of Gaza Rages
"What Israel is doing in Gaza right now is one of the most cruel tactics of war I've ever seen," said one healthcare aid worker. By Jon...
Michael Laxer
Dec 3, 20233 min read
UAW Becomes Largest US Union to Back Gaza Cease-Fire
"From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the Contra war, the UAW has consistently stood for...
Michael Laxer
Dec 2, 20233 min read
At least 109 Palestinians already killed as slaughter in Gaza begins again
The slaughter in Gaza has begun again after the humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas broke down on Friday morning (December 1). Al...
Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20232 min read
'Nightmarish Situation' as Israel Resumes Assault on Gaza
"Anything other than sustained peace and at-scale emergency aid will mean catastrophe for the children of Gaza," said a UNICEF...
Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20234 min read
DPRK denounces atrocities committed by Israel under the pretext of “right to self-defense”
In a statement Thursday, November 30, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said that...
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20233 min read
Labour loses control of another major UK city council as councillors quit in Norwich
The Labour Party in the UK has lost control of Norwich City Council after four city councillors and one county councillor quit the party....
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20231 min read
Media Outlets Call for an End to Israel’s Massacre of Palestinian Journalists
Palestinian journalists in Gaza attend a funeral for a colleague -- image via People's Dispatch By Global News Service The world is...
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20232 min read
Moroccan Activists Arrested for Demanding End to Normalization of Ties With Israel
Moroccan activists at the rally to protest the normalization of ties with Israel -- image via People's Dispatch By Global News Service On...
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20231 min read
“War Is Violence Against Women” Say Feminist Groups in the Philippines
Filipina feminist groups rallied on November 25 to demand an end to violence against women and war. By Global News Service On the first...
Michael Laxer
Nov 29, 20231 min read
The Netherlands’ Turn to the Radical Right
By Global News Service The Freedom Party (PVV) of xenophobic leader Geert Wilders has won a resounding victory in the November 22...
Michael Laxer
Nov 29, 20231 min read
'Jarring Wake-Up Call': Hunger Surges in US After Food Aid Cuts
"Effective federal public policies over the previous few years were spectacularly successful in stemming U.S. hunger, but as many of...
Michael Laxer
Nov 27, 20233 min read
BC A&W becomes first in Canada to unionize
Image of the newly unionized A&W via Brian Andrews In Canadian labour news, thirteen workers at the Valleyview location of A&W in...
Michael Laxer
Nov 26, 20231 min read
Tens of thousands march across Italy to protest violence against women
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Italy’s main cities on Saturday, November 25, 2023, to mark International Day for the...
Michael Laxer
Nov 25, 20231 min read
US Coal Plants Killed 460,000 People Between 1999 and 2020
"Air pollution from coal is much more harmful than we thought," said the lead author of a new study published in Science. Clifty Creek...
Michael Laxer
Nov 25, 20232 min read
Freedom from War Coalition to march for Gaza in Duncan, BC, November 25
Freedom from War Coalition Palestine Solidarity march in Duncan, BC, November 18, 2023 -- image via the Coalition The good folks of the...
Michael Laxer
Nov 24, 20231 min read
Emissions of Richest 1% Will Cause 1.3 Million Heat Deaths: Oxfam
"The super-rich are plundering and polluting the planet to the point of destruction and it is those who can least afford it who are...
Michael Laxer
Nov 23, 20233 min read
Deadly Diseases Stalk Millions in War-Torn Sudan
By Global News Service As the war in Sudan continues into its eighth month with no ceasefire in sight, cholera stalks millions in...
Michael Laxer
Nov 23, 20231 min read
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