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Strikes by US workers outpacing rate in 2018
May 17, 2019 14:29With new strikes this month by hospital workers in Toledo, Ohio; teachers in Oregon, Tennessee and North and South Carolina; and international strikes and protests by Uber and Lyft drivers, the number of major work stoppages in the United States is on pace to surpass last year’s total.
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China and the US are caught in a Cold War trap
May 17, 2019 14:27The trade war between Washington and Beijing, coupled with peace talks, have illustrated that more ‘flashpoints’ lurk on the horizon.
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Leader: Humanity needs the Qur’an to confront arrogance and oppression
May 17, 2019 14:23Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on May 6 welcomed the blessed fasting month of Ramadhan by addressing a gathering of Islamic scholars and reciters and memorizers of God’s Final Revelation to mankind, the holy Qur’an, which he called the key to all success and protection against arrogance and oppression.
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Ramadhan, the Month of God (11)
May 17, 2019 02:45Welcome to the 11th episode of “Ramadhan, the Month of God.” As usual we start with the special supplication of the day:
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The story of my family's Nakba
May 16, 2019 15:17Yesterday the 15th of May was the 71st anniversary of Yown an-Nakba or the Day of Catastrophe on which almost a million Palestinians were uprooted from their homes and hearths and driven into exile by the Zionist usurpers, who a day earlier on May 14, had with the help of the British occupiers of Palestine, declared the illegal birth of Israel.
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The West-full spectrum dementia
May 16, 2019 15:14Stephen Sefton, regular contributor to Tortilla con Sal website, has authored a feature on the ways the west, especially the US, uses to manipulate public opinion and make a fool of the audience to accept its dictates. The feature is titled, "The West-Full Spectrum Dementia".
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Trump floats proposal to cancel 2020 elections
May 16, 2019 10:50Donald Trump re-tweeted a post by the arch-reactionary evangelical preacher and prominent Trump confidant Jerry Falwell, Jr. calling for the president to extend his term from the constitutionally mandated four years to six.
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US couldn’t create a more convenient villain than Abu Bakr Baghdadi
May 16, 2019 10:33Washington is the source of all acts of terrorism and bloodshed in Muslim countries, and in the words of Tony Cartalucci, a Bangkok-based independent American geopolitical researcher in his article for New Eastern Outlook “The US Couldn’t Create a More Convenient Villain than Abu Bakr Baghdadi”.
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Ramadhan, the Month of God (10)
May 16, 2019 08:29Salaam dear friends and welcome 10th episode of “Ramadhan, the Month of God”
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Farewell first lady of Islam
May 16, 2019 08:25Salaam friends; we offer you condolences on a day of grief. Today is that sad day in the annals of Islamic history when the First Lady of Islam, Omm al-Momineen or the Mother of all True Believers, Hazrat Khadija (peace upon her) passed away from the mortal world, leaving in profound grief, her beloved husband, Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny).