Brazil’s Supreme Court confirms judicial bias in cases against Lula and other stories
In today’s episode we take a look at the recent ruling in the corruption cases against Lula, a hunger strike by a Palestinian man imprisoned in Israel, protests against contractualization in Morocco, and the current political crisis in Turkey
Struggle for democracy in Turkey
President of the HDP party, Ertuğrul Kürkçü, speaks to Vijay Prashad about the latest crackdown by Erdoğan’s government on democracy
International Feminist Action mobilizes for release of women activists unjustly imprisoned across the globe
The campaign highlights the work and trials of Milagro Sala (Argentina), Sudha Bahrdwaj (India), Gültan Kışanak (Turkey), Lore-Elisabeth Blumenthal (US) and Khalida Jarrar and Khitam Saafin (Palestine) and demands their immediate release
Turkish parliament expels three opposition MPs convicted for dissident acts
Two of the MPs from the pro-Kurdish HDP have been convicted of belonging to a “terrorist organization” and the other from the Republican People’s Party has been persecuted for providing information to a journalist
- Environmental erosion and corporate greed to blame for Bosnia’s flood catastrophe, activists say
- Haitians demand true security and justice in the wake of gang massacre
- The United States has sent 17.9 billion dollars to Israel since October 7
- US-British warplanes launch airstrikes across Yemen
- ILA dock workers reach tentative agreement
