Issues & Events

US Threatens Pullout from UPU and ITU

Nov 04, 2018 07:40

The United States is threatening to withdraw from two international organizations that survived World Wars I and II but may not survive the retrogressive neo-conservative foreign policy of Donald Trump. The world’s third-oldest international organization, the Universal Postal Union (UPU), founded in 1874 in Bern, Switzerland, has been informed by Washington of the US withdrawal. The United States became, under the administration of President Ulysses Grant, a founding member of the UPU.
November 4 – Divine Day of Iran’s Continuous Victories over US

Nov 04, 2018 07:34

November 4 or the 13th of the Iranian month of Aban is indeed a Red Letter Day in the history of the Iranian people. It is the anniversary of so far three important events in the contemporary history of Iran on which plots against Iran and the Iranian people badly boomeranged for the US. In other words, whenever the harebrained policy-makers in Washington tried to bare their fangs on this day they received a teeth-smashing blow.
Washington calls for Yemen ceasefire as Saudis escalate siege of Hodeidah

Nov 03, 2018 05:42

Despite calls by the US secretaries of state and defense for a ceasefire in Yemen, the US-backed, Saudi-led coalition is carrying out a massive buildup of troops laying siege to the country’s critical Red Sea port of Hodeidah, threatening an offensive that could kill many thousands while plunging millions more into outright starvation.
Canada upholds $15 billion Saudi arms deal after Khashoggi murder

Nov 03, 2018 05:36

In the nearly four weeks since the Saudi regime had journalist Jamal Khashoggi murdered, Canada’s Liberal government has gone out of its way to avoid criticizing Riyadh, while insisting Canada must fulfill a $15 billion arms deal with the kingdom—a linchpin of US imperialism’s domination of the oil-rich Middle East.
Chinese president tells military to prepare for war

Nov 02, 2018 05:07

In another sign of rapidly rising US-China tensions and the danger of conflict, President Xi Jinping has told his country’s military to prepare for war. His speech last Thursday to the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Southern Theatre Command was a response to the Trump administration’s aggressive actions not just in intensifying trade war, but overtly readying for military conflict with both China and Russia.
U.S. is on the brink of a nervous breakdown

Nov 02, 2018 05:00

Yet another ratcheting up of the calls for the government to clamp down on the citizenry by imposing more costly security measures without any real benefit, more militarized police, more surveillance, more widespread mental health screening of the general population, more gun control measures, more surveillance cameras with facial recognition capabilities.
Wall Street falls as US-China trade tensions rise

Nov 01, 2018 05:09

There were major swings on Wall Street yesterday, with the Dow moving in a range of 900 points, in response to a report that US President Donald Trump is planning to impose a tariff on all Chinese goods if he does not receive a satisfactory trade offer from President Xi Jinping.
Saudi Arabia destroys religious sites, Al-Baqie seeks to save Islamic heritage

Nov 01, 2018 04:57

The heretical Wahhabi cult is indeed an avowed enemy of Islamic culture, perhaps because of the Jewish origin of the Najdi desert brigand, Abdul-Aziz Aal-e Saud.
How Iran won a face-off with the US in Iraq

Nov 01, 2018 04:50

Washington has left no stone unturned to try to impose itself upon Baghdad but has failed to convince the people and government of Iraq who are deeply influenced by Tehran and the fraternal efforts of the Islamic Republic to help them defend their sovereignty and national interests against Saudi-backed terrorism and the American bid for hegemony.
Glasgow teachers on strike for pay, New York City public school students homeless

Oct 31, 2018 06:13

Tens of thousands of teachers marched in Glasgow, Scotland, to demand higher pay and reject a derisory “final” pay offer of 3 percent from employers for the year 2018-2019.