January 16, 2019
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Rosa Luxembourg – A Documentary
16 January 2019 — Youtube Documentary written and directed by Margarethe von Trotta. Continue reading
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Talk of Western intervention in the Black Sea is pure fantasy By Pepe Escobar
Crimea is essential to Russia strategically and economically, but speculation over Ankara helping to boost the US presence in the Black Sea is far-fetched given Turkey’s energy deals with Moscow Continue reading
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Media Lens: Remembrance – The Dehumanised Human
It is clear even from their titles that corporate newspapers are objective, balanced and impartial. Or so we are to believe. Continue reading
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Grenfell Tower: Class action lawsuit in US against flammable cladding manufacturer By Paul Bond
The suit, first filed one month after the fire of June 14, 2017 by shareholder Michael Brave, accuses Arconic of defrauding shareholders over its supply of cladding panels at Grenfell Tower. Brave is seeking to recoup “significant” shareholder losses stemming from the company’s failure to disclose its use of “highly flammable” Reynobond PE cladding panels… Continue reading
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The Fall of Biafra. Landmark in Nigerian History By Adeyinka Makinde
January 15th is a significant date in Nigerian history. On that day in 1966, a group of middle-ranking army officers staged a mutiny which overthrew the civilian government that had ruled Nigeria since it had been granted independence from Britain in October 1960. It began a concatenation of violence which led to a 30-month civil… Continue reading
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Which war-torn city in a third-world country was this man starving to death in?
TruePublica Editor: I need not comment on the following social media post that was published on Christmas Eve. Tom Pride from Pride’s Purge asks the question: Which war-torn city in a third-world country was this man starving to death in? The answer – Birkenhead, England, Christmas Eve, 2018. Continue reading
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UK parliament votes down Prime Minister May’s Brexit deal By Robert Stevens and Chris Marsden
May was defeated by a majority of 230, with 432 MPs against the deal and just 202 for in the biggest vote against a sitting prime minister in history. Continue reading
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French worker sentenced to six months’ jail over Facebook call for demonstrations By Will Morrow
In a series of actions this past week, the government of French President Emmanuel Macron has intensified police-state repression aimed at crushing “yellow vest” protests against social inequality. Continue reading
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UK Brexit Vote Reflects a Deep Crisis in Capitalism (Pt 1/2)
Had the British been presented with the option, people might choose a socialist Britain over a capitalist EU, but they are not given that choice, say Prof. Leo Panitch of York University and Jon Lansman of the British Labour Party’s National Executive Committee Continue reading
The New Dark Age 